Week of Experimentation

So it’s a rainy day here in the land of Germany. Things have been picking up with the start of classes and all. We’ve been meeting and hanging out with lots of students. I’ve met some people from Russia and the Ukraine on my floor but I don’t see them very often.

It was a week of experiments for me. One thing that’s pretty disappointing about Germany is the lack of biscuits here. So I decided that I would make my own. The interesting part is trying to find the right ingredients at the grocery store and then trying to convert english units to metric. The biscuits turned out pretty good and with some cheese and salami, they were amazing. I also made French toast for the first time which turned out pretty well. The syrup here is a little different unless you want to pay 6 euros for the Canadian Maple syrup.

I also decided that I was due for a haircut, and in an effort to try something new and save money, I just decided to do it myself. I borrowed some hair cutting scissors from a friend and with a couple of mirrors and some newspapers, I hacked away. I think it looks pretty good. Sorry I don’t have pictures just yet.
Wednesday we went to a Uni-film showing where they play movies for students for only like 2 euros. So we got to see Wall-E in German which was pretty cool.
Last Friday, we had our first official event at Unterwegs where we hosted a game night. We only had 4 students show up but we had a lot of fun playing card games and eating tons of cookies and gummy bears.

Last night I was really enjoying my sleep until about 2 a.m. when the fire alarm went off. I was really hoping it would only last about 5 min. or so, but not this time. After about 15 min. I decided I should leave the building since the alarm wasn’t going to let me sleep any time soon. So I joined everyone outside in time to see the fire trucks show up but I never saw any signs of an actual fire. The firemen went in and in about 5 min the alarm was turned off and we were allowed back in.

Tomorrow I think we’re having a calzone night then going to a dance club which should be interesting. We’ll see how that turns out.

Georgia Winter

So this is a pic I took today. As you can see, spring has arrived and it's amazing the difference a lot of green can make. Germany seems like a completely different country than what it did in the winter. People shed their many layers and get out an enjoy the sun, so, naturally, I followed suit and put my shorts on an went for a ride on Peggy (my bike).

I can't say that winter has completely gone away though. Before today, we had a few days of rain and near freezing temperatures. To be honest, I really enjoyed the cold but that's because I'm not right in the head according to some of my friends. I think it just reminded me of the cold, rainy winters back home. Oh well, moving on.

So I'm sure you're all wondering what Ol' Peggy looks like.
I can't say she's the prettiest thing but she does her job well. I've actually started a small collection of bikes that I've found on the side of the road and I've pretty much turned my room into a workshop. I'm up to 3 so far. I'm hoping to repair them but that kind of depends on the cost. They aren't in bad shape but they don't exactly have wheels. I plan on using these as my therapy to have something to work on. Maybe by the end of the semester I can sell them and make a small profit.

We've been having a lot of fun this past week. Friday was the first official use of Unterwegs for an event. We had a guy's night of poker with about 10 people total. I did a pretty good job of losing, but it wasn't for money so it's ok. Afterwards, some of our German friends invited us to Tacky Party but by the time we got there, the police had shown up and closed it down because it was too loud. We ended up just hanging out at the student pub near the dorms. Saturday was a dreary day but ended well. We had made friends with this girl who was having a birthday party, so we went to that and were able to meet a bunch of other students. We even ran into some students from Mexico who had been to the Globalscope there. Crazy how small the world is sometimes.

Not exactly sure what the week has in store but I'm sure it'll be interesting. I'm doing my best to not be bored while I'm here which really isn't all that hard. Classes start next week and we'll be having a lot more events with Unterwegs in the coming weeks.

That's all for now.

Up and running (it's about time, I know)

Ok so there's been a lot of talk about me doing a blog about my adventures in Germany and what do you know? There actually is one. Yes, I realize I've been here for 7 weeks already and am just now starting but hey, it's better late than never right? Thought so.

Anyway, a lot has happened in the past 7 weeks and there's no way I'm going to go into great detail about it all, so you'll just have to ask me about it when I get back.

For those of you who don't know, I'm here with a group called Globalscope and we're starting a campus ministry here at the University of Tuebingen. Tuebingen is an awesome college town and is insanely beautiful. You should be jealous.



The past 7 weeks, me and a group of 7 others have been taking language classes and exploring the sights of Germany while meeting some pretty cool people along the way.

We've seen castles and mountains, eaten doeners and weisswurst, ridden in planes, trains and automobiles,and had a couple of beers along the way. It's been an adventure so far and it looks like things can only get better.