My 2 new loves <3

With so many new, exciting and awesome things to experience here in Germany, I thought I would pick my top two new favorite things.

The first is mushrooms.  My whole life, I have been afraid of mushrooms.  NO LONGER!  The first night I was here, my host-mother made me a dinner that was, like, a mushroom stir-fry almost that had a very tasty sauce (I know… another tasty sauce!) I have had mushrooms a few other times in my meals, because they are in a lot of my foods here, and yesterday I INTENTIONALLY ordered mushrooms!  What is happening to me?!?!  I also ate cabbage today… and liked it!  But I must say, mushrooms are a new love for me.  Who cares that they’re fungi?  Not me.  Not anymore, anyway!  They are filling, and actually pretty good.  So yes, I am now a mushroom eater…

The second new love is public transportation.  Oh.  My.  Gosh.  It’s the best thing since gluten-free sliced bread!  But really.  The convenience of the mass public transportation here is something I wish we had at home.  Of course, everything is way closer and there are way more people per area here, so it makes more sense, but it would definitely be a nice addition to America!  Trains in Iowa, anyone?  Think about it – you could go to downtown Des Moines (where the bars a little better than I-town’s) to go out with friends and not worry about paying for a cab or making one of you friends be the DD and have no problem getting home!  Why?  Because you can just hop on the bus and GET HOME SAFE!  Besides this convenience, I personally love it extra-well because I HATE DRIVING!!  Being able to sit on a bus or on the train and read to school is FAR better than getting in my car and having to pay attention to the road.  Boooorinnggg! I for realzies love it.  Also cool: the bus that I take to Schorndorf every day is a Mercedes bus – AWESOME!  That’s right – I’m the high-roller that can take the Mercedes bus to school!  (They’re all Mercedes, but no one has to know that…) 😉  The bus I have pictured is the size of TWO BUSES!  They’re connected with and accordian-style ‘thing’ in the middle (which, yes, there are some in America too..), but these HUGE buses can get around the tightest round-about (which there are MANY of here) and it blows my mind!  I always think we’re gonna take out some signs, or buildings, or people… but the bus drivers are good.

So these are the two latest discoveries I’ve made in my love-life.  Might sound lame, but hey!  They seem to be making my life better, so I’m happy.  🙂

Until next time…