Yesterday, I got back from a trip to Belgium, but to update
on the preceding few weekends:
With that wonderful semester-pass that allows me to take
slow trains for free, I was able to head all the way to the other end of the
state of NRW to Aachen for a few days.
Aachen, while smaller than I expected, was an absolutely beautiful town,
with small, winding alleys and a lovely Innenstadt that, in some ways, reminded
me of Tübingen. The Dom
(Cathedral) in Aachen is also one of the most ridiculously colorful, golden,
and shiny churches I’ve ever seen, but somehow manages to just miss the gaudy
mark and was actually really beautiful.
Aachen also impressed me with some of the best sweets I’ve
had in Germany. The town is known
for its “Printen,” gingerbread-like little cookies that can be covered in
chocolate or nuts, as well as “Streußelbrötchen,” which is literally my new
favorite pastry in the world. It’s
a very good thing I don’t live in Aachen, I suspect I’d try to eat one every
day…
The following weekend, we celebrated for the last time with
many of the English assistants in NRW, doing the usual trip to Duisburg for a
night out. It was a great time,
but a whole lot of people are gone now, though thankfully Rebecca and Luke, two
Detmolders, are sticking around for longer.
On that note, however, I’ve been mentally making lists of
“things I miss from home” to get myself excited about coming back soon. So far, the list includes driving,
country music on the radio, Sunday breakfasts and dinners with the family, and
dryers. I still haven’t gotten
into the idea of waiting days for sheets and towels to dry!
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