Das Essen schmeckt gut...most of the time.

Alright, it is time you start using the dictionary if you want to understand all of my post titles! So what about the food? The best part about the eating plan here is that all 27 students gather around a huge dining table for breakfast, lunch and supper. This is not only a a Bible school, it is truly a community. (More to come on that subject later) The second best thing is that I do not have to do grocery shopping, which means no meal planning and I do not have to do dishes all the time either. We get to come to a set table, eat and then put our dishes in the dishwasher. Here is the outline of our meal schedule.

Breakfast: 7am
Buns with cheese, cold cuts, jams, nutella, honey.
Coffee and tea.

(Coffee and tea are brought to class for during breaks)

Lunch: 1pm
This is always the biggest meal of the day which is always a hot meal.
So far it has been good with the exception of having Milch Reis (milk rice- pretty much rice pudding) with plums. I love dessert but not when you haven't eaten in 5 hours and you want some real food.

Supper: 7pm
This is always buns/bread with cheese, cold cuts and salad. We will also eat leftovers from lunch here.
Tea

Myth: You will have cake everyday! We were told we would have coffee and cake everyday around 4pm but we have yet to have that. At first I was looking for it because German cake is SO yummy but I am actually thankful that it is not still part of the meal plan at the school.

First Thoughts on Fritzlar

Well, we made it to Fritzlar on Friday for the celebration of the bible school’s 60^th anniversary. It was a long day especially for me Laura since it was mostly done in German. There were a few songs in English and even an English speaker, Steve Rennick, from a Church of God in Indianapolis. To wrap up the celebration there was a huge buffet with all kinds of good European food and when there is a lot of food, there are even more dishes. Since the celebration was also a bit of a fundraiser for the school, all of us students need to help clean up. There were lots of jobs that needed to be done which meant only a handful of us were left to wash the dishes. Lucky me, I was one of them. At first I was overwhelmed by the stacks and stacks of dishes and the huge buffet pans caked with baked on food but little did I know that this would be my first real opportunity to make some connections and start building some friendships. I was able to speak English to an Italian girl named Patrizia and she did a good job of responding with the best English she could even though she felt it wasn’t good enough. It is Patti’s first year here as well although she has seen the school before as her husband, Vincenzo (Enzo) is in his second year. They just got married in July.

As we walked from the celebration to the school itself, I could see why people told us that this was a quaint little town. Once you walked into the central area, the roads narrowed into historic cobblestone streets. The bible school itself is situated in the central area and it wasn’t until the next day that we got to have a better look around. It was late and we hadn’t even been able to bring out luggage into our room yet. I’ll leave that for the next entry.

On y va!

Bonjours!
I thought I better write this blog in English as I know some parents were wanting to read what I would be up to in Germany as well. So we're 15 days away from leaving to Germany. We are very excited for an adventure of our own. Dan, my husband, will be attending a German Bible School and since I only spreche ein bisschen Deutsch, I will be starting my stay off with some German classes then looking for a job, hopefully teaching. It was so nice being bombarded with hugs at school on Tuesday. I am looking forward to seeing you all when I get back! Stay tuned for updates during our stay in Germany. I will try my best to post every week or two. Have a wonderful year and keep me posted too!