Hotel Rheingold Freiburg im Breisgau

... asked for the salad and pommes sauted being offered with other dishes, hence were clearly available. This was point blank refused and we were informed that something from the menu had to be chosen? I asked what she could offer for a vegetarian – the woman, presumably the owner – suggested fish. Given that fish is not a vegetable, I find this very surprising and actually quite ignorant.

She then offered a plate of vegetables which incidentally was not on the ...

There is yet another fair in Basel right now, the Herbstmesse (Autumn Fair). It is huge! Carnival rides, food stalls, and booths selling trinkets are spread throughout the city. We went out at night to the Münsterplatz to see the action. Beforehand we visited Petersplatz to get raclette over potatoes and steaming Gluwein. Delicious! We also stopped in at the Barf ...

Helen & Julian went across the road to get ingredients for breakfast (so we could save the 8 euros per person at the hotel) then we ate in the room as we packed up. We checked out and put our stuff in the car, then walked across town again to visit the Palais Rohan, which used to be a palace for the French kings and emperors and now houses three museums - a Fine Arts Museum, a Decorative Arts museum, and an Archeological Museum. We started ...

Home of the world famous Hubert Herr clock factory. Met Reinhard Herr, Hubert's great grandson, who still owns and runs the place. The clocks are still handmade and handcarved in the traditional designs. They even make their own clock movements. Spent an hour or so talking to the gentleman, and he explained ...

... Got the wobbly boot on after a few after-dinner beers and a couple of Jagermeisters. Strolled around town for a while just looking, and happily never lost my footing in the snow or on the ice covered footpaths. Did do a couple of tap dances, but didn't go down.

This was what I really came to Europe for. Freiburg was just the beginning of an awesome adventure for me. The mountains and the forest and the cake. We caught a cable car up to the top of the mountain and wandered in the snow. Got some great photos. We made Freiburg our base and toured a fair bit around the region. Spent a night here and there and came back to Freiburg for the festival. Took about two hundred photos in two hours one day; they had a ...

... Die Unterschiede waren, dass sie komplett auf Englisch verfasst werden musste, ich zwei Gutachten brauchte und den TOEFL-Test ablegen musste. Das Schreiben war dem ersten inhaltlich sehr nah, aber etwas weiter verbessert. Außerdem hatte sich meine Präferenzliste was die Uni in Australien angeht geändert. Meine erste Wahl war die University of Queensland, Brisbane. Die Gutachten fertigten mir erneut Dr. Rüdiger Heinze und Alison Nagel an, viel Dank an ...

... my way to the IES Center. I am so thankful that people speak English here. I want and wish I knew German but until then...thank goodness they speak English. I live in a flat with 5 other people... none of which are here yet for the fall term. They do not begin until October so right now... I am all alone. I have a room to myself which is great because I have two large windows and a double room all to myself. I love it. I have met ...

... We got a new roommate from the other IES program in freiburg. From what I can tell about her she is really cool. She's from GW and gets along with steph and I really well. It will be intresting to see how the whole new person situation plays outs, but everyone likes her so it should be ok. She hasn't found too many people she likes in her program yet so hopefully that changes because from now I steph and I will be doing a lot of traveling.

... 10 am before I got on the train out of Bruges either... I know. I feel bad- especially since my friend Logan said it was so good... I guess I will have to go back now, huh? In springtime maybe. When I got here and asked Sunny and Schnippi if they had choclate beer they informed me of a Germann law from the 1500s that said what beer is allowed to consist of.. so, no flavored beer here unless I like lemon beer.. which I tried ...