On Sunday there was a marathon in Freiburg which we went to see because a friend's friend was participating and so we decided to join the cheering crowd. The marathon had 11.000 participants and it felt like rest of the city was on the streets cheering.
On that day we also met another Finnish exchange student Hanna, who lives right downstears and with whom we get along very well. And although some time (very little) has been spent just between us Finnish girls, nearly all conversations between us are in German or English when other exchange students are around. We came here to improve our German, but it's still nice to be able to also make jokes and ask for the right word in German in one's own native language now and then.
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| My way to make some use of one of the many schnapps glases, German nature and our kitchen table. |
Every day I feel more and more at home here and I'm very lucky to have a room in a newly renovated house by a lake and parks. The possibilities for different activities are amazing in our student housing estate - for example the Sunday afternoon we spent playing beachvolley.
One thing that also helped the process of adjustment was a trip to Ikea which is only in about 15 minutes bus drive away from our house. Not that I would have needed much anything from there as the kitchen and everything in my apartment is very well equipped. But with two quys (and a girl I still haven't met) as roommates just a couple of things were needed in my opinion. Not surprisinly we Finns were feeling quite at home in Ikea whereas for the Romanian girl Adelina who joined us for the Skandinavian shopping trip it seemed to be somewhat of an experience. A positive one for the most part I think (just all the walking didn't get that much appreciation).
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| The view from our balcony. German students have an interesting way of decorating trees. |
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| A little something from Ikea that I thought would nicely lighten our shared kitchen. Seemed to please my roommates as well :) |
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