The first to go...

Friday, July 14

Tanya, from New Zealand, was the first to go today. She went back to New Zealand to begin second semester next week... it's sad to have her go, but fortunately it will be a couple of weeks before anyone else leaves us.

As a balance of the scales, Ulli and Klaus have come down to Freiburg for the weekend. Michelle and I had coffee with them after which we were invited back to their hotel for a delicious Black Forest meal. Lecker!

Saturday, July 15

Freiburg hugs Schlossberg, a tree-covered mountain which Michelle, Ulli, Klaus and I climbed today. We then had a beer at the Schlossberg beer garden followed by coffee at Uni-Café. We went our separate ways for dinner then met up again for a drink in the evening. I was beginning to feel a bit crook, so I stayed off the hard stuff and was advised to take an aspirin before bed.
We then each went our respective ways - Ulli and Klaus are leaving early tomorrow morning.

It was good to see them again, even after such a short period of time, and they repeated their very hospitable offer, indeed expectation, of last weekend to have me as a guest again during my stay in Germany. I even got an invite to spend a "proper" German Christmas with them... we'll see how things pan out.