Days 92 & 93 (Mon & Tues) - Study, eat, study
No need to really explain these days ... even in Europe, some days are still mundane :P
Day 94 (Wed) - Haaaaallelujah!
Made a momentous discovery today ... chocolate-covered Oreos!!! Closest thing we can get to a Tim Tam over here. Also made risotto in a rice cooker ... seemed almost sacreligious doing so whilst so close to Italy, but with a distinct lack of Le Cruzet cookware in this studenten keuken it was the safest bet!
Day 95 (Thurs) - Making classy friends
Last history class today and I think I can honestly say I now know everything that ever happened in the world after 1945, on every continent and context!!! or at least that's what I feel like the course tried to get us to learn... will see how much info I managed to stop from leaking out my ears when I take the exam next week?!? Having so many Germans in this class I found I've started to pick up German words that I recognise, or English interspersed with the German. Although usually they speak English if I'm in the room, even if I'm not in the conversation. They say its rude not too, which is very considerate of them and simultaneously make me feel like a bit fat uni-lingual loser! Although, am making some progress in Dutch. I can actually answer back (sort of) to the teacher when she picks on me! And after Dutch class I went to an Australian's house for dinner (as one does in this multicultural setting - we were joined for dinner by a German, an Italian, a Frenchy and a Pom!) Was a far classier affair than the guesthouse - there was wine (instead of the commonplace exchange student beer) and even a little jazz music from the iTunes - ooh la la.
Unfortunately, my attempt to be classy and bring Brie cheese ended in a surprisingly stinky, runny lump of goo in my bag (note to self: European cheese is stinkier than in Oz and goes off VERY quickly!!)
Day 96 (Fri) - Movie date for one?
Last day of classes for study bloc one today. Had to endure a rather awkward and halting explanation of Shakespere by one classmate but think we got the gist of it (yes that's right, I'm claiming to have somewhat understood Shakespere - becoming more cultured by the minute here!). That evening, to celebrate surviving the first 7 weeks of study I decided to take myself off to the movies to celebrate. Took my own popcorn and a pick-it-yourself bag of lollies from the friday morning market and indulged in Eat, Pray, Love. Without ruining the movie, she visits Italy, India and Bali and the thought struck me that I've now visited all three of those places! It also occurred to me that you can both be in a place you've always wanted to visit (ie. Europe) and still want to go on a holiday to somewhere else (say, tropical Bali for example!) All in all a nice night ... except perhaps for... ripping a hole in my one and only denim skirt when getting on my bike to ride home! HOW embarrassing. Turns out there's only so long you can live in one set of clothes out of one backpack before they literally wear bare. Sad thing is, I conditioned myself so much to not spend money before I left for this trip that now I don't really feel like shoppin for new clothes! Think I can work the grunge-hole-in-my-denim look for a while...?
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