This weekend has been pretty busy with visits to two cities, Karlsruhe (the one I am staying in) and Frankfurt.
Karlsruhe: I have finally met my host family in Grotzingen, a suburb of Karlsruhe. My host family consists of host parents Klaus and Danica and host sister Carla. My host family has been very welcoming to me and they have been introducing me and showing me around all kinds of places. I absolutely love their cooking! On Saturday me, Klaus, and Carla went biking to another suburb of Karlsruhe called Durlach where we got groceries from local bakeries and a local butcher shop. The food here is very fresh and tastes quite different than that of home. I have tried a lot of cheeses, meats, and breads including black forest ham and local rye bread. I can't really go into great detail because I have forgotten names and I have tried so much, but what I can say is that it has all been very rich in taste especially for the meat, and the bread has lots of whole grains and seeds which I love. One food discovery I have made here is that practically all of the drinks here are carbonated. Plain water is carbonated and an apple juice I bought the other day was as well ( it was called apfel schorle). Below are some pictures from Durlach and Karlsruhe.
Frankfurt: My host family was invited to a friend's 65th birthday party in a city near Frankfurt called Neu-Isenburg at a restaurant called Senso e Vita. At the party, I was announced as the guest who traveled the farthest which I thought was pretty cool. Many of the guests spoke English, so I had fun talking with them about the differences between Kentucky and Germany. Because the city was so close to Franfurt, Klaus was kind enough to drive me and Carla to the city center where we spent about 2 hours looking around. The city was different from the place I am staying because of its financial center packed with skyscrapers. The city has the tallest skyscraper in Europe, since buildings of this type aren't that typical here. Below are pictures of the city skyline and the old Opera House.
This post is not too detailed because I have done a lot these past days, but I must get done because dinner is almost ready. :) Its beef stroganoff, white asparagus salad, and guacamole.
Durlach
Durlach
Schloss (Castle in Karlsruhe)
Street corner in Karlsruhe
Opera House in Frankfurt
Skyline of Frankfurt
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