Montag, 15. August 2016
Bier!
durhamfamily, 20:47h
Hi everybody.
On Saturday, Kyle, Liz, and I took a day trip to Freiburg. The first train we caught was before 7:00 am. Met up with Kyle's friend Mitch (an intern, 21 years old) in Stuttgart. And we finally arrived in Freiburg at 10:00.
We started the day at the weekend Freiburger Münstermarkt. Plenty of vendors surrounded the city's most beautiful church. It was very similar to the Saturday market in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Music was everywhere. Our favorite musician was a lone man playing his accordion (right?). In front of him was 10 or 15 stuffed animals that were dancing to the music and playing maracas. We ate some typical fair food - Wurst and the like. And then we headed up into the Black Forest.
"Up" sure is an accurate description. We climbed high above the city. Of course I don't have a picture for you, ha. Here's one of the church:
Beat from the hiking, we stopped at a nearby Biergarten. Because, nothing is better than a beer in preparation for all of the beer! We were seated at an overlook. Liz saw found some lizards. It was a lot of fun.
Before we knew it, it was time for the festival. We hurried across town, maybe a 30 minute walk, to the night club that was hosting the event: Craftival!
Needless to say, Craftival featured local craft beers. They didn't disappoint. There were at least 12 different booths, all with beers unlike anything we can get around Schwäbisch Gmünd. IPAs, Black IPAs, Brown Ales, Pale Ales, Tripels, Lagers, you name it. We tried practically all of the food, too. BBQ, pizzas, fries, ice cream... the Yufkas were disappointing - but at least we ate a giant waffle covered in chocolate. And of course there was live music to top it off.
We had a good time getting to know Mitch. And it was a good way to say goodbye to Kyle. We'll see him a few more times before he leaves (and take care of his little cats), and Chrissy, too!
Liz and I took off pretty early - trying to catch the 8:00 train. I say "trying" because... well... it didn't go so well. We got to the station just in time. BUT not in time enough to realize that our train was moved to a different track.
Yeah. Wrong train. Thank goodness it was going in the same direction. Liz was able to reroute us, and so we hoped off after half an hour and caught the next train toward Stuttgart.
Anyway, we're back to the grind now. Still a little worn out from Saturday. I basically didn't run at all last week (not like I've even started legitimately training), so my upcoming 3 marathons will be mighty interesting. I will walk lots and cross my fingers that I get to each of the finish lines without injury. I might start running again soon. Maybe not.
Liz has a few more weeks off before she starts teaching English again. I hope she relaxes and enjoys her free time!
Alright. That's all I have today. We'll likely have more at the end of September! I hope everyone is doing really well. Always feel free to write us, too. We usually feel pretty disconnected from everybody in the US.
On Saturday, Kyle, Liz, and I took a day trip to Freiburg. The first train we caught was before 7:00 am. Met up with Kyle's friend Mitch (an intern, 21 years old) in Stuttgart. And we finally arrived in Freiburg at 10:00.
We started the day at the weekend Freiburger Münstermarkt. Plenty of vendors surrounded the city's most beautiful church. It was very similar to the Saturday market in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Music was everywhere. Our favorite musician was a lone man playing his accordion (right?). In front of him was 10 or 15 stuffed animals that were dancing to the music and playing maracas. We ate some typical fair food - Wurst and the like. And then we headed up into the Black Forest.
"Up" sure is an accurate description. We climbed high above the city. Of course I don't have a picture for you, ha. Here's one of the church:
Beat from the hiking, we stopped at a nearby Biergarten. Because, nothing is better than a beer in preparation for all of the beer! We were seated at an overlook. Liz saw found some lizards. It was a lot of fun.
Before we knew it, it was time for the festival. We hurried across town, maybe a 30 minute walk, to the night club that was hosting the event: Craftival!
Needless to say, Craftival featured local craft beers. They didn't disappoint. There were at least 12 different booths, all with beers unlike anything we can get around Schwäbisch Gmünd. IPAs, Black IPAs, Brown Ales, Pale Ales, Tripels, Lagers, you name it. We tried practically all of the food, too. BBQ, pizzas, fries, ice cream... the Yufkas were disappointing - but at least we ate a giant waffle covered in chocolate. And of course there was live music to top it off.
We had a good time getting to know Mitch. And it was a good way to say goodbye to Kyle. We'll see him a few more times before he leaves (and take care of his little cats), and Chrissy, too!
Liz and I took off pretty early - trying to catch the 8:00 train. I say "trying" because... well... it didn't go so well. We got to the station just in time. BUT not in time enough to realize that our train was moved to a different track.
Yeah. Wrong train. Thank goodness it was going in the same direction. Liz was able to reroute us, and so we hoped off after half an hour and caught the next train toward Stuttgart.
Anyway, we're back to the grind now. Still a little worn out from Saturday. I basically didn't run at all last week (not like I've even started legitimately training), so my upcoming 3 marathons will be mighty interesting. I will walk lots and cross my fingers that I get to each of the finish lines without injury. I might start running again soon. Maybe not.
Liz has a few more weeks off before she starts teaching English again. I hope she relaxes and enjoys her free time!
Alright. That's all I have today. We'll likely have more at the end of September! I hope everyone is doing really well. Always feel free to write us, too. We usually feel pretty disconnected from everybody in the US.
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