Bloggin away

Dear fans,

So all, I'm trying my best to blog, it's tricky though. Because I think that the stories that make for the best blogs are little daily anecdotes I think of when I'm out having fun. However, if I'm out having fun, I've got no desire to stop, drop, and blog. BUT I'M TRYING TO GET BETTER! So, in the interest of all of you and future me getting to look back at these memories, here goes (again).

Little things that I think are worth gabbing about:

-Strasbourg is super super pretty. Going for walks here is honestly never boring because there's just so much to see, and so many tiny roads. I could walk to Starbucks (where I am now) everyday for a month and not take the same path. But even if I do have to walk the same roads, people watching here is really fun! Not in a creepy way, everyone here just has different mannerisms, and dresses differently than home. And if those aren't enough to keep my eyes busy the architecture here is so pretty and detailed that there's always lots to look at.

One of the many cathedrals, this one is the my favourite!

Picture from my neighbourhood's market!

Random buildings - all of the city center is built like this, I love it!

-FOOD: TO BE HONEST, not as great as I was expecting. The French are champion of fluffy pastries, hands down I'll give them that. However, they really can't compete with anything nanny would make at home. Plain ol' good foods are definitely missing, and there is a gross lack of my favourite food group, potatoes, around here. Claire just told me she's in the mood for some nice homemade bread and baked bean with fishcakes, and nothing sounds better right now. I know everyone misses familiar foods, but even French versions of comfort food are still too fancy to count in my mind. 

One of the worst meas I think I've ever had. Croque monsieur- two tiny soggy thin white sandwich bread pieces, really strong cheese, wet sauce on top of the sandwhich and inside the bread. Would describe this as a moist meal - bluhk.  Had an alright slice of ham in it which I picked out. Featuring here is the worst beer ever, a nice duo.  

If your beer is named Monaco and looks this, send it back. Trust me you do not want to try this cream soda/ beer monsterocity.

A damn fine piece of apple tarte, 10/10 would return to Colmar to eat at the bakery this came from.

SIMPLE IS BEST I MADE THIS IN MY MICROWAVE AND LOVED IT

-FOOD - THE BREAD - DESERVING OF ITS OWN CATEGORY: pretty shit, usually hard as a rock and not filling at all and whole wheat/ multi grain are not easy to find. I'm sure the French are all severely constipated from the 0 grams of fiber they get consume by gnawing on 1 euro baguettes. 

-THE NOT FRENCH FOOD IS THE BEST FOOD I'VE HAD IN FRANCE.  Awe, sad but true. Here's a picture of the best sushi I've ever eaten, and some absolutely stellar German food.

Heavanly! Everything about this was just done so perfectly, it made me love sushi even more than I already did!

Always been big fan of German food and now I live next door to Germany!! Hip hip hooooray!!!

My love for German foods knows no bounds.

-FOOD - ALCOHOL: Though not technically a food, it does contain calories so I'll put 'er in. On the plus side it's very possible to find some decent wine for 1 euro per bottle, amen hallelujah and thank you jesus the world is a good place! a quart of vodka cost 7 euros, not too shabby either, but I've been too nervous to drink hard liquor here lest I get drunk and then die / get kidnapped and sold into prostition a la Taken. Regional beer here is very fruity, which I think makes it not great, but if you're into that kinda thing, you would be set.

This cost me a euro and 21 "euro cents", it tasted good but for that price it didn't even need to. 

-My fridge has a strange smell to it. It always has, I cleaned all the shelves off with bleach wipes, so that is giving me a little comfort. I'm considering removing the cheeses to see if that helps, Yikes.

I put flowers on my fridge to pretend that it doesn't stink LOL!

-People here party until 4 or 5 am, literally every day of the week. I think I've finally found people who out party me!

Kids in a wine soaked candy shop

- School is not hard and is only so so interesting

- Currently in the middle of planning and budgeting trips! Used all my money for November already and forgot to leave room for groceries.....But I'm going to Amsterdam and Barcelona!!!

-I very possibly may be without a phone when this SIM card if I don't talk myself into spending the money on a new top up, but since I can find better ways to spend 30 euros a month..... (no food or phone but lots of travel, these are good decisions right??? Hope your proud mom and papa, I'm budgeting!?)

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