Say goodbye to the world you thought you lived in.

So: the update. I last wrote a week ago. That Saturday night I went to Markandu briefly; Chung-Hyo was playing with a band. So I went to that for an hour, chatted to C and T and D. Didn't chat to M, not sure if he knew I was there. I left to go to K's house, because he and I were planning to go to A's party. Truthfully I just didn't want to show up alone; especially seeing as how I wasn't allowed to drink thanks to the antibiotics. So I went over to K's house, but somehow we didn't end up leaving; we played computer games and started watching Season 1 of Heroes. Oh well, I probably didn't need to be drinking more, anyway.

Tues to Fri I had language class - that much is fairly standard. Tuesday we had our test and we got the results on Thursday - I got 14.5/15 for Comprehension and 34/39 for Grammar, so I'm very pleased. During our break one time S and I were sitting with a few ladies from the other class (the level above us) and D came to join us. I was so pleased for some different company. I guess I just get sick of the same people in the same class. It's not that they're not lovely people; it's that I just like to change it up sometimes.

Wednesday I had dinner with K - he came over here and I made kway teow. It was pretty delicious, but it reminded me that our electric stove is nowhere near capable of the heat required for certain Asian foods. We watched more Heroes and I had a reasonably early night. Thursday I slept through yoga (dammit, nap, you were supposed to last for an hour, not three!) which was disappointing, especially because I could have gone swimming with Mi if I'd known in advance that I wouldn't go to yoga. Friday I missed pilates and had an early night.

Saturday I got up before my alarm at 5:30am (you ever wake up continuously because you know you have to be up at some ungodly hour? Yep, that's me!) and met Mi and some others at the train station at 7am. We caught the train (well, several trains over 4 hours) to Aachen, where we met up with her friend R. He showed us around - or rather, was just good company while our group decided what to do. Our group weren't the sort of people I'd usually hang out with - except for Mi and R, actually. So it was a bit frustrating sometimes. No one would take a firm opinion about anything, so I'm hoping that Mi and I go back again sometime for a weekend visit. She'd be good travelling company, and I hope to visit her if I go home via the Czech Republic in June. It's a real pity that she leaved Pb in May.

Anyway, we ate at a cafe (I felt kinda sick afterwards, actually), looked at the Dom and the Treasury, and eventually just sprawled on the grass at a park with sweets and beer. It was beautiful weather and we developed lots of in-jokes. I can't remember for the life of me who R reminds me of, but if I were in Australia, I'd swear that I knew him from somewhere. Thankfully he's German, so I avoid that dilemma. But he looks like someone, I just can't remember who.

On a completely unrelated topic, I'd like to mention how thankful I am that we have fashionable jeans in Australia. And that most young people don't wear polar fleece. I think that's all for now.

Ahem, back to Aachen. We farewelled R at the train station and caught the train back to Pb - we were all tired, so either slept or listened to music. I was glad to get home and collapse into bed... albeit after some fruit salad and a cup of tea. This morning I woke up at 7am, so I got out of bed then and had breakfast. Spoke to the parents on Skype and saw that Mum had emailed me the recipe for Anzac biscuits, which was awesome. I'd requested it because today is Anzac Day and it made me crave them. So I'll make them this evening.

Today is fantastic weather - sunny and 23 degrees. I went for a walk earlier, stopping in first at Backfactory for a snack, and then around the city to take photos of the Dom, etc. I had a couple of panini rolls on the way - I believe that's the rule if you buy bread that's still warm. Ahh, delicious. I stopped in a park on the way home and read some of "Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol I" by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck. I've got volume II also (thanks to Amazon) and also Julie & Julia, which I plan to read after the cookbooks. Should be interesting. Now I'm going to upload photos and hope that my laundry dries in this warmth.