Well, here I am, writing to you on a broken keyboard. My caps lock key is broken so I have to keep my pinky on the shift key as I write this. Good thing this computer has such a small keyboard.
I haven’t written in a while, partly because I’ve been so busy with work and partly because I think the most exciting part of my semester is over. I’m still having a great time butI think my days of jetsetting are mostly over.
Last week I went to visit my friend Frank’s hometown, Koenigsschafhausen, which is located in the Kaiserstuehl area of Baden. Kaiserstuehl is known for it’s small villages, great countryside, and great wine. Frank’s mother cooked a huge German feast, then I tried some of the local wine and Frank’s father’s homemade Schnapps. They even have a small vineyard in their backyard, as well as cherry trees. Frank and I picked cherries and I was sent home with a basket full of them. I think sometime soon Frank and I are going to go to Europapark, because he works for their Event Coordinating department and can get discount tickets.
Today is apparently Canada Day, and I’ve been invited to a big celebration by the lake, then this Friday I am going back to the hostel my program director, Silke owns for a party. I bet Schauinsland (the part of the Black Forest the hostel is in) is beautiful this time of year. Much better than it was in March, anyway.
I can’t believe I only have one month left! Sometimes I feel like I’ve been here forever and sometimes I feel like I just got here. Anyway, it’s nose to the grindstone time!
July 2, 2009 at 5:21 pm |
It makes me really happy to read your blog and to know you’re having such a good time. It’s very cool that you went to have dinner at your friend’s house and spent time with a real German family. I know you did that before, with Sandra’s family, but time has passed and you’re older, so I’m guessing the experience was a little different. How was the homemade Schnapps?