What a term!

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.

Trooping along to the berries

Fields of strawberries

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. 

Cheese and pickles. Always a good thing with bread.

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!