Fruit Salad and Mixed Veg

Hamburg is a great city for cycling! The city is mostly flat, so hills are no problem. There are also red bike lanes on most footpaths and/or bike lanes on the road.

Why bike riding is better than the train:
1. It is cheaper
2. Exercise
3. Sunshine
4. You get to see things that you don't see when on the train

Why train is better than bike riding:
1. It rains a lot in Hamburg
2. It could be safer
3. You normally have more of an idea of where you are going

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Today Mr Fresh Air aka my favourite German and I went to 'Centro' in Oberhausen. It's a really big shopping complex, or Einkaufszentrum, in German. It's Europe's largest shopping centre.


Before we went to the shopping centre, we had some coffee. Coffe is hot, remember that. How are people who don't speak English supposed to know that coffee is hot?!


The food court in 'Centro' where we ate some subway and apple drink mixed with soda water. There is a large screen in the food court, with TV on it. Everyone watches it...they go to the shop to watch a screen...


A Jaeger shop....why?

I have asked Mr Fresh Air quite a lot, if he wanted to eat spaghetti eis with me. He always said that it was too cold for icecream. But, today, we went to an Eis Cafe (icecream cafe) I don't think there are many Eis Cafes in Australia...just icecream shops.


Part of the menu...spaghetti Eis...lasagne Eis..


Some more of the menu


Our spaghetti Eis. It is icecream put through some sort of hole thing, to make it look like spaghetti. Then with strawberry and lime sauce on the top...and then some white chocolate, which is supposed to be cheese. Under the icecream is some cream. I can't believe we don't have this in Australia. It's sooo tasty!!


How are non German speaking people meant to know that rubbish goes under and trays go on the top?


We also did some shopping, well I didn't do much. One shop assistant asked me if I was from Australia. That's the first time anyone has guessed correctly. Last week, the newsagency lady thought I was from the Netherlands.

I tried on a skirt in the shops and we asked the shop assistant if there was a size 32. She thought I wouldn't fit into it...why does everyone think I am fatter than I actually am?

Then I went to Gallerie Kaufhof, to buy underwear. The sizes in Germany are different, so I had to ask for help. The woman had to measure me with measuring tape and then said 'Oh you are so skinny. You wont find anything here' 'What, in the whole shop?' 'You can look but everything is too big for you'. Well, better to be skinny than a fat slob with fat splurting out from everywhere and fat lumps and fatty fat fat fat fat fat fat. The thing is, there are people who are skinnier/smaller framed/smaller/shorter/less fat/less 'femininely shaped' than me...

Now I am going to go to sleep so that I can go running tomorrow

PS: I have found a room! I have somewhere to live now when I go to uni

On Sunday I lost my teenager-hood. I also lost my voice. I don't know if it was from smoke or talking to loud...but my voice decided to go on holiday. It arrived back yesterday But now I'm a bit sick

Anyway, the birthday....I didn't have a party. I couldn't be bothered organising a party. So, as usual we went for lunch at my grandma's house.

After lunch, I asked my dad if he wanted to go for a walk up a hill. He said no, because it makes him too tired. So, I went by myself. It took me only 12 minutes to get to the top; no pauses! It used to take me mroe than 30 minutes!

Then, my sister and her 'friend' went for another walk with me in the evening. They must have felt sorry for me. I think my hobby is walking up hills. My dad thinks I should go in a walking competition


View from half way up the hill


We took walkie talkies with us. We discovered that you can hear other people and talk to other people. We talked to a guy named Troy.

Then we went to McDonalds because I wanted to have an icecream. And because I can afford to eat icecream at McDonalds; $0.50/icecream


No, we didn't buy one for the Hoff. Yes, we were too lazy to get out of the car, so we got drive-through


Eating the icecream in the car, in the car park. Is that bogan?

Then we went home and I did my assignment....and my auntie and uncle visited me.


But today was better than my birthday! Because, I got some mail from Germany, from my favourite German No one else got me such a nice present.... This parcel was a very special for Intersheep....because....


Intersheep's SISTER was inside!


Now I have three sheep in my flock I must have shown signs of being a good shepherd, and so that's why I have another sheep


This little sheep was very hungry and the first thing she did was run to the fridge...


Then she grabbed a spoon and ate lots of icecream. Next time, I'll just buy chocolate...


Today's German Lesson:
In today's lesson, we will learn some ingredients commonly used in 'Du bist ein Engel' German chocolate bars:


Vollmilch-Schokolade = full milk chocolate = milk chocolate
Zutaten = ingredients
Zucker = sugar
Kakaobutter = cocoa butter
Vollmilchpulver= full milk powder
Kakaomasse = cocoa mass
Suessmolkenpulver= I have no idea about what the English is. Sweet whey powder?
Milchzucker= lactose...milk sugar
Emulgator = emulsifying agent
Aroma: natuerliche Vanille= flavour: natural vanilla

Kann Spuren von Nuessen und Erdnuesen enthalten = May contain traces of nuts and peanuts.
(German people, please explain Erdnuessen and Nuessen )

Now you should be able to understand some German chocolate bar wrappers

And now it's time for me to go to sleep.