Saturday July 23:
This past Saturday was my birthday. To celebrate, Sarah and I went out to La Maison du Pain. So far our favourite cafe, they have the best pain au chocolate! And yes, I am in Germany.
This is the cake that I had. It was multi-layered, chocolate and something like mousse. Very yummy!
After lunch we took the U-Bahn to Ikea. I can't say I have ever taken public transit to Ikea, I doubt anyone has. All in all we spent about 6 hours there!! I bought some small things for my kitchen, some sheets and an ironing board. One thing I have discovered is how different bedding is. All I have for my bed is a duvet and a pillow. A large square pillow. I bought a duvet cover/pillow case set and then also a fitted sheet. I would have loved to get a flat sheet but those don't seem to exist here. Oh well, I will either adapt or get one sent from home.
Sunday July 24:
I live in Steinbach, just outside of Frankfurt, so have to take the S-Bahn to get into the city. On Sunday we went into Frankfurt to meet up with the head of the Gymnasium (highschool, ie. gr 5-10) at my school and some of the new staff for lunch. We went to a Chinese buffet near the main train station. When we got there we were all a bit suspicious of the restaurant. It was on the first floor, and the door and stairway did not lead us to expect how nice it was upstairs! The food was great, and the company made me really excited to start work the following day.
After, 3 of us headed back towards the Rรถmerberg to watch the Frankfurt Ironman Triathlon. It was already mid-afternoon and the athletes had started at 7 am! We got to watch the winner running up the final red carpet (His race time was 8 hours and 13 minutes!), as well as the female winner about an hour later. Unfortunately there were so many people that I didn't get any good photos.
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