Erinner' mich wie wir am kleinen Schlossplatz 'rum gesessen sind

Well, my original plans for the weekend sort of fell through, but that’s okay. It has been nice to rest after a busy week. On Tuesday Markus came over for lunch, and then I went to a movie with Monica later in the evening. We saw Der Womanizer. It wasn’t very good, but it was in German and it was an interesting experience. In Germany you have to buy as specific seat in the theater. So, the closer you sit to the screen, the cheaper your ticket is. I don’t like that because I can’t stand sitting close to the screen…

Alyssa and I decided to take a short day trip to Bad Urach on Wednesday because it is included in our Tübingen semester tickets. Bad Urach is a small town about an hour away by train and is known for its waterfalls. After checking out the town of Bad Urach and grabbing lunch at a bakery, we set off to find the waterfall. As luck would have it, the signs along the trail didn’t provide directions to the waterfall! Instead we came across signs explaining things such as the water cycle. Sweet, we’re lost in the woods, but at least we know that water evaporates and forms clouds! Awesome, just awesome. After about an hour or more of hiking through the woods with out luck, we decided we must be on the WRONG mountain. So… we went back in the direction of town to find a trail on the other mountain. Luckily, we managed to find the correct trail this time. However, the directions posted along the trails were rather confusing. In the end, we found the waterfall. It was a nice and scenic walk, but I think my body would have preferred knowing the shortest route from the get go!

Thursday Alyssa, Stephanie and I hopped on a train to Freiburg. I had been interested in seeing Freiburg since before I got to Germany because I had considered studying there at one time. Freiburg is the “capital” of the Black Forest. We mainly just wondered around and sampled some fantastic black forest cake. It was a beautiful city and it had a couple of Starbucks, but I’m still glad I chose to study in Tübingen!

Friday was also fairly busy for me. I met up with Markus in Stuttgart for the first part of the day and then met up with Alyssa and Stephanie again to go to IKEA. I had been very curious about this massive home décor store for quite awhile. I don’t know if I was simply too tired, or what, but I didn’t find it that exciting. It probably had a lot to do with the fact that I would have to ship anything that I bought back to the States and… idk, it just wasn’t worth it. I think I surprised the others because I didn’t buy a single thing at IKEA. It’s pretty unheard of I guess, but I only have 2 months left… I can deal with what I already have.