Riquewier (or something like that)

On Friday night Betsy, Michelle and I joined our professor, Dr. Mac and Katerina, the on-site director for the international program, for dinner in this adorable little town hidden in the midst of Alsacian wine country. It was about an hours drive from where we were staying in Germany. Dr. Mac really wanted to go and I volunteered to come along and translate since it is in France. We started out just following the map, but when we got to Freiburg we couldn't figure out which route to take out of the town to go towards Riqueweir. Thankfully we found a very helpful French couple at a gas station and they even drew us a detailed map through round-points and lights to get us back on track. Once there we wandered the cobblestone streets and enjoyed the antique quaint-ness that is impossible to find in the US. Dinner was delicious and we even had live entertainment - a parrot that pulled up a EU flag and then refused to be coaxed into putting puzzle pieces together.

7 in the House

There were 7 in the house and the little one said, "roll over, I'm squished!"

When I arrived in Germany for my two weeks of classes I met Betsy (jean jacket in the front), a woman teaching in Spain. We shared a rather large apartment that first week. The second week 5 more roommates joined us. We were all more than a little curious to see how it would work out (there was 1 full bath, 1 half bath, and 4 bedrooms). We had a good mix of personalities and ended up getting along great.

Last Roommate Dinner

For our last roommate dinner we went to a delicious restaurant right on the beach. It offers excellent local food and is a place I always visitors - Kim, Dan, Joy... My roommate Lauren had never been there, and Karen I couldn't let her escape without the experience since she won't be back in September.