Food.

Ok So half of you reading this were probably drawn to the fact that the title is Food. Honestly if I wasn´t writing it, I would click the link too. If there is food, everyone is there. Ok well moving on. The food here is good. People dont exagerate about German Chocolate. Chicken Schnitzel, I have had one. It didnt taste too bad. Also Flammkuchen. Delicious. Its like a messed up pizza. Its a thin crust like flatbread with a special sauce, kinda like cream cheese and sour cream but  different. Its called quark I think. Then on top there is bacon or onions or ham or more cheese. Well anyway its pretty darn good. But a big juicy steak takes the cake in my mind still. Speaking of steak.. I haven´t had one since I´ve been here. Sad life. I also haven´t heard the humm of a big ole´ diesel truck. I haven´t even seen a truck! And the semis. Mercedes Benz. Yupp. No Peterbilt up in here!!! Well yea I find that interesting. I also think its funny how I think of steak and end up talking about trucks. In my world they go hand-in-hand. Back to food. Im getting sidetracked. Too much coffee. My brain can´t handle it..OK food. Italian Ice Cream. HUGE here. Every town has multiple cafes for it. But I will say its pretty good. The tirimisu kind is great. :) And these Germans!! They eat like crazy! Always eating! For breakfast we have almost a full meal with bread and cold cut sandwiches. And coffee! always coffee. Then lunch is usually warm. And if you are home we eat together if we can. Supper is the same, If everyone isnt home for lunch we then have a hot supper too. But sometimes we have sandwhiches too. With all this eating I need to start running. A lot. I dont understand how everyone is soo skinny when they eat constantly! Yes.. there are few exeptions but nothing like back in America. Im sorry America but we have earned our reputation. Well I think that is enough about food for now...

So what have I been doing since last week..? Well on Wednesday I went to a Kletterpark with other afs students in the area. It like an obstacle course in the trees. Zip lining and climbing. It was fun!! Then after I went to Landau were I met with Ashvini (From Malaysia), and two other students from Brazil. The next day Ashvini and I went to meet Elena (Italy) in here host town. I also bought some shoes! they are grayish brown and are little ankle boots.... And back to Landau..... we were meeting with some more people for supper but my cold was getting bad and I didnt feel good so I went back home. In the next couple days I didnt do much mainly because I was sick and because I have no school! :) I watched a couple episodes of Little Britain. British humor. Hilarious. I met up with a girl in the neighborhood and we had a nice walk and chat which I did in almost complete German!! WooHooo! Sunday we went hiking again with another family in the neighborhood. There is a girl my age so it was nice to visit with her. I also went shopping with her yesterday. One of those days I made Apple Crisp for my family... I couldnt tell you which one though haha the joy of being busy. thankfully today was a nice chillaxing day. Not too much goin on. I think Ill go drink some hot lemon. Fresh sqeezed lemon in boiling hot water cures all cold and clear ya up with one cup. But I do suggest you add a little sugar or honey. Plain is ok but not that enjoyable!:) 

Tschüss Alle!!

ellie