Thanksgiving, Snow, & Christmas time!



Snow in Freiburg!



A part of the Weihnachtsmarkt in Freiburg!



Happy Thanksgiving everyone! My first Thanksgiving somewhere other than the USA didn't turn out too badly after all! I had 6 hours of class all day which was pretty unusual, since every Thanksgiving everything is always closed and there is no school. But during my break between classes I went to the Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas market) which started up this week in accordance to advent. and it is absolutely adorable! I could spend all day there, with its yummy food, adorable vendors, and cute Christmas decorations.

 



The Restaurant

After classes we went to a dinner put on by the program, IES, in the Schwarzwald in Freiburg on top of the Schlossberg. The dinner was absolutely beautiful and our professors and program directors came. There was pumpkin soup, salad, turkey, stuffing, carrots, mashed potatoes, corn, cranberry sauce, and ice cream and fruit salad for dessert. Sadly no pumpkin pie! However it was fantastic and we had music played live by other students who were absolutely fabulous. During dinner we finally got our first real snow! Somehow I managed to miss the fact that there was a gondala and therefore slipped and slid down the entire mountain- but made it back in one piece! Freiburg was absolutely gorgeous covered in snow. It makes me want to have Christmas right now!



This weekend was my friend Barbara's 21st birthday weekend (I seem to have made a lot of friends with fall birthdays...) so we celebrated on Saturday night when she got back from visiting her family in Heidelberg. We made her a delicious dinner and then went out! Lots of fun! That night it decided to snow big fluffy flakes again, which definately made Barbara's day! Tomorrow (Monday) is her actual birthday- no doubt more festivities to come!

 



Thanksgiving Dinner



As for me, just more homework and projects. I am about 75% sure that I am going to go to Paris from the 10th-12th of December regardless of what happens in the world! I am determined! After that it is finals week in Freiburg... WHAT?! So crazy- only 18 days left in Freiburg and 23 left in Germany! I can hardly believe it. However, on the 17th of December I will be headed up to Düsseldorf to see the Reinecke's for the last remaining days in Germany- and my roommate from Albion, Sarah, will be in the next town over visiting her old exchange student. I am so excited to see her and the Reinecke's! It will be a great way to end a great semester!











Timeline for the upcoming weeks:

-December 10-12: Paris

-December 17: Düsseldorf

-December 21: USA!