We went to the Schwarzwald like a month and half ago, and I just forgot to tell you all about it. It was really pretty- I'm really glad we got to go with all of AJY (meaning I'm glad Herr Dörr was there because he's awesome)
This is Brian and Anske (or, as Krista and I call them, Branske) and they both has birthday's about a month ago. To commemorate the anniversary of their births which are coincidentally 2 days apart, Krista and I made a true American meal: stuffing (Brian's favorite food), home made hamburgers with real cheddar cheese and bacon and American buns (the package had an American flag on it. They were serious.) and then homemade brownies for dessert. It was a lot of fun!
We did a murder mystery party! It was 20's themed and a ton of fun! Except I was the murderer :(
Haleigh and I went on a trip to the Ostsee (the Baltic Sea) for four days. We saw like a billion cities (by "a billion" I obviously mean like 5: Lübeck, Rostock, Warnemünde, Stralsund, Kap Arkona, Vitt and Wismar) and it was really cold and windy, but it was also so cool to see all these places. We also stayed in like the nicest hostel ever.
Then the next week we went to Konstanz on the Bodensee (Lake Constance) with Krista and Monika and we camped! It was cramped, as we only had a 2 person tent for us 4. But look at the sunset we saw from our camping place! Lake Constance is gorgeous, and the night after we slept so terribly cramped up in the tent, we went to the beach and slept on the shore for a while in the warmth of the sun. I, of course, got terribly sunburned, but it was very worth it. The top picture is of Haleigh and me on the Konstanzer Münster (a cathedral in Konstanz).
I had a ton to do on the 4th, but did manage to make it to the 4th of July barbecue we all had, I was just like 5 hours late (night classes, blech) so there aren't any pictures of my obnoxious American behavior, but be assured: I wore a headband that had, in sparkly letters and with pieces of shiny plastic sticking out if that looked like fireworks "USA" brandished across it. Anyway, I looked pretty much like Hulk Hogan above, who comes up when you type something like "typical American" into Google Image Search.
This week was also the last Karaoke night at our favorite bar in Heidelberg, so we came out in droves and sang for hours. I am still horse from scream-singing so much. In case you can't tell, we had a blast. We swayed, we sang, we laughed, we rocked that place. Highlight songs of the evening: Baby Got Back, Land Down Under, Lose Yourself, Baby and Don't Stop Believin'.
Now, I'm spending the first Saturday I haven't been away from Heidelberg in a month writing papers so I can enjoy next week without worrying about them too much since they're all due Friday. Next week is also notable because HARRY POTTER comes out and we are all going to see parts 1 and 2 at the midnight showing in Mannheim on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. It's going to be a great 6 hours of HP love. I also have a final on Wednesday and then things are pretty much over by Friday. Classes still happen for another week, but I'll be able to enjoy the rest of my time hanging out with people, doing fun stuff like going out to brunch and such instead of doing homework.
I'm having a really hard time believing that I only have 18 more days here, because it just doesn't seem possible, but that's the unbelievable truth. I'm going to get very emotional as it starts to sink in and I have to say really sad goodbyes. But that's not for another 2 weeks, so I'm putting it out of my mind and enjoying the rest of the things that are to come here in Heidelberg. Home sweet Heidelberg!
