Tiny German Kitchen- Ep. 1 Beer Opening

Here is my first video for cooking in a Tiny German Kitchen:

 

Hopefully you all enjoyed the simplistic beer opening. Next time actual cooking will ensue!

Fun with Street signs #1

I've decided to add another game... but this only works if people post comments and guess... and that mean you! Like my fun with words, I'll post something German (this time random street signs) and you'll have to guess what they mean.
Only rule is: NO search engines!!


Here is the first:

Good luck everyone!

Home Sweet Home

So Mariko and I have arrived in our new home for the next 10ish months or so. It was a rather smooth transition from Marburg to Braunschweig.... mainly because we did the move in two trips. But it was still sad to leave Marburg and all our new friends. Our train left around 9:50 and we were on the same train to Hanover as two other couples, Gabe & Leighanna and Caetlynn & Tyson. We weren't next to them, but I was still able to walk back and talk to them during the ride (Mariko was sleeping as usual).

Once we made it into Braunschweig we were greeted by Tobi, Mariko's supervisor, once again. He drove us home and helped us drop off our luggage.... and then was kind enough to take us to IKEA for some essentials. And this was both of our first time in IKEA!! I'm curious to compare a German IKEA to an American IKEA.... have to check one out back in the states to see if anything is different. We got mostly kitchen and bathroom things, as we brought nearly everything else with us.... if you're surprised you should have helped us carry our luggage, then you may not be.

Goodbye Marburg (insert sad face here)

So sadly our time in Marburg had to come to an end at some point, though I would not have minded if it had lasted longer. Marburg was a very fun and cute city, I plan on returning to it again before leaving Germany. Maybe even have a small Fulbright reunion there before we all head back to the States, who knows.

1000 views!!

We have now peaked my first 1000 views! I'm so excited, and thank you all for reading my lovely ramblings.  Hopefully you've all enjoyed my past posts and enjoy my ones to come! Plus there is a new poll up... since I've heard that some people still have problems commenting, while I know others can comment, I want to see how many people are affected....so please let me know (its to your right and down below the search)    

Real German Cooking!

So it has been much longer than I would have liked since my last post..... but lack of internet will do that. Hmmm where did we last leave off..... ah yes I had made my post about restaurants and food! Wonderful topic, which is why this post will be about food... but this time about making it.

Mariko and I attended a cooking class that Raphael, our coordinator in Marburg, so graciously setup for us. Only about half the Fulbrighters were in our class, as the other half attended a prior class. We arrived at the place at about 4pm and met our instructor, who incidently did not speak English (which worked out fine for everyone). She was going to teach us to make some classic German food!! Of course minus whatever allergies and food preferences (Vegetarian, Vegan, etc) we had. Brigitte, our cooking instructor, had done quite a bit of work before we even arrived. First off she had decorated the dining room with table clothes, flowers and grapes (both flowers and grapes came from her personal garden)! She had also prepared an appetizer for us all to try before we started working, with some white wine of course... it was a dinner meal after all. Brigitte also made copies of all the recipes that we'd be cooking for every person in the class (which I hope to translate and put for everyone). And lastily she even set up little work stations for us too work at, with all the things we would need and the recipe that we would be making.

Fun with Words #2

Ok here is the next word for our little game:

Fahrstuhl

                           fahren: to drive                                                         Stuhl: Chair       

                           Fahrrad: Bicyle

                           Fahrer: Driver

And this is not the answer

This one is tricky so good luck.

Food and walking

Food! Yes food is good and truly an amazing thing! And not just for sustenance, but for the flavors, textures, and experiences. Food feeds the soul as well as the body. If you can't tell I love food, and have refrained slightly from posting too many pictures about food (Mariko said something crazy about not everyone enjoys pictures of food).

But this entire blog post is about food! So I am sorry, but if you read on it will contain pictures of scrumptious food and locations in which we ate said food. Those who can not handle pictures of such tastiness turn back now! You have been warned!

Fun with Words! #1

I have decided to start a little segment on the blog, and it is called (points up) Fun with Words! IT goes like this:

1. I give you a German word, including the DIRECT translation
2. You attempt to guess what it actually is (points down to the comments) 
3. Only rule is no German-Enlish Dictionaries, Google Translate, etc.... (I want it to be fun for everyone)
4. If you are fairly fluent in German and know exactly what it is, please try not to ruin the game.

And the first word is:

Glühbirne

Glüh= Glow     Birne= Pear 

 

A Univer-city

As our time in Marburg begins to reach its end, I look back and realize that I have not really talk much about the city of Marburg much at all. That just won't do, as it has been our home for just over a month. Now everything I'm writing is my opinion and what I've seen, as I'm sure other Fulbrighters have different opinions and that is just fine.