Food, language camp week 2, downtown Hamburg, and the zoo!

What a week! The second week of language camp went by fast, partly because it rained the whole time probably. On monday we went on a scavenger hunt in downtown Hamburg. We had to go to the post office, bank, european "dollar store", Apotheke (drug store), and the main train station, in groups of 3. It was pretty fun, even though it as raining and my group spent most of the time in the train station. On Wednesday we went to the zoo!


It was also raining so all the animals were looking pretty sad, but I took some pictures anyway. This was a very odd zoo. There were roaming packs of chickens and various little creatures that had escaped from the pens. The fences were not very high so you could reach down and pet the penguins or whatever got close enough to reach. We found a pack of odd animals just grazing around on a patch of lawn, there is a picture of them. Also, they had a couple ant exibits, which consisted of ant hills with nets pulled over them. The nets had no chance of holding back the ants, so there were ants everywhere. There was a bee exibit that was just a few bee hives you could walk up to, so there were also bees all over the place, it was odd.






What other zoo has a real dinsaur huh?

Not pictured : The oddest exibit at a zoo I have ever seen. A section with fences only about a foot high full of rabits, guinea pigs, and some other little rodent like mini deer. The little fence couldn't keep them in, so every now and then one would jump out and walk a round a bit!

We found a baby bunny hiding in the bushes near the monkey cage, he was the same kind that was on display in the petting zoo, we named him Steve M.

The food so far has been excellent. In camp every day we get a prepared lunch from the youth hostel we use as a classroom. There is always some kind of meat and potatoes or pasta. Some highlights were last Tuesday's Frikaldelle (big sausage patty) with potatoes (mashed and sliced) and salad, Monday's baked pasta with cheese and onions, and yesterday's pasta with beef goulash.

At my host home, breakfast and dinner has usually consisted of various breads with different spreads, meats, and cheeses. The breads range from simple sliced white bread (not my favorite) to classic german Schwarzbrot (black bread) whitch is a dark bread with corn and other grains. Toppings include nutella (of course) butter, cheese spreads, real cheese, and delicious salami.

My host mother has also cooked some fabulous meals. Tonight we had fresh pastry cups filled with mushrooms and beef in gravy.

Thats enough for now I think, I hope people are reading it.

-Kevin