excursions and exams

Monday was a holiday, I arrived back from Easter road trip. I unpacked, and my host mom and I went for a walk around Poppelsdorf that afternoon. She showed me some university buildings and beautiful streets in Bonn.

On Tuesday, our program went on an excursion to Bingen to visit the Hildeguard Museum vom Strom.  Hildeguard was a nun, polymath, composer, and writer back in the 12^th century. She also had visions which she documented. She practiced natural and holistic medicine and used a variety of herbs and plants to treat patients. The museum was interesting; it had a little “Hildegarten” filled with plants she used for treatments. After the museum, we ate lunch at a restaurant along the Rhine. The food was nice, and put everyone to sleep on the bus ride back.

The rest of the week was busy with school, including Enmodes meetings. I had a 211 exam that week, which took a while to prepare for.

On Wednesday after classes, I went with Lauren, her mom, and Madeline to cologne. We walked around for a bit, went into a couple shops, and ate dinner at Gaffel am Dom. Madeline and I split some amazing schnitzel covered in spinach sauce with an egg ontop and potato pancakes. The food and kolsch at Gaffel is so good. I really like that restaurant. Lauren’s mom drove us back to Bonn, and I went back home.

On Saturday, Mitchell, Madeline, Lauren and I rented a paddle boat in Rhineaue park. We had a ton of fun paddling around the little lake. We found a soccer ball and used it for volleyball. Two german guys asked if they could join our game. We volleyed the ball around till about 5 pm when we decided to head out for dinner.

Madeline and Lauren invited Mitchell and I to stay for dinner at their home. Their host family was having a barbeque. It was fun meeting their host family, and the food was nice too! We played around with the balls we found in the park  for a bit, then I headed home.

Sunday was uneventful. I just worked on school, talked with my parents, and blogged.