Hello all! I am headed out to begin quite a busy day, and I just wanted to blog a bit before I go! Today I have one class, then I am going to a museum in Lux City for another class. Right after that I am going to a cooking class that Miami is sponsoring, the first 8 people to sign up get to go, and I am one of them! We will be cooking a French meal with a Luxembourgish lady who used to teach at MUDEC. It should be really cool, I love cooking and baking so it is right up my ally! I have to leave an hour or so early, though, to catch a bus and head to Frankfurt Hahn airport. I’ll arrive at the airport around 1130 or 12, and stay in a hotel nearby for a few hours so I can get some rest. Then, I’ll fly to Dublin at 7 am and meet my friend and sorority sister Clare! Crazy day huh?! I cant wait though, I think today and this weekend will be awesome.
Just a little recap of the week, which I have to say, was probably my favorite week so far in Luxembourg! Monday wasn’t too eventual, I had my midterm and that evening blogged a bit and caught up on sleep. On Tuesday, I went for a walk in the afternoon in Differdange with my friend Allie, and while we just planned on grabbing coffee at a nearby café, we ended up chatting and walking for like an hour and a half! When we finally did get coffee, we also split a chocolate praline filled easter bunny, which was one of the most delicious things I have eaten in Lux. Yum. Later that afternoon, I rode the train home with a few girls I am friendly with but don’t know too well, and they invited me to go see a movie with them that night at a theatre in the city. I was planning on just doing work and resting, but I decided a movie sounded like too much fun! I met up with them a few hours later and we took a bus to this really cool mall/theatre complex I had never seen before called Utopolis. It was huge and really nice, I definitely want to go back sometime to shop. It was Ladies' Night at the theatre, and for 7 euro we got admission to see “Dear John” (which was in English with French and German subtitles) plus a free mini bottle of champagne and a goody bag! It was so cute, the theatre was filled with girls and had a great atmosphere. The movie was very good as well, I read the book about a year ago and remembered the plot line, but I actually think I like the movie better (the ending is really good). It did make me a little sad though (ok, I am a sap and cried through the whole thing), but I think that was mostly because it is all about a long distance relationship, something I myself am quite familiar with.
Wednesday at the chateau confirmed for me that this program must have been created for me, it was Harry Potter Day!! Since we take classes in a castle, there are obvious comparisons to Hogwarts, and the day was fabulous. On Tuesday, we were sorted into houses (I magically was picked for Gryffindor, by far the best house) and everyone wore their house colors on Wednesday. Kyle, who knows me too well, had sent me about 20 HP Valentines in a package, and they came with these sweet hologram badges that said Gryffindor. I gave them all my house and everyone was quite impressed. (I know I am huge nerd!) The HP movies played all afternoon in the cafeteria, and that night we had a huge feast in the great hall! Our chef, Stephan, really went all out and made an amazing meal. There was chicken, roast beef, shepard’s pie, kippers, potatoes, sausage, crepes, porridge, blood pudding, and onion soup! For dessert, there were donuts, my favorite! It was seriously one of the best meals we have had at the chateau. Before dinner, each house had to fill out a trivia quiz, and of course I was one of the lead thinkers for our team. Unfortunately, we came in second, poor Hufflepuff won which is nice for them because they are normally so lame. We got tripped up on questions about the wood that makes up the firebolt (its ash) and the dragon Fleur takes on in the Triwizard Tourney (it’s the Welsh Green). After the feast, I concentrated on a different type of witches that aren’t so cool and worked on my final witch hunts paper for a few hours (it is due on Tuesday). After writing a few pages, I went to Das Boot for a glass of wine. It was nice because I chatted with some girls I don’t know too well and learned more about them. When I returned home, I began packing, and finished up this morning. I am flying Ryan Air, and not checking a bag, so I can only bring 1 item (meaning I have to stuff my purse and computer in my backpack when I go through security and they check it). It can weigh 10 kg, and I was proud to see that when I weighed it this morning it is only 9! This means I have one kg to work with for Irish souvenirs! Hahaha.
Ok, one more funny thing that happened this week. My friend in my witch hunts class forwarded me an email from our professor and told me to click on the link he has in his email signature for his blog. She told me to scroll down to an entry called “Great Moments in Teaching" and I would get a laugh. I did this in the beginning of class and just about fell out of my chair. I will give you the link in a sec, but before I just want to preface this by saying that the witch hunts are a very bizarre topic, and a huge part of the accusations was the idea that witches were seduced by a very sexualized and erotic devil. I am not trying to make my blog triple XXX but we have talked about some pretty kinky things in class, and while we all giggled in the beginning, eventually we just kind of got immune to it. Witches supposedly ate babies, danced naked, and had sex with the devil and goats at the Sabbath, a sort of ritual gathering in the woods that they attended! I am not making this up, we have read a bunch of scholarly articles about it! Anyway, so when we acted out the witch hunts in class, we had to discuss these types of accusations. Read about it yourself from my teacher’s perspective- http://eurotravhist.wordpress.com/ Can you guess who yours truly is? Hahaha.
Have a good weekend all!
Care
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