Hello friends!
So, clearly I decided to take most of the month of February off. (or Ich bin faul – ‘I am lazy’ in German) 😀 You can all thank my beloved Joel for telling me to stop slacking. But I’m going to write quick, because I’m kind of tired and want to go to bed. 🙂 🙂 You all understand, I know!
That being said, I thought I’d fill you in with what we did today. Today we went to a city called Tübingen. This city has the oldest University in Germany, which was founded by “King” Lichtenstein (King is in quotes, because I’m not sure if that’s actually right… oops.) Anyway, the University was found in the late 15th century (aka 14something) It was actually a REALLY pretty city. There is a river that people row-boat on in the spring and summer, which I think is pretty cool. It was definitely a college town, but IN GERMANY, so naturally, we all thought it was pretty fun.
We also got to go around the castle area which was BEAUTIFUL. After a little bit of venturing in the castle, we found a grassy area where people were training with bows and arrows! There was also a guy that charged 2euros for people to shoot 5 arrows. I woosed out and did not, but 3 people from our group did, so it was funny. Very interesting too, because a few were wearing, like, Lord of the Rings capes…? But it was so medieval because we were IN a castle and watching people shoot bows and arrows!
We pretty much just walked around the town and saw a bunch of pretty buildings. Also, one of the host-mom’s of the group went to school here, so she came with today to show us around, which was really nice because she knew a lot.
Of course we also shopped a little…. When do I not shop?? BUT I only bought food – there was a farmers market in the town that day, so I got some delicious fresh fruit. And I also found a very nice, big natural grocer, so I got some chocolate covered rice cakes for snacks for the day. 🙂 OH!! I lied – I didn’t just buy food: I also purchased some new yarn and knitting needles because my friend Rachel’s host-mom taught us to knit the other day! WOOHOO!!
Anyway, that was my day in Tübingen, but now I’m really going to go to bed, because I’m tired and my clothes smell like cigarettes from the college town.
GOOD NIGHT!! 🙂
Until next time… (which will hopefully be sooner, maybe next Sunday, because I’M GOING TO PARIS NEXT WEEKEND!!!!)
keelygoshia 