Blogs from Europe - page 10049

I'm having many culinary adventures here! Need I say it? THE FOOD AND WINE ARE EXCELLENT! Cooking for one is not easy, but I'm managing quite well. I'm staying in a university residence which has some communal kitchens. The good news is that they are kept clean and clear. The bad news is that nothing can be left in them--no food, no utensils, no equipment, no garbage. The rules are so strick that if anyone leaves a mess, the administration closes that kitchen for a couple of days. So far, so good. Today, I went to the big market: about 3 city blocks in size: both inside and outside. The produce, meat, cheese were amazing. I bought some local strawberries--they rival our coastal BC ones. I stopped at a portable meat market and bought a veal ... read more

First off, Benj, YES! Döner Kebobs or Dönar Kebops (I've seen them spelled both ways here) are amazing! I would have gotten one today for dinner, but my bus came before I had a chance. Ok, today. Today I went to a small town in the Black Forest called Alpirsbach. It has one of the oldest Klosters (monistaries) in Germany and also one of the oldest still running beer brewries. I, along with four other people (two other students, the boyfriend of one of the other students, and a guy that works at SIT and is a student at the Tübingen Universität, this guy is named Florian and he leads all of the excursions and also was my guide around Tübingen my first day here) went through the monistary, a museum, and the brewery. It was ... read more

Just got in from a long day! This morning we woke up pretty early and went for breakfast again on the terrace. We had some more croissants with jelly & orange juice, and I also ordered some yogurt. The yogurt was unlike anything I have ever seen! It came out in a big brown jar (nothing like the plastic cups we get in America) and it was completely natural- not at all processed. It looked like it came straight from the farm! It was so good. After breakfast, we walked over to the Musee D’Orsay. On the way we saw the cutttttesttttt brown toy poodle(although Prince Charles is still way cuter). We had been on the lookout for a “French poodle” since we have been here but I couldn’t get my camera out in time to ... read more

Everything worked out today. We woke up by 5am and were ready for the taxi (12 Euros) when it arrived at 5:30am. Got to the airport ontime and they didn´t even weigh our luggage, much less our backpacks. Phew... since we were surely over the 20 kilos per bag and/or 6 kilos per carry on. The young man in front of us had two bags, so the lady weighed them and at 34 kilos, he was told he owed 138 Euros extra! We arrrived in Athens and boarded our ontime flight to Madrid. They served a decent brunch of cream and mushrooms crepe, spinach pastry, croissant and muffin. We arrived in Madrid with a four hour wait, so we had capuccinos and shopped. The Madrid airport is laid out strangely. They have T1, T2, T3, and ... read more

sziasztok! ma is erdekes nap volt: probafelveteleket csinaltunk a filmunkhoz, amin sikerult egy egesz hosszu mondatot angolul elmondanom, de majd sokkal többet is kell beszelnem egyfolytaban... aztan voltam betegnel, akit kikerdeztem, vegulis nem is sikerult rosszul, szerencsere kicsit rosszabbul beszelt angolul mint en, aranyos nenike volt. jo lenne svedul tudni...holnap meg egy bacsikat fogok meginterjuvolni :) delben sikerult internetkabelt meg bicolancot venni, mert ahogy megfigyeltem kb a bicok felere raknak lancot, a tobbit csak ugy otthagyjak, en is igy tettem, de mondtak, hogy inkabb tegyek lancot, uh teszek is. ja es beleptem a norrlands nationbe :) a delutani ora jo sokaig tartott, otthon vacsifozes közben megneztuk a lakotarsakkal az eurovizios dalfesztivalt, hat nem volt egy nagy szam, mondhatni gyenge volt... pusz mindenkinek ... read more