SO the WEEKEND. It has become so that I now live for my weekends. My evenings in Diepholz are quiet little things, and knowing that my next three coming weekends are PACKED full to the brim, I haven't done my normal attempts of organising things with people in the weeks...purely so I can have a bit of me time, do a bit of reading and try get a bit better at reading/listening to German, which often leads to procrastination! It has definitely hit me that I'm leaving in 5 weeks, and I'm well in the knowledge that I'll be amongst English speakers a lot of this time....and everyone knows I love a good panic :P Aside from my evenings of reading/Skype/trashy tv, I've spent a lot of time having coffee and chats with my landlady, which is lovely =)
But on Friday, I managed to escape little Diepholz, and went to the big bright lights of Hannover to visit my lovely language assistant friend Rachel! After having a bit of a funny week, it was so good to see a friendly face. We decided to follow "der rote Faden", or the red thread, around Hannover. This is a red line that's painted on the pavement in a strip, so that one can follow and see all the main Hannover sights en route! I was lucky enough to also have the Hannover expert Rachel avec moi, and as we toured the Stadt I began to realise I actually loved it! I've been warned that Hannover is a bit "grau" and boring, but I honestly think it's lovely. Charming, I'd say! The Rathaus is something else, set on a lake, which even on a horrible grey afternoon was beautiful. People definitely play Hannover down.
Our wanderings took us to this lovely little German tea rooms, where I had "Lieblingstee", purely for the cute name, I'm not gonna lie! After lots of chatting and re-warming, we headed back out into Hannover for more wanderings, and then dinner and wine before my long trek back to the 'holz! It was a very good way to spend my "frei Tag" (love the pun there. Also know it's not funny...)
Saturday arrived, and I cleaned. A lot. Which was fun and definitely blog-worthy news....ha! After completing lots of fun to do list crossing off tasks, I made a very "Year Abroad" move and accepted an invitation to a "techno disko". The thought of this, my friends, scared the living daylights out of me. Techno music is not my forte, plus anyone reading who may remember Opal Lounge circa first year, when they had UV lights? Yes? Ringing bells? To those unfortunate enough to have missed this, said lights sent my hair BRIGHT WHITE and my skin BRIGHT RED and my teeth BRIGHT WHITE. I looked ridiculous. I do remember my friends spending the entire evening wetting themselves! Anyway, I digress. So yes, I went to said "Disko" with Karolina and her friend Alicja. The disco was in the middle of nowhere in a place called Stammwede, in this house that had been converted into a UV lovers haven! Upon arrival, we realised we stuck out like sore thumbs. I do that thing constantly in Germany where I dress up, always, even when I know no one else will.....I looked so silly and out of place! Regardless of it really not being our thing, we chatted, drank and danced a bit before deciding at 1.30 that it wasn't for us.....at least I tried it!
Sunday arrived, and the wonderful Niedersachsen crew (or at least part of) descended on Diepholz! Laura and Rachel were both desperate to see Diepholz, quite bizarely, so I gave them the grand tour! Having looked at the, well, approximately three Sehenswürdigkeiten of Diepholz, we went to my flat, where I cooked Spanish food, and we ate and drank Sangria! Rachel had brought some lovely cakes from Hannover too, so we ate ate ate and all were ridiculously full! I am still full today, true story!
So, this is nearly it now kids. I have only FIVE weeks left. FIVE. That's nothing. I am so scared. As anyone that knows me quite well is sure to know, I am panicking. Especially as we have got to start choosing fourth year options....everything is getting a bit real, hard work is drawing ever closer, and well. I'm trying to keep calm =) I have so many exciting things happening! I'm going to Warsaw on Thursday until Tuesday, so that'll be the next blog post =) Then to Sam's in Chemnitz the weekend after, and Hamburg with the ladies the week after! All's good!
Over and out!
P.S. I'm still obsessed with the Burlesque Soundtrack. Just thought I should let you know.
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