6 weeks have flown by and I am now enjoying my mid semester break. It was a crazy first term, trying to juggle school and work (yes I have a part time job now!), while adapting to a foreign place and experiencing an entire spectrum of emotions. Despite the demands on my sanity and my brain, I do enjoy the learning process and the new career.
It is difficult to describe the settled and peaceful feeling of setting my heart on a career that I enjoy. And I am thankful that I have the chance to be exposed to this, and the opportunity to be in this place at this time.
A few weekends ago, some of my course mates and myself went to the German town, Hahndorf, for a day. The pretty town really reminded me of my travels around Europe while I was on a semester exchange in the UK. Our first stop was at Beerenberg to pick some strawberries. Those babies were the sweetest I have ever tasted (beats the bunch I bought at Nikko, which were really good!). Beerenberg also has some of the best tasting jams and relishes for really reasonable prices. It was all too much of a choice and I eventually chose a bottle of plum jam that would pair well with peanut butter on toast.
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| Trooping along to the berries |
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| Fields of strawberries |
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| Gorgeous globes of sweetness |
Our next stop was the Hahndorf Inn to satiate our meat cravings. The meat platter had a variety of meats that were wonderful with mustard. We got a little carried away and ordered a metre long sausage and wings for lunch (that is why one should never buy food when hungry!). Needless to say, we ended up having to doggy bag the leftovers.
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| Cheese and pickles. Always a good thing with bread. |
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| Our table of 8 were defeated by the amount of meat! |
If it were up to me, and time and money were limitless, I would be travelling somewhere every weekend, like I did in the UK. And not being able to do so with such regularity is fine by me. Oh the places I'll go after this goal has been achieved!
