We had our final class Pruefung (test), I think it went well! We'll see though, I never really know when it comes to this class. Also, a girl in my class is from Italy and did a presentation over Margarita Pizza and made some (which she brought in Thrusday), I think that made hers better by default. :) Earlier that day on our way into class, we passed by (what I believe is an art project) a sculpture that's been there for a week. It's very interesting what's been written on it. Here's a few pictures for reference, and there will be more in my album later:
Anyways, after class I was invited over to Tatijana's home (a girl/woman in Rachel's class) to enjoy an Arabic cuisine (prepared by Rowan, who's also in Rachel's class). It ended up being us four, Kerly (from Rachel's class), Lucas (from my class), and Tatijana's husband. On our way over, we passed what I am assuming is a Kneipe/ bar, judging by the name. I thought it was punny because furchtbar means dreadful/ awful and then "bar" is English for bar. I was later told it's a place where "emo's" hang out. The bat makes more sense now.
We entered into Tatijana's home, and it was very nice and spacious. The kitchen felt very homey, and I thought the the refrigerator and freezer were very cool. Take a guess on where they are! (Spoiler: right picture) Rowan said that it would take a while to cook so we were just hanging out for a little while. Tatijana brought some snacks out, which were awesome so I couldn't help but take pictures of them. A smiley puffy sun, and "stapel" chips that are basically Pringels. There after she poured everyone a glass of Sekt, which is kind of like champagne but not as bad tasting.
First of all, sorry for not having pictures of everyone. I didn't really just want to take pictures of us while we're sitting around, plus I didn't know everyone very well either. The food smelled amazing, and later tasted amazing too! Still in the mean time (it took about 3 hours after everything was said and done), we played with cards. Kings are K's, Queens are D(ame)'s and Jacks are B(ube)'s, that one was the strangest. I also thought that the Queens were more pleasant to look at than our American cards so I took a picture. More snacks were put out and these were spicy, but I've come to enjoy hot foods. I picked up a broken one and it looked like brass knuckles. I suppose it's fitting because it punches your taste buds.
Then Lucas came over and ruined my winning streak in Blackjack.
Finally the food was done and we all gathered together to enjoy the meal. It was absolutely delicious! I don't exactly know what her secret ingredient was, but I'd like to use it! At this point, Tatijana pulled out some hot peppers from Brazil (her home country) and passed them around. I was told they were sort of hot, and well, they were only sort of hot. Not too much later, she brought out even hotter peppers, I couldn't resist. They seemed perfect for the dish, and gave it quite a bit of extra flavor. I wish I knew what they were called now. Thereafter, vanilla and chocolate mousse were brought out. I'm a sucker for sweets.
The rest of the night was everyone chatting, having a bit to drink, looking at shows, movies (turns out Tatijana's husband's a nerd/ Aero Engineer, I believe), chatting more, and of course, Haribo bonbon's were brought out. My mouth was quite happy and couldn't ask for anything more - because my stomach wouldn't let it from all the sugar I had ingested. Rowan and Kerly said goodbye at about 10, and we were planning to around 12, unfortunately by the time we looked, we had already missed the train that wouldn't come for an hour and a half. So we walked to the Hauptbahnhof, passing Furchtbar (Tatijana wasn't kidding about the people, I'd call them Gothic over Emo though) and over a river (where I saw a Gothic Lolita girl).
After much waiting and eye spy, Rachel and I arrived home a bit before 2 and slept.
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