Sept 16: New Nicknames for the Wall

Had my German “midterm” today (the course is only 3 weeks long, so it’s roughly in the middle). Think it went pretty well. Afterwards, we took a tour of the city, stopping by Graz’s oldest bakery, the city hall, and the cathedral. Beautiful. I got lunch with some friends from a hot dog stand in the central square (the Hauptplatz). We all got some kind of sausage. Mine had cheese inside and mustard on the side. But when you order a sausage, they give you the sausage, and a bun on the side. You can order a North American style hot dog, with the sausage in the bun, but most sausages are served alone.

Practice, then home to make dinner with A. She very kindly picked up some groceries, and we made a variation on chicken curry. I put a bit too much water in the rice, I think, but it cooked off quite nicely. It was very tasty, and we had a lot of fun eating dessert (Nutella on bread, very classy) and watching “Whip It” (the roller derby film with Ellen Page). Afterwards, we looked up potential roller derby names for the two of us. We settled on “Short Fuse” for A, and “Tall Roller” for me. ;-) We wrote the names on sticky notes and tacked them up on our walls. Our goal is to write little quotes/words/sayings on the post-it notes and post them on our respective sides of the room. We’ll see how many we accumulate over this year. :-)

Graz's oldest bakery: