a day of hiking

Today Ane and I had a lovely breakfast and then set out to walk in the nearby woods and towns! It was beautiful and we took many photos and had a long, winding conversation - much like the long, winding trails we followed. :)

This morning began with my discovery of a hilarious tea: Heiße Liebe. For those of you without German, this means "Hot Love." Apparently there is a whole line of these funny-named teas! Anyway, it was raspberry-vanilla flavored and quite pink!

After, we went walking into woods around Kronberg and visited a sweet little spot called Viktoria-Tempel, which is a little sitting-gazebo with a marvelous view of Frankfurt and the local towns. It was chosen and created by Queen Viktoria, like the parks around here (hence "Viktoriapark"). Then we continued, more down, and visited a castle, Burg Falkenstein.

It was BEAUTIFUL! Full of people relaxing, having picnics, kids playing, dogs running around. With a marvelous view.

Here is me, at the wall that overlooks Frankfurt and the towns:

And here is the view, Frankfurt in the distance:

Then we went and had ICE CREAM! It was delicious. Now, we are relaxing a bit after having found a train for me tomorrow morning. Tonight we are going to Sabai Sabai, her favorite restaurant, so I can try the (apparently BLUE) kamikaze. And then in the AM I will have my train to Tübingen! Wow! I'm sad to leave Kronberg but sure I will see Ane again this term, and excited to get moved into my room in Tübingen and start school!

Das mag ich am liebsten!

Ok, so this is my new post series, called "Das mag ich am liebsten!" That means, basically, "I like this one best!" I'm going to write about my German "favorites" (as I discover them): favorite food, favorite drink, favorite store, etc. Although I think I am allowed multiple favorites in a category, there is so much great stuff to choose from!

So, today I would like to write about my FAVORITE German cartoon: Die Sendung mit der Maus! [The Show with the Mouse]

Die Sendung mit der Maus features the Maus [mouse, for those of you who aren't as quick] and his friends [der Elefanten und die Ente] in a variety of funny encounters.

You can see the website for it here - it is actually quite fun to play around on! Be warned; it makes sounds.

Also, here is an example of the TV show.

Why was I inspired to write this post? Because of the awesome "Maus" button that Ane gave me!!!

The best part of waking up

is butterbrezel on your plate!!!

So I slept from 9:30 pm until 11:30 am (and I still feel tired! maybe a shower will help). Anyway, Ane has choir rehearsal this morning from 10:30 until something. When I woke up, there was a full breakfast spread for me, including a note from Ane :





Yum!