Was officially welcomed to Freiburg yesterday, with speeches from the mayor and people from the uni, weird dancing and a lot of singing. Only 2 weeks too late, but I guess it was nice all the same? Then went and hung out with people at Augustiner Platz. At which I actually finally met the other person here from ANU, whose German is a lot better than mine :( Lol.
After a late night last night, had a bit more of a chilled day today. Had class of course in the morning, and then in the afternoon went to the Schwimmbad (swimming pool) in Littenweiler, which was really nice! It's in the outer edge of Freiburg, so there were trees all around, and it kinda just felt like a big park, with volleyball courts and such at one end, two big pools and a waterside in the middle, a then a big grassy patch where people were sunbathing on the other side, and also a jumping castle.
Today was quite hot - saw one sign that said 38 degrees, though I think it might have been more like 34-5 degrees... But it was definitely the perfect day to be at the pool! Could jump in and cool down, then get out and dry off in the sun before jumping in again. Was definitely not expecting such warm weather in Germany though - I have been hunting down new shorts to buy, as I only brought 2 pairs with me! Mum and dad will have a few summer clothes in their suitcases on the way home I think!
I also think I'm tanning a bit! Which is nice, after the first day when I got sunburnt. Brown is definitely better than red, even if it is 'skin cells in trauma'! And maybe people will believe me more when I say I'm Australian if I have a bit of a tan? Have already been told I don't look much like an Australian (though I'm not exactly sure what we usually look like?), and that my Australian accent is not very strong (which is actually quite true).
So yeah, had my first taste of mac and cheese tonight - made from scratch by Jenna. I have to say it was pretty delicious, and didn't taste at all like what Easy Mac smells like (i.e. vomit). Also finally found out where to put my rubbish - even got a tour of the rubbish garage, auf Deutsch lol. And now I'm just chilling on the couch. Was watching Robin Hood in German - can't get over how funny it is, cos their voices are all wrong! But now am watching Germany get beaten by Argentina, and keeping up with the news feed for the Australia vs Scotland soccer match. Also saw on the news that Australia passed another law on cigarettes - they can no longer have brand names and pretty packaging, but will just be covered in those disgusting pictures? :S Oh and doing homework, of course...
Making plans to go to Switzerland next weekend, and vielleicht either Stuttgart or Baden-Baden this weekend. We all want to make the most of the relatively short time we have here! So yeah, still lots to look forward to! Also have a week and a half more of class, so I'm sure there'll be plenty more homework to look forward to as well... But anyway, should probably go to bed now, if I'm going to have the energy to actually do all these things in the next 2 weeks!
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