Today we went back to Leipzig. I almost thought I should
pretend to be sick, not go to Leipzig, and get some of my project done but I thought
that might not be the best idea so close to the end. Besides, at this point I
have perfect attendance, and why ruin that to get homework done?
This time we went to Leipzig with everyone: both Frau Becker
and Frau Shimmelpfennig and all of us students and Henrieke and Claudia. Simonne
and I left the house at 8:10am and made it to the Bahnhof by 8:30am. An hour later in
Leipzig we separated into our class groups and went on a mini tour of the city
center with us students talking about the main points of attraction. It wasn’t half
as bad as I thought it would be. If it wasn’t for the fact that yesterday my
only pair of jeans got soaked and is still not dry and today was freezing and
windy I would have had a really good time. So far the weather and my poor
packing choices (thinking since it is summer that it would be warm) have done
the most damage to me.
At the lunch break I went back to the Madler Passage and had
some coffee at the Mephisto café next to the Faustian Restaurant: Auerbachs
Keller. Simonne and Jennifer and I split a cheesecake too, and Simonne said it
was more American like. I will have to ask Simonne what that means…
After that we rejoined the group for a tour through the
Zeitgeschichte museum that was next door. It was about Eastern Germany, pretty
much from the end of WWII to the fall of the Wall. It was really interesting; I
think the museum is really well put together. I think it is more difficult to
do museums well when they cover such a short specific period of time but this
one was really good.
After we were done there, Henrieke, Claudia, Gordon (from SC),
Tim, and I returned on the 3:11pm train to Wittenberg. I then was able to use the extra time I got from coming back early to work on my
project, read some newspaper articles from just after the fall of the wall, and
a children’s book my hostfamily let me borrow about the fall of the wall.
Words:
Reise = Trip,
Journey
Echt = Genuine,
real, true
Die Hummel =
Bumble Bee
Die Biene = Bee
Lehrer = Teacher,
instructor
I think Simonne meant that cheesecake was creamy like in the US. German cheesecake is kind of lumpy and gritty and tastes like they forgot the sugar and to whip it with a mixer. It looks so good and tastes so disappointing. :)
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