Sorry for not updating. It has been a busy but mostly uneventful past few days. At the moment I am trying frantically to get ready for my weekend in Heidelberg, so this will probably be a relatively short post.
I will say that last night everyone from the RISE program in our city (plus a few people from the nearby city of Kassel) met up for dinner at this African themed restaurant called Sambesi. It was a sort of farewell dinner for Jamie, who is leaving after Heidelberg. It was very very cool. There were a TON of people there, most of whom I had never met before. I didn't realize that there were so many people in our program in the city.
Everything on the menu was really exotic. They had crocodile, ostritch, and even zebra. I ended up getting the zebra, by the way. It tasted mostly like beef with a small hint of lamb thrown in. It was crazy, but delicious. Who would've thought that I would get to try zebra while in the middle of Germany!?
Anyway, after dinner we walked over to this place called Trou, which is essentially this neat little pub that is literally located in the stone cellar beneath some buildings. The atmosphere was amazing. You're sitting there, around a bunch of barrels, and most of the light comes from either these really weak lamps overhead or the candles on your barrels. Very, very, neat.
Anyway, a little while after we got there, this very loud and very drunk German guy came by to "practice his English" with us. It was really funny, because most of the time he didn't make any sense whatsoever. Poor guy.
And really, that was most of my evening. I came home, packed up most of my stuff for Heidelberg, and now I'm just getting ready to go. Again, I won't have my laptop with me this weekend, but I should be home by late Saturday night so that I can tell you all about my trip!
Bis Dann!
Hi, Sweetiepie! It was great to hear from you again. One good thing about keeping busy is that the time passes quickly. That can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending. For me it's good - I'll get to see my baby sooner. Zebra!! WOW!! I am quite sure you are the only one in the family who will ever be able to say you tasted zebra!! I would have picked that, too, mostly because I would have never thought about it being on a menu anywhere. Looking forward to the pictures of Heidelberg! Have fun! Love, Mom
ReplyDeleteI would have ordered the Ostrich, since I think of it as a B I G long-legged chicken, and I think of Zebra as a horse. Tee Hee! But like your Mom said, who would ever have thought of Zebra being on a menu??? Did anyone order ostrich that sat near you? I wondered if the taste was similar to chicken.
ReplyDeleteYou are experiencing so many things that ordinarry people will never get to do. See, being very intelligent has its perks!
I've had alligator before, but not crocodile. I wonder if they taste similar. I've never had zebra or ostrich. I'll have to give that a whirl sometime. I can't wait to hear about your Heidelberg trip & see the pics.
ReplyDeleteThe ND games shipped, so I should have them by the middle of next week. :-) I'm enjoying Castle Malloy so far. Love you!!!!! Sheila :-)