I am so ready for break to be here. I am really jealous reading all the posts on Facebook from friends back home who are already on vacation. Oh well. On Sunday, my language class performed our production of Der Grüffelo. It's a popular children's book about a mouse who has to outsmart all of these other forest animals.
Yours truly accepted the role of der Fuchs (the fox) and is expecting accolades to come pouring in at any moment. Actually, a lot of people turned out to see us. It was tons of fun. We also sang a song at the end about Der Grüffelo, and I think video of it exists somewhere, but I won't be posting it on this blog. Here is a picture of all of us:
After the play, Chris and I met up with Uschi for a little Christmas shopping. We all exchanged presents and went for a cup of Glühwein as well. It was really nice, even though the freezing rain was less than ideal.
Here is a picture of the giant Dortmund Christmas tree, as promised:
On Wednesday, I baked chocolate chip cookies. Both Anni and Carl had invited me to come stay for Christmas and New Years, and I wanted to get their parents and grandparents something. Of course, I had no idea what to get them, but food seems like a safe option. Everybody likes chocolate chip cookies, right?
Thursday, we had an informal Christmas dinner. Chris and I cooked jambalaya for Gergei, Mike, and Brittney and we all exchanged gifts. I don't think jambalaya is a traditional Christmas food, but oddly enough, we couldn't find goose. So we settled on the next best thing. It actually turned out pretty well. We sat and talked for a long time about our personal Christmas traditions and plans for the break. I'm going to end this post early so I can combine my Christmas break adventures into one huge post. So goodbye for now!
German Word of the Week: Der Reis- "rice" Don't overcook der Reis, or your jambalaya will be a "der"saster.
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