Well, is pretty late here, but I am still going to get enough sleep to function tomorrow! And it is almost Friday! Today was a good day and I say that confidently. We found out that Goethe (the institute, not the writer) is taking a trip to Stuttgart this weekend (Sunday)! It is going to cost us only 11 Euro to take the train and go to the Mercedes-Benz Museum, which is supposed to be really neat. Andrea and I had looked into buying our own tickets yesterday before we found out about the trip and it was going to cost 100 Euro! So, I am very excited for Sunday!
We also plan to go to the "Uniseum," the Freiburg University Museum, tomorrow. That means that we could get two of the mandatory museum visits out of the way now just in case it ends up that we don't have the chance to do more later. Also, we cooked dinner for the Union group night--Bavarian style weisswurt, spaetzle, brot (bread), and vegetables. It actually came out well and it didn't even cost us very much!
After dinner, I did some homework and then walked around town for a bit. We got some ice cream (well, gelato) and enjoyed the night air. It was a bit overcast today, but the temperature seemed to warm up tonight. It's interesting how that seems to work here. I am glad that this week has flown by, it has been much more relaxed than last week. I cannot believe that our time in Freiburg is almost halfway over! I found out that we won't have to take a final exam here, which pretty awesome! I am very much looking forward to living in Berlin for a bit, although I will definitely miss the relaxed atmosphere of this city.
Before I forget, the pictures above show one of the many Holocaust reminders/memorials found within Freiburg. As I walked by this bronze jacket, I thought it was real and that someone had accidentally left it on the side of the bridge. But once I found out what it symbolizes (and the fact that it was made out of metal and not cloth), I definitely agree with Andrea that once you knows it's there, the jacket will always serve as a reminder of what occurred almost seventy years ago. I decided to make the focus of my photo project on Holocaust memorials throughout Germany, so it will be interesting to see how each place gives remembrance in different ways...Well, I must head to bed. Missing everyone and hoping that all is well! 'Til next time...Tschuess!
