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It's hard to believe that I've already been here for two weeks! One of the other girls from Michigan and I were talking about it and decided that life here is pretty much the most normal life we've ever lived... Life is so simple and routine, it's honestly so nice! We're obviously in Germany and speak German all the time, but could be in a small town anywhere in the world.

At the top of the mountain with Uli. It was unfortunately
a very foggy day, but the view was noch schön!

Lots of shopping in Nürnberg! And one of
the big churches in the background.

This week there were a lot of planned activities from Goethe: on Monday we visited the Löwenbrauerei in Schwäbisch Hall... The tour was hard to concentrate on like usual, but afterwards we had dinner with unlimited beer! ;) On Tuesday, there was an international buffet at Goethe where everyone brought a dish to pass from their homeland-- So much good food!!! I made sweet potatoes and the other Americans brought various delicacies: Fruit Loops, ham and cheese sandwiches, and puppy chow to name a few! On Thursday there was "Kaffee und Kuchen" where a bunch of sweet older women baked their favorite cake and brought them to the cafeteria for all of the Goethe students. I sat next to a sweet 70 year old woman named Uli, and after talking for a while she invited Chris and I over to her house on Friday-- she was so nice and really loved to talk! She showed us a cute little town and we climbed to the top of a mountain before going to her house for more Kaffee und Kuchen. On Friday night there was another party in the "Goethe Pub," a little bar in the basement of the school, which was pretty fun-- Hearing people from all over the world sing and dance to Call Me Maybe ist sehr lustig!

I only got 6, but Mike's plate was cuter!!

Yesterday we had a day trip to Nürnberg, the city that Hitler had his big celebrations every year and then was used for the prosecution of the Nazi officials after the WWII (aka. Nuremberg Trials). Obviously there is a lot of history there and many many churches that we visited on the city tour. For lunch, we ate in the cutest little restaurant called the Bratwursthäusle. The menu consisted of the choice of 6, 8, 10, or 12 bratwursts with sauerkraut or potato salad on the side! Nürnberger bratwursts are much smaller than regular, which is why you get so many...

xoxo