Hello to the 3 people that read my blog! So, I realize I kinda failed at blogging about my experiences in Ireland. I was just too busy trying to soak up as much as I could in the short time I was there. But, you're in luck because I'm trying to go back. Only this time I hope to be there for an entire year.
The decision for me to take a semester off from my senior year of college to live and volunteer in Ireland is up there as one of my top 5 best decisions in life. In one semester I was able to learn so much about Ireland, traveling, different types of people, and even a whole lot about myself. Pushing myself into new and unfamiliar situations allowed me to find myself again, and recalibrate my life a bit. I loved the Irish culture, and I also loved being just a short (and usually inexpensive) plane ride away from the rest of Europe. I came back from Ireland a new me, but once I was back I returned to the same situations I'd been trying to escape when I left. Ireland was where I felt most like the real me. As much as I love Gainesville (and I really do), Ireland truly felt like a second home.
I graduated from college a week ago. I never really expected to graduate without knowing what my next step would be. I'm a planner, and I usually know where I'm headed. By graduating, I lost the "student" identity that I have clung to for nearly my entire life. I'm now an "adult," and right now I'm trying to figure out what that means. I've applied for dozens of jobs across the country, have researched cities, neighborhoods, and apartments, but nothing really seemed right. At 22, I'm still pretty young for the professional world and I feel like I have a lot more to learn before settling down and starting my career. I have things that I want to experience, places I want to go, and stories that I want to tell.
Going back to Ireland has always been in the back of my mind. When I was in Ireland I heard about the working holiday visa that allows recently graduated Americans to live and work in Ireland for up to a year. It intrigued me at the time, but I didn't really know if that would be a possibility for me. I figured my parents would want me to get a job, find an apartment and start my career as soon as possible. That's when they surprised me. Yesterday, I began a discussion with my parents about my future. I told them about the working holiday visa, and about my desire to travel and live a little before I settle down. Instead of telling me to be serious, and apply for more jobs (which is what I was expecting), they actually seemed excited for me.
So I may be spending a year in Ireland pretty soon. This is all in the beginning stages, and in 3 days I may change my mind (or hear back about one of the many jobs I applied for in LA) but for now I'm spending all of my free time researching working holidays and raincoats.
Friday, May 6, 2016
Monday, September 28, 2015
I've been a bit busy
I've been in Ireland nearly 3 weeks now and have yet to post anything. This is because during these past few weeks I've been so incredibly busy that blogging about it seemed like a daunting task. At first I tried to write blog posts that chronicled each day, but that soon became too difficult as days blended together and my schedule didn't leave any room for writing. Instead of describing each day in detail, I've decided that my first post will be about the people and places who have made Ireland a home for me in just 3 short weeks.
First, I'll thank my parents for understanding my desire to take a semester off from school and for supporting me in this adventure.
Durrow is the village where I am living. Less than 1,000 people call this place home, and it has been a huge change from living in Gainesville but it has been a welcome one. It is located in County Laois (pronounced Leash), which is in the Midlands of Ireland. It is hilly and green, and not nearly as cold as I was expecting but I'm told that will change soon.
Phil (or Philip as the Irish call him) is the man who made it possible for me to come to Ireland this semester. He offered me an internship at Sheppard's, found me a place to live, feeds me, buys me pints, and makes sure I'm having a good time. I'm incredibly grateful to him for giving me this opportunity because there's no way it would've happened without his generosity.
Tara is essentially my host mom. She has opened up her home, Newtown house and mill, to me and I live here with her, Jason, and Anne. The grounds around the house are beautiful, and there's always something going on in the house. Tara is so friendly and interesting to talk to, and she makes the perfect host for anyone coming to Ireland who wants to experience what the real Ireland is about. She also has not made fun of me for not knowing how to cook on an Aga, make tea, or do laundry without a dryer. I'm so happy to be living at Tara's because it's a home where everyone can have fun and feel comfortable, even if it does get a bit crazy sometimes.
Jason is Tara's son. He is 15 and he is the reason that I'm awake every weekday morning between 6:30 and 7:30am because he hates getting up for school. He beats me at Uno, drinks my Diet Cokes, and eats my chocolate but I am quite fond of him even if I do sometimes hit him. He provides me with entertainment, new songs, and the little brother experience I never had being an only child.
Anne is a girl from France who is just a couple years older than me who came to Ireland when she was 21 and has been living back and forth between Durrow and France ever since. We came to Ireland for similar reasons, and it's nice to talk to someone close to my own age about life, boys and makeup.
I've met dozens of other people during my short time here, so I'm just going to leave it at this for now since these are the people that are part of my daily life. Each of these people have helped to make me feel at home here and I can't wait to see what the next few months have in store.
First, I'll thank my parents for understanding my desire to take a semester off from school and for supporting me in this adventure.
Durrow is the village where I am living. Less than 1,000 people call this place home, and it has been a huge change from living in Gainesville but it has been a welcome one. It is located in County Laois (pronounced Leash), which is in the Midlands of Ireland. It is hilly and green, and not nearly as cold as I was expecting but I'm told that will change soon.
Phil (or Philip as the Irish call him) is the man who made it possible for me to come to Ireland this semester. He offered me an internship at Sheppard's, found me a place to live, feeds me, buys me pints, and makes sure I'm having a good time. I'm incredibly grateful to him for giving me this opportunity because there's no way it would've happened without his generosity.
Tara is essentially my host mom. She has opened up her home, Newtown house and mill, to me and I live here with her, Jason, and Anne. The grounds around the house are beautiful, and there's always something going on in the house. Tara is so friendly and interesting to talk to, and she makes the perfect host for anyone coming to Ireland who wants to experience what the real Ireland is about. She also has not made fun of me for not knowing how to cook on an Aga, make tea, or do laundry without a dryer. I'm so happy to be living at Tara's because it's a home where everyone can have fun and feel comfortable, even if it does get a bit crazy sometimes.
Jason is Tara's son. He is 15 and he is the reason that I'm awake every weekday morning between 6:30 and 7:30am because he hates getting up for school. He beats me at Uno, drinks my Diet Cokes, and eats my chocolate but I am quite fond of him even if I do sometimes hit him. He provides me with entertainment, new songs, and the little brother experience I never had being an only child.
Anne is a girl from France who is just a couple years older than me who came to Ireland when she was 21 and has been living back and forth between Durrow and France ever since. We came to Ireland for similar reasons, and it's nice to talk to someone close to my own age about life, boys and makeup.
I've met dozens of other people during my short time here, so I'm just going to leave it at this for now since these are the people that are part of my daily life. Each of these people have helped to make me feel at home here and I can't wait to see what the next few months have in store.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
TV Tower Dinner - May 28, 2013
Today started off with everyone in a panic to finish their projects, as they were due at 2. I had turned mine in a few days ago so I just hung out and relaxed until everyone else was done. My throat started to feel funny and everyone has been getting sick so I'm really hoping I'm not.
Once everyone had turned in their project we went to this little espresso bar near our hotel and had these really delicious sandwiches. Pretty much everyone got the mozzarella, tomato and basil sandwiches but seeing as I don't like tomatoes I didn't get that. I got Serrano ham and fresh mozzarella. It came on an herb bread and it was so delicious that I'm probably going to go back tomorrow and get it.
After lunch we wandered around Alexanderplatz for a while just to get out of the hotel. We went to another Humana thrift shop, but I don't really have the patience to find good things in thrift shops so I just sat and watched people try on weird clothes.
We then went back to the hotel and got ready for our nice group dinner at the TV Tower. Basically you get in the elevator at the TV Tower and it's super fast and makes your ears pop. The elevator lets you out at the observation deck where you can walk around and see a 360 degree view of Berlin. It was cool to look out in pretty much any direction and recognize a place we had visited or learned about during our trip.
Once we had looked around a bit we got to go up to the next floor to the restaurant to eat. The restaurant is situated like a donut, as Professor Freeman called it, with the tables all aligned in a ring next to the windows on a spinning platform with the kitchen being stationary in the middle. The restaurant rotates once every half hour, so it spins at a noticeable speed. This gave me a headache at first, but you get used to it.
This dinner was one of my favorite memories. The ceiling of the restaurant has little lights that look like constellations and it's really class and the food was delicious. We had a set 3-course meal because of how big of a group we were, and normally since I'm a picky eater I don't enjoy these types of things but it was so good.
We started off with bread and a potato soup. Our main course was roasted chicken with potatoes Au Gratin. It was so good, especially the potatoes Au Gratin. I could have just eaten a giant bowl of those for dinner. Amber ordered a vegetarian meal and got a really delicious risotto which several of us helped her finish. The only part of the meal I wasn't a huge fan of was the dessert. It was some sort of cherry something with vanilla ice cream on top. The ice cream was good but I don't really like cherries so Andrea enjoyed most of my dessert. I was pretty full from finishing Amber's risotto anyway so that didn't really matter.
The TV Tower dinner was a unique experience that I never would have thought to do, but was extremely cool. We felt so classy sitting in this nice revolving restaurant sipping our wine and eating delicious food. It was great.
After dinner a few of us had been wanting to go back to the Brandenburg Gate at night because it gets lit up and looks really pretty. We took a bus there and it was a double decker bus so everyone was excited. We went upstairs and sat in the front so we had a perfect view out the windshield. The gate at night is much more peaceful without the throngs of tourists and creepy people dressed up in costumes everywhere. I really enjoyed it. What I did not enjoy was the journey back. For some reason we decided not to take the bus back in the direction we had come from so we took an S-bahn to the U6, finally figured out that all those announcements over the past few days in German were about the U6 being closed between the street we were at and the street we needed to get to, then we went to another S-bahn platform and another and another before finding the right one. I was getting ready to walk out and walk because that probably would have been faster at that time of night when the trains don't run as frequently. But we made it. We even managed to see someone we know, Alex who was our walking tour guide and Lauren's project subject. That was actually pretty cool because it just shows that in a big city you barely know you can still see someone familiar.
Anyway, it was a really good night and I'm starting to get sad that tomorrow is our last day here. I really have enjoyed being here and I want to come back some day for sure. I am excited to go home and see my family and friends and sleep in my own bed though. As cliché as it sounds, leaving Thursday morning will definitely be bittersweet.
Once everyone had turned in their project we went to this little espresso bar near our hotel and had these really delicious sandwiches. Pretty much everyone got the mozzarella, tomato and basil sandwiches but seeing as I don't like tomatoes I didn't get that. I got Serrano ham and fresh mozzarella. It came on an herb bread and it was so delicious that I'm probably going to go back tomorrow and get it.
After lunch we wandered around Alexanderplatz for a while just to get out of the hotel. We went to another Humana thrift shop, but I don't really have the patience to find good things in thrift shops so I just sat and watched people try on weird clothes.
We then went back to the hotel and got ready for our nice group dinner at the TV Tower. Basically you get in the elevator at the TV Tower and it's super fast and makes your ears pop. The elevator lets you out at the observation deck where you can walk around and see a 360 degree view of Berlin. It was cool to look out in pretty much any direction and recognize a place we had visited or learned about during our trip.
Once we had looked around a bit we got to go up to the next floor to the restaurant to eat. The restaurant is situated like a donut, as Professor Freeman called it, with the tables all aligned in a ring next to the windows on a spinning platform with the kitchen being stationary in the middle. The restaurant rotates once every half hour, so it spins at a noticeable speed. This gave me a headache at first, but you get used to it.
This dinner was one of my favorite memories. The ceiling of the restaurant has little lights that look like constellations and it's really class and the food was delicious. We had a set 3-course meal because of how big of a group we were, and normally since I'm a picky eater I don't enjoy these types of things but it was so good.
After dinner a few of us had been wanting to go back to the Brandenburg Gate at night because it gets lit up and looks really pretty. We took a bus there and it was a double decker bus so everyone was excited. We went upstairs and sat in the front so we had a perfect view out the windshield. The gate at night is much more peaceful without the throngs of tourists and creepy people dressed up in costumes everywhere. I really enjoyed it. What I did not enjoy was the journey back. For some reason we decided not to take the bus back in the direction we had come from so we took an S-bahn to the U6, finally figured out that all those announcements over the past few days in German were about the U6 being closed between the street we were at and the street we needed to get to, then we went to another S-bahn platform and another and another before finding the right one. I was getting ready to walk out and walk because that probably would have been faster at that time of night when the trains don't run as frequently. But we made it. We even managed to see someone we know, Alex who was our walking tour guide and Lauren's project subject. That was actually pretty cool because it just shows that in a big city you barely know you can still see someone familiar.
Anyway, it was a really good night and I'm starting to get sad that tomorrow is our last day here. I really have enjoyed being here and I want to come back some day for sure. I am excited to go home and see my family and friends and sleep in my own bed though. As cliché as it sounds, leaving Thursday morning will definitely be bittersweet.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Exploring Alone and Emilie's 21st Birthday! - May 27, 2013
Today I woke up and it was sunny. FINALLY! I decided to embrace the sunshine and go out exploring by myself. I hadn't really gotten a chance to do that yet. I really enjoy walking around on my own so I was excited. First I went and got a pastry for breakfast because after a while I just can't eat salami sandwiches for breakfast at the hotel. Then I rode the tram and walked to Museum Island where I bought a 3 day pass to all the museums there.
First stop was the Pergamon Museum which is really cool. Inside there is about a third of the actual Pergamon and you can walk up the steps and look around. There is also an Islamic exhibit in the museum which has beautiful wood and tile work.
I took some pictures outside in front of the Berliner Dom and then decided to walk to the Brandenburg Gate which is about a kilometer away. I slowly made my way there, people-watching along the way. I also made a stop at Humboldt University to buy a t-shirt because I collect shirts from different universities. Once I got to the Brandenburg Gate I attempted to take a series of unfortunate selfies because I really wanted a picture of myself in front of it. None of them were very successful, so hopefully tomorrow night we can go as a group and someone can take a decent picture of me in front of it.
Next I decided to go over near some cafés by the US Embassy to get some lunch, and I settled on a Crêpe place that I had eaten at during the walking tour last week. My waiter didn't speak English, and he thought I was French so he proceeded to speak to me in French which wasn't really any better than him speaking to me in German considering I couldn't understand him either way.
I ordered a Berliner Weisse for the first time, and I settled on the apple flavor because that seemed like a good option. It was really weird drinking apple flavored beer through a straw. I also got a toasted baguette with turkey and some sort of cheese which turned out to be more like a pizza than a sandwich, which is what I thought it would be. So lunch was an interesting experience. Not to mention the plethora of birds flying past my face every 2 seconds. This did nothing to appease my intense fear of birds.
After lunch I had originally planned to go visit the Reichstag building, but I didn't really want to walk back in that direction and I really wanted to buy something at KaDeWe so I sat down and tried to look at my map and figure out how to get there. I had a general idea of where it was but I stared at my map for nearly 20 minutes and couldn't find it on there. Finally I gave up on looking at the map and just walked towards Potsdamer Platz until I found free wi-fi. When I found wi-fi I looked up the U-bahn stop for KaDeWe and headed towards that.
I got what I was looking for and was exhausted so I decided to head back to the hotel after that. The trip from KaDeWe takes almost 45 minutes and I was ready to relax when I got back.
Today is Emilie's 21st birthday and we all wanted to make it special for her so a few of us went back to KaDeWe to have gourmet desserts and wine. The choices were almost overwhelming. I got the KaDeWe torte, and honestly I have no idea what was in it but it was delicious. I never actually had a real dinner.
After dessert a few of us headed to Victoriapark with TA Andrew to watch the sunset. Everyone else went back to the hotel to finish working on their projects. Watching the sunset from the top of the hill in a fortress was cool, especially since last time a group of us tried to watch it we missed the sunset completely due to getting lost.
I really enjoyed my day of solo exploring and I'll probably go off on my own again tomorrow, at least to go look at the rest of the museums. Exploring alone helped me get some good photos that won't look the same as everyone else's. It also gave me time to reflect on the city and the trip. I find that wandering around by yourself is the best way to discover a place. I can't believe we only have 2 more days here. I'm definitely planning on making the most of them. I'm going to come back and add pictures from today later, the wi-fi is being really slow and it would take hours to upload them all now.
I ordered a Berliner Weisse for the first time, and I settled on the apple flavor because that seemed like a good option. It was really weird drinking apple flavored beer through a straw. I also got a toasted baguette with turkey and some sort of cheese which turned out to be more like a pizza than a sandwich, which is what I thought it would be. So lunch was an interesting experience. Not to mention the plethora of birds flying past my face every 2 seconds. This did nothing to appease my intense fear of birds.
After lunch I had originally planned to go visit the Reichstag building, but I didn't really want to walk back in that direction and I really wanted to buy something at KaDeWe so I sat down and tried to look at my map and figure out how to get there. I had a general idea of where it was but I stared at my map for nearly 20 minutes and couldn't find it on there. Finally I gave up on looking at the map and just walked towards Potsdamer Platz until I found free wi-fi. When I found wi-fi I looked up the U-bahn stop for KaDeWe and headed towards that.
I got what I was looking for and was exhausted so I decided to head back to the hotel after that. The trip from KaDeWe takes almost 45 minutes and I was ready to relax when I got back.
Today is Emilie's 21st birthday and we all wanted to make it special for her so a few of us went back to KaDeWe to have gourmet desserts and wine. The choices were almost overwhelming. I got the KaDeWe torte, and honestly I have no idea what was in it but it was delicious. I never actually had a real dinner.
After dessert a few of us headed to Victoriapark with TA Andrew to watch the sunset. Everyone else went back to the hotel to finish working on their projects. Watching the sunset from the top of the hill in a fortress was cool, especially since last time a group of us tried to watch it we missed the sunset completely due to getting lost.
I really enjoyed my day of solo exploring and I'll probably go off on my own again tomorrow, at least to go look at the rest of the museums. Exploring alone helped me get some good photos that won't look the same as everyone else's. It also gave me time to reflect on the city and the trip. I find that wandering around by yourself is the best way to discover a place. I can't believe we only have 2 more days here. I'm definitely planning on making the most of them. I'm going to come back and add pictures from today later, the wi-fi is being really slow and it would take hours to upload them all now.
Flea Market at Mauer Park - May 26, 2013
This morning a few of us headed off to the giant Sunday flea market near Mauer Park. It was raining but stopped once we got there, but there was mud everywhere. This didn't take away from the uniqueness of the flea market though. It was absolutely massive. We spent hours there and I still don't think we saw all of it. There is a part of the wall still at the park and we went up and took pictures near that as well, and I sat on one of the swings there that overlooks a field and the entire flea market.
Megan and I got bratwurst for lunch and I managed to get ketchup all over myself. I also searched fervently for a souvenir for my friend Courtney and finally found one. I won't say what it is, in case she is reading this, but I bought it from a British guy. That will make more sense once she sees what it is.
I spent about an hour or two in the afternoon perfecting my project and waiting for Professor Freeman to return so that I could show him. The hardest part of the project was definitely taking the photos, I found editing the audio and putting the soundslides presentation together really simple. I'm so relieved to be done with that.
I decided to celebrate finishing my project by going to dinner at Asian Tiger with Megan, but we were a bit disappointed and have come to the conclusion that the Vietnamese place that we keep going to is better.
A few of us ended the night by hanging out in our room as usual, and that led to some pretty hilarious conversations. I'm excited to go home in a few days and see my friends and family again, but nights like these make me realize I'm going to miss Berlin and the new friends I've made here on this trip.
I spent about an hour or two in the afternoon perfecting my project and waiting for Professor Freeman to return so that I could show him. The hardest part of the project was definitely taking the photos, I found editing the audio and putting the soundslides presentation together really simple. I'm so relieved to be done with that.
I decided to celebrate finishing my project by going to dinner at Asian Tiger with Megan, but we were a bit disappointed and have come to the conclusion that the Vietnamese place that we keep going to is better.
A few of us ended the night by hanging out in our room as usual, and that led to some pretty hilarious conversations. I'm excited to go home in a few days and see my friends and family again, but nights like these make me realize I'm going to miss Berlin and the new friends I've made here on this trip.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Bayern Wins! - May 25, 2013
It has been constantly raining and cold. I can't say I'm a fan of that. However, I didn't let that get in the way of having an amazing day.
The day started off late as usual because we tend to stay up late hanging around and talking to each other so the first thing we did was go get lunch. We tried to go to Asian Tiger but it was closed on Saturdays so we went back to the Vietnamese place that we ate at for one of the group dinners. I got the same thing, chicken with fried rice, again because it was delicious and cheap. Then we went on an epic adventure to go find this giant thrift shop. It took quite a while to get there and we were all freezing and soaked. We were also a bit disappointed because the thrift shop was not exactly what we had expected.
When we got back to the hotel we decided to go to Kaiser and get snacks which was a fun experience. Then I remembered that my friend had told me to watch the Champions League Finals so I went and asked the front desk clerk what time it started and I began to research the best places to watch. I settled on the Oscar Wilde Irish Pub. A group of us headed out and when we got there it was packed because it was about a half hour before the game was scheduled to start.
The good thing about an Irish pub is that the people who were working in there happened to be Irish and could speak English. Also, they have really good french fries, or chips as they were calling them. We found seats on a bench that didn't have the best view of the screen, but it was the only place we could find to situate ourselves without being yelled at to move every 3 seconds.
Because of my friend Stefan I wanted Bayern München to win. I prefer their colors over Dortmund's yellow and black anyway. Luckily we ended up sitting near mostly Bayern fans. Being in this pub for the final was beyond cool. Whenever anything remotely exciting would happen everyone cheered, and I lost my voice cheering when Bayern scored their second goal near the end of the game. Everyone jumped up and high-fived and screamed, it was great. This night was definitely a highlight of mine. It was such a cool event to be a witness of, watching two German teams compete against each other in the CL finals in Germany.
Tonight was a night I'll never forget, and it is just another thing to add to my list of reasons why I love Berlin.
The day started off late as usual because we tend to stay up late hanging around and talking to each other so the first thing we did was go get lunch. We tried to go to Asian Tiger but it was closed on Saturdays so we went back to the Vietnamese place that we ate at for one of the group dinners. I got the same thing, chicken with fried rice, again because it was delicious and cheap. Then we went on an epic adventure to go find this giant thrift shop. It took quite a while to get there and we were all freezing and soaked. We were also a bit disappointed because the thrift shop was not exactly what we had expected.
When we got back to the hotel we decided to go to Kaiser and get snacks which was a fun experience. Then I remembered that my friend had told me to watch the Champions League Finals so I went and asked the front desk clerk what time it started and I began to research the best places to watch. I settled on the Oscar Wilde Irish Pub. A group of us headed out and when we got there it was packed because it was about a half hour before the game was scheduled to start.
The good thing about an Irish pub is that the people who were working in there happened to be Irish and could speak English. Also, they have really good french fries, or chips as they were calling them. We found seats on a bench that didn't have the best view of the screen, but it was the only place we could find to situate ourselves without being yelled at to move every 3 seconds.
Tonight was a night I'll never forget, and it is just another thing to add to my list of reasons why I love Berlin.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Laundry Day - May 24, 2013
Today I woke up and did laundry. I've gotta say, it was not easy to decipher what the instructions were when they were all written in German. I just had to guess what the words meant. Also, German laundromats are expensive. It probably cost me about $15 to wash a weeks worth of laundry. I'm so grateful for my washer/dryer in my apartment now.
After doing laundry I had to run back to the hotel and change to go back to the EyeEm office to meet Severin. We went to lunch with one of his co-workers at a Vietnamese restaurant and I had these chicken spring rolls that were really good. Then we went around taking a few pictures and I did my interview. I feel much less stressed now that I have the pictures and audio for my project, but now I have to edit everything together which is a different kind of stressful.
I came back and had some alone time which was really nice. I edited some pictures and tried to pick out which ones to use for my project. It's so weird going from being at my apartment alone all the time, or with just my roommate to being with people nearly 24/7.
Emilie, Megan, Lauren, Amber and I went back to Al Dente for dinner which was delicious. I feel like I haven't eaten enough German food on this trip because there are so many different options around us. After dinner some of us went to the Kaiser Market and I got 2 giant bottles of water and some German chocolate.
Now a few of us are chilling in our room as usual, blogging and working on our projects. I think we're probably going to go out tomorrow night which I'm excited about. We're also planning on going vintage shopping and exploring to get more pictures. I can't believe that in a week I'll be back home in Gainesville. I almost don't want to go home. Sorry for the lack of pictures today, most of them were of Severin and there will be plenty of pictures of him later so I won't bombard my blog with them now. Tomorrow should have more!
After doing laundry I had to run back to the hotel and change to go back to the EyeEm office to meet Severin. We went to lunch with one of his co-workers at a Vietnamese restaurant and I had these chicken spring rolls that were really good. Then we went around taking a few pictures and I did my interview. I feel much less stressed now that I have the pictures and audio for my project, but now I have to edit everything together which is a different kind of stressful.
I came back and had some alone time which was really nice. I edited some pictures and tried to pick out which ones to use for my project. It's so weird going from being at my apartment alone all the time, or with just my roommate to being with people nearly 24/7.
Emilie, Megan, Lauren, Amber and I went back to Al Dente for dinner which was delicious. I feel like I haven't eaten enough German food on this trip because there are so many different options around us. After dinner some of us went to the Kaiser Market and I got 2 giant bottles of water and some German chocolate.
Now a few of us are chilling in our room as usual, blogging and working on our projects. I think we're probably going to go out tomorrow night which I'm excited about. We're also planning on going vintage shopping and exploring to get more pictures. I can't believe that in a week I'll be back home in Gainesville. I almost don't want to go home. Sorry for the lack of pictures today, most of them were of Severin and there will be plenty of pictures of him later so I won't bombard my blog with them now. Tomorrow should have more!
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