These were found in the grocery store here. The marshmallows say they are made according to the "original American recipe," (whatever that is), but tasted more like vanilla than any American marshmallows I've ever had. Oh the Germans!
Celebrating with the world: pictured are three of us from St. Olaf and friends from Germany, Iraq and Poland. Other nationalities at the party included Brits, New Zealanders, Azerbaijanis, Swedes, Canadians, etc. etc.
Last Sunday Colin, Kirsten and I took a train to Darmstadt, a city about 4 hours north of Konstanz. Colin had a couple extra 1st class tickets left from when his family came to visit, so we rode in style! (see above) After this picture was taken, my camera battery died, so the rest of the pictures from the trip are either from Colin or the internet. We had a rocky start to the day; I somehow ignored my TWO alarms and didn't get up until Colin and Kirsten knocked on my door that morning. I got ready to go in 10 minutes, but we missed our bus and had to call a taxi. The taxi ended up being 15 minutes late because he couldn't find our street, and arrived 9 minutes before our train was supposed to leave. He flew through the city, and we made it on the train with about half a minute to spare!
Last Sunday Colin, Kirsten and I took a train to Darmstadt, a city about 4 hours north of Konstanz. Colin had a couple extra 1st class tickets left from when his family came to visit, so we rode in style! (see above) After this picture was taken, my camera battery died, so the rest of the pictures from the trip are either from Colin or the internet. We had a rocky start to the day; I somehow ignored my TWO alarms and didn't get up until Colin and Kirsten knocked on my door that morning. I got ready to go in 10 minutes, but we missed our bus and had to call a taxi. The taxi ended up being 15 minutes late because he couldn't find our street, and arrived 9 minutes before our train was supposed to leave. He flew through the city, and we made it on the train with about half a minute to spare!
(photo credit: Colin)
The whole reason we went up to Darmstadt was because they have a museum displaying fossils found in the famous Messel fossil bed near the city. The BBC series "Walking with Beasts," is based on the fossils they found here. Colin really wanted to see the fossils (he admits to being a bit of a nerd) and Kirsten and I agreed to come along--- how could we pass up free travel in first class?? Unfortunately the museum had a big sign on it saying it was closed for renovation until 2011 but that some of the exhibits could be found in another building in town. We eventually found that building, paid our 1 Euro entrance fee and realized that this place wasn't displaying the fossils, but rather the old printing presses from the museum. It was interesting nonetheless, and we got special treatment because we were the only ones in the "museum' (it was actually more like a slightly renovated warehouse).
The whole reason we went up to Darmstadt was because they have a museum displaying fossils found in the famous Messel fossil bed near the city. The BBC series "Walking with Beasts," is based on the fossils they found here. Colin really wanted to see the fossils (he admits to being a bit of a nerd) and Kirsten and I agreed to come along--- how could we pass up free travel in first class?? Unfortunately the museum had a big sign on it saying it was closed for renovation until 2011 but that some of the exhibits could be found in another building in town. We eventually found that building, paid our 1 Euro entrance fee and realized that this place wasn't displaying the fossils, but rather the old printing presses from the museum. It was interesting nonetheless, and we got special treatment because we were the only ones in the "museum' (it was actually more like a slightly renovated warehouse).
In Darmstadt we also saw this crazy "Hundertwasser Haus," also known as the "Waldspirale." It's an apartment complex designed by the Austrian artist "Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser." His name translates to "Kingodom-of-Peace Rainy-day Darkly-multicolored Hundered-waters." He created it, obviously.
We also found a cool Russian Orthodox church in Darmstadt. Czar Nicholas II gave the church to Darmstadt in 1894 when he married Pricess Alexandra, who was from the city. I didn't realize that the last Czar family was half German!
We also found a cool Russian Orthodox church in Darmstadt. Czar Nicholas II gave the church to Darmstadt in 1894 when he married Pricess Alexandra, who was from the city. I didn't realize that the last Czar family was half German!
So those were adventures of the past couple weeks. I also had my last final--- in personality psychology and am now done with the semester!! Yay! Now it's on to enjoying my last 2 and a half weeks in Konstanz. I can't believe it! Mom and Cailie come in 12 days. We're going to explore Konstanz and venture out to Bern, Switzerland and Strasbourg, France--- I'm really excited! Now if I could just figure out the stupid French train system----remember how they didn't like to speak English in Paris, well they also don't like to translate their webpages into English either. Luckily a guy from France lives in my house!
I hope you all enjoy your weekend! I'll be posting a couple more times before I come home.
Love and miss you all!
Love and miss you all!
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