1st day in Germany
woo hoo........
so, after a mad rush for the plane and realising that it was not going to fly yet, after delays of the plane and the train...we finally made it to FREIBURG!!! safe and sound, albeit tired and worn out with almost 24 hrs of travelling and waiting and travelling...
yeah.......
my host is frau sonni, a german teacher who teaches at home. the house is old and looks like a very typical european house. and y is sip not going to get fat during the trip? on top of the reason dat she is going to carry a load of 11.4kg on her back. because she stays on the top floor of the house...the 4th storey!! no lift...juz the staircase. but what's interesting is that she's not alone on that level. there are a few more other girls staying there as well. there are frau sonni's daughter Sophie, the 16 yr old girl Alice, the Georgian lady Nino, the Bulgarian girl whom i tink is Anna, a Poland girl who i havn't met and another girl who i dunno where she is from or what she is called. besides them, frau sonni has a 36 yr old italien man staying wif her till friday. he is learning german under her. is really a united nations over here...interesting...
yum yum yummy........
regarding the food...it is really not bad. there's a bakery down the road where frau sonni always buy the bread from and the pretzel is real nice. frau sonni makes wonderful strawberry cake and Luka the italien man makes some very good strawberry dessert which has wine and ice cream too. so yes, i'm eating lots of strawberries and i just had strawberries for breakfast. there is also lots of salami and cheese which i like too. the only thing which i don't really like, is the mineral water. they don't drink boiled tap water as we do, instead, they drink mineral water from a glass bottle. but the mineral water is sparkling water!! so now i have resorted to drinking unboiled tap water which frau sonni said is safe to drink.
over hills over dales.....
the adventure begins with alice showing me the way to the city central. we walked past beautiful houses and a large cathedral. i realised freiburgers cycle a lot too. on the waz, i tried to communicate with her in german, often lapsing into english. dat is how atrocious my german is. after the walk, frau sonni, Luka, Nora the dog and me went to the Black Forest. Contrary to what i had previously thought, Black Forest isn't a land with barren trees that are killed by acid rain. instead, it is a mountainous region. the view is breathtaking. there are many tiny flowers along the hill side and i plucked some of them for my study table. frau sonni said she would bring me back again. after dinner, i went out wif Luka to the city centre. we saw the cathedral in the city centre and went to the city garden. freiburg is a small city, beautiful and quite peaceful. before heading for home, we went to maria, a pub, for a drink. i did not take any alcohol coz i had some wine wif water during dinner.
an exciting and fun filled first day. i hope there is more to come.
tschüs!
so, after a mad rush for the plane and realising that it was not going to fly yet, after delays of the plane and the train...we finally made it to FREIBURG!!! safe and sound, albeit tired and worn out with almost 24 hrs of travelling and waiting and travelling...
yeah.......
my host is frau sonni, a german teacher who teaches at home. the house is old and looks like a very typical european house. and y is sip not going to get fat during the trip? on top of the reason dat she is going to carry a load of 11.4kg on her back. because she stays on the top floor of the house...the 4th storey!! no lift...juz the staircase. but what's interesting is that she's not alone on that level. there are a few more other girls staying there as well. there are frau sonni's daughter Sophie, the 16 yr old girl Alice, the Georgian lady Nino, the Bulgarian girl whom i tink is Anna, a Poland girl who i havn't met and another girl who i dunno where she is from or what she is called. besides them, frau sonni has a 36 yr old italien man staying wif her till friday. he is learning german under her. is really a united nations over here...interesting...
yum yum yummy........
regarding the food...it is really not bad. there's a bakery down the road where frau sonni always buy the bread from and the pretzel is real nice. frau sonni makes wonderful strawberry cake and Luka the italien man makes some very good strawberry dessert which has wine and ice cream too. so yes, i'm eating lots of strawberries and i just had strawberries for breakfast. there is also lots of salami and cheese which i like too. the only thing which i don't really like, is the mineral water. they don't drink boiled tap water as we do, instead, they drink mineral water from a glass bottle. but the mineral water is sparkling water!! so now i have resorted to drinking unboiled tap water which frau sonni said is safe to drink.
over hills over dales.....
the adventure begins with alice showing me the way to the city central. we walked past beautiful houses and a large cathedral. i realised freiburgers cycle a lot too. on the waz, i tried to communicate with her in german, often lapsing into english. dat is how atrocious my german is. after the walk, frau sonni, Luka, Nora the dog and me went to the Black Forest. Contrary to what i had previously thought, Black Forest isn't a land with barren trees that are killed by acid rain. instead, it is a mountainous region. the view is breathtaking. there are many tiny flowers along the hill side and i plucked some of them for my study table. frau sonni said she would bring me back again. after dinner, i went out wif Luka to the city centre. we saw the cathedral in the city centre and went to the city garden. freiburg is a small city, beautiful and quite peaceful. before heading for home, we went to maria, a pub, for a drink. i did not take any alcohol coz i had some wine wif water during dinner.
an exciting and fun filled first day. i hope there is more to come.
tschüs!
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