Lukes Wanderlust

Deutsches Wochenende | 06/04/2009

So this weekend, my country officer here in Oregon had a get-together for all the the students going to German-speaking countries. So out of all of us inbounds and outbounds, we had 1o kids. There were two students who weren’t there, because one was way out of town with her host family and another had a rugby injury. Still, with all of us that were there, we had an amazing time! We all got to help with making the dinner, and at first I didn’t think that wouldn’t be very fun, but boy I could not have been more wrong! All of us were in the kitchen and the flour for the schnitzel ended up on everyone’s face. After hours of preparing for the meal, we all finally got to sit down and enjoy the fruits of our labour. I wish that I could’ve remembered the names of all the foods that we ate so I could make it all again! We had Wiener Schnitzel, this chicken that was prepared similarly to the schnitzel, then these noodle things but they were shaped like corn? Okay so maybe I can’t explain what that was. For our FIRST dessert we had chocolate mousse and the best rice pudding EVER. Later on in the night, we had SPAGHETTI ICE CREAM. It was ice cream that they put through a spaghetti maker with shipped cream on top and zweiback brot (twice baked bread – a lot tastier than it sounds, I promise). We stayed up the whole night and had a complete blast. I love these kids so much. In the morning, about two hours after we finally managed to get to sleep, our country officer woke us up with POLKA MUSIC. That really woke us up.. My parents should try this in the morning for me! Ha . After we were all up, we had a German breakfast of salami and cheese on rolls. A little weird for breakfast, but, when in Rome! We also had jam and nutella for our rolls, if we were in the mood for something a little sweet. I can’t thank my country officer Jeff and his wife Dona enough for putting up with us for the last two days. They provided us with great hospitality.

Overall, the last two days have been amazing!