It was another typical weekend here in Germany... which therefore means we ate a whole heck of a lot of food! It was epic. My friend Sarah finally got furniture for her room and 'the Canadians' (me and the other 3 students from Waterloo) showed up in Erlangen to help her put it all together.
This actually came as quite the surprise to me - I thought we were just going to have a barbeque. Turns out we were working for our food! :) But 5 sets of hands just itching to interpret Ikea directions were a few sets too many, so Sarah and I were in charge of getting all the food ready and starting the fire. Now, I feel like I should preface this with a couple stories. First, I have the miraculous ability to kill/douse/smother any fire I come near. Just ask anyone I've gone camping with. And second, I have managed to light a camping stove on fire. Twice. Now you might think that was a good thing, generally your stove needs to be lit in order to cook food. But this was a little different. I lit not only the stove, but also the bottle of fuel attached to it... Hmm, a buring canister of gas... fun? (don't worry, I didn't blow up... the nozzle melts first as you can see below)
So yes, I am a fire genius! And needless to say, lighting the charcoal fire was a brilliant accomplishment. I was so proud...
Sarah and I worked ever so hard to build the perfect fire... on which we roasted: Bratwurst, pork medallions, chicken wings, hamburgers (homemade I might add), steaks, a pepper, and buns. Plus we had some veggies on the side.
(that's not all the food by the way... that was round 2 of 4)I could barely move when we were done... and neither could anyone else...
And then I had the best coffee I've had since I got to Germany - in the Erlangen train station. Brilliant!
All in all, it was a fabulous day. Soon to come... pictures from my weekend in Berlin
Bis gleich :)
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