In our household, we eat a lot. We eat like kings. Each morning we walk into a full spread of various meats, breads, cheeses, jams, fruits and fruit juices, and even 6 different types of spreadable meats! My host mom makes it very apparent that she does not want us to go hungry. Every dinner we have a family meal with a new German dish each night. These mostly consist of things my own mother would cook back in the states but in combinations I wouldn't have even thought to make. And man, are they good!
Because almost every night is a completely new meal, this means that we must eat everything that’s cooked either that night or the next day for lunch, which turned into quite the chore a night ago, involving some kind of potato soup and sausages.
We took a trip to the getränkemarkt today, which means drink market in German. This was the equivalent to a HEB grocery store back at home. Our host mom took Cameron and me through the aisles showing us the different foods and explaining what things are while we grabbed stuff of the shelves. It was intriguing to me to see how everything was packaged in such small portions and how you couldn't even buy more than 6 thin slices of turkey in a package.
We also met a pretty cool local this week, Ritchie, who works at a sports nutrition store right near AIB and is also a trainer at a local gym call The Beez Neez. We had an awesome chat about the cultural differences between America and Germany and even about the local nightlife. I left with a bunch of protein bars at an awesome discount!
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