working hard and playing hard

Here I am in the computer lab, excited to have a working keyboard, though I’ve begun to get accustomed to holding the shift key the entire time I type. I like the computer lab better though because besides working keyboards, the computers are normal size and there are less distractions.

I had quite a fun 4th of July weekend. Although this is my third total 4th of July out of the country, it is still not something I am used to. On Thursday my friends and I went to the Freiburger Weinfest, where we tried many delicious Badisch wines- it must be said the white is much better than the red. On Friday I went back to Silke (our program director)’s hostel in the Black Forest, where several UMass students, studying at universities all over Baden-Württemberg all came together for a barebeque and a fun night in the Black Forest. The weather was absolutely beautiful, much better than in March! The next morning we went on a hike and then took the cable car back down to Freiburg, which was so much fun.

On the afternoon of the 4th my ‘Images of Germans in American Culture’ class met to watch two movies to discuss in class. We watched The Good German, which I think was trying wayyyy too hard to be deep, and Beerfest, a movie I never thought I’d see, let alone in a classroom setting. For the latter movie our professor bought us lots of beer so that we could get into the movie a little better

After that I went briefly to the barbeque by the lake and had some flag cake. Then I went on a late night picnic and walk that my friend Mari and I had been planning. It was really weird, though, because I was the only American there, so it didnt feel very much like the fourth of July.

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