After
Karnival, this has been a very calm and relaxing week. On Tuesday, things
started getting back to normal.
Wednesday, we took a group
excursion to Leverkusen to the Bayer Communication Center, or Baykomm. I always
knew Bayer as a very large pharmaceutical company, but they are involved in more
than I realized. They not only focus on human health, but also animal health
and agriculture. It was also really cool to see how their packaging differs
depending on the country that it is being sold in. I never would’ve thought it
would be that different, but the different cultures cause different
preferences. For example, the American packaging is large plastic bottles that
contain more than 100 pills, but the German packaging is a small cardboard box
with maybe 20 pills. These different packages are based on cultural preferences.
On Friday we had a Galentine’s Day celebration,
where all us girls had lunch together and exchanged gifts. It was a lot of fun
and there was so much chocolate! After that, Camella, Lois, Darby, and I went
to the Kunstmuseum, which literally translates to art museum. It contained some
very interesting art pieces that I am not sure if I liked or not. Once we had
our fill of strange art, we walked to the Rheinaue park and then along the
river and back over the bridge towards home. At the time, it did not feel like
that much, but it was quite a walk, but the view of the Rhine was beautiful.
Saturday was spent catching up on homework and watching some Netflix. My host
family made Currywurst for lunch, so it was nice to experience it homemade
rather than from a food truck, which had been my experience so far. It was
better than I had eaten before, but the white sausage thing still gets me. I don’t
think I am a fan of this type of sausage.
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| Beethoven House |
Today, Camella, Lois, Darby, and I
decided to do “touristy” things in Bonn. We went to the Beethoven House, which
is where Beethoven was born and lived for some time. It is now a museum with
things from Beethoven, including letters and ear horns and desks and pieces of
the organ he learned to play on. It was really cool to take a step back in time
in a way. After that, we walked around Bonn. We went to a few of the things on
the Beethoven walking tour, but mainly just went where the streets took us. It
was such a pretty day today. The sun was shining and so many people were out, even
though it was still cold. They say spring is coming and it should be warming up
soon. Fingers crossed! Tschüss!
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