Posted by: kmcconkie on: July 15, 2009
I went to Hamburg last weekend and it was absolutely wonderful. Here is a run-down of the weekend:
Friday- I met Janine (Josh’s friend from Hamburg who visited us a year and a half ago) in Bremen on Friday night and we went to her apartment. She is studying in Bremen and now lives there. We [...]
Posted by: kmcconkie on: July 2, 2009
Last night we braved the Rhine on our bicycles yet again. This time we headed south and packed a picnic. North on the Rhine is more industrial, but when you go south it is beautiful, there are numerous gravel/sand areas to dip your toes in the river and castles just seem to pop up out [...]
Posted by: kmcconkie on: June 29, 2009
The grocery store closest to my apartment in Bonn is definately not up to par. The produce always looks like it has already gone bad and their selection of meat and dairy products are pretty scarce. Needless to say, there isn’t a lot of variety. So, this afternoon after work I decided to go on [...]
Posted by: kmcconkie on: June 28, 2009
While in Cologne yesterday we did some searching for a good place to sit down at have a beer and eat some food. We found it, a biergarten that serves beer in large quantities. We purchased 3L of beer for 18 Euros, which is a steal! This beer comes out, not in your ordinary pitcher, [...]
Posted by: kmcconkie on: June 25, 2009
We went to see Limits of Control last night. I was expecting a completely different movie from the previews. There was barely any talking during the movie and half of the talking was in Spanish and the the subtitles were in German. I am pretty sure I got the idea and I didn’t really care [...]
Posted by: kmcconkie on: June 16, 2009
This past weekend in Berlin was the last that the group of friend I have been with will be together. As well all finish the language course we all must also go our seperate ways to our internships. Jason and Michelle were the first to go this Sunday.
On Friday evening we went out for drinks [...]
Posted by: kmcconkie on: June 10, 2009
This week has been just as interesting as the rest! Where to begin…
On Monday night Joe cooked all of us dinner again (shrimp scampi). It was relaly good, we also had salad, garlic bread, and A LOT of wine. I really enjoy everyone’s company and I am going to be quite sad in a week [...]
