What I have learnt so far...

So I’ve now been in Germany for 2 days and here’s a quick summary of what I have learnt (with accompanying pictures.)

           Tübingen is pretty and old and stuff.

View from the Neckarbrücke

Trees

Town centre

            The strange tradition of punting that you see in Oxford and Cambridge also exists here. The boats go by the wonderful name of 'Stocherkahn'.

Stocherkahnfahrt (and swans)

      Goethe threw up here.

I will leave this unexplained

Other than that in the past few days I have managed to get a few admin things done like setting up a bank account. Setting up the account was surprisingly easy and we were offered a soft drink more than once while we waited to be served- what luxury! Clearly I am easily pleased.

I have also decorated my room a little, and discovered that my cassock from choir is the exact colour as my cupboard. EXCITING TIMES.

Yesterday we had a meet-up with some of the Erasmus students who will be doing the START-Kurs (an intensive German language course) from Monday onwards. We went to the local (Irish!) pub called ‘Saints and Scholars’ for an authentic German cultural experience and then I went into town with a few people to enjoy the atmosphere of the Umbrisch-Provenzalische Markt (Umbrian-Provincial Market) at night. I happened to have arrived just in time for this annual market during which the university towns of Aix-en-Provence (in France), Perugia (in Italy) and Tübingen show off their local produce.

Today I went into town with some Erasmus students and wandered around town. This evening I had two girls over for dinner (prepared by me- I don’t think I poisoned anyone so that’s a bonus) and we just chatted and chilled out. Tomorrow I am off to find a church I have heard about and then heading off to town to watch the 10K race that’s happening here with some Erasmus students.

All in all not a bad few days. J

Proof I made dinner. I have become one of those people that takes pictures of food. Oh dear.