Strange Weather, Nice Customs

This weekend went by all too quickly. It was warm and sunny as it always seems to be and we all took advantage of the nice weather. For those of us in my collegium that were around for the weekend and not traveling we enjoyed the sun to the fullest. On Saturday about 20 of us spent the afternoon having a barbecue. I became grill master due to my extensive experience in the field and by 1:15 I was frantically grilling about 20 burgers 10 hot dogs and some corn on the cob. A copious amount of meat had been purchased for the barbecue. Enough so that everyone could have 2-3 hot dogs and 2-3 hamburgers each as well as a corn on the cob. The corn was pretty good considering it was frozen corn and not fresh but it lacked the excellent flavor and crunch of a late august corn in New England. After we played a little Frisbee.

Before I knew it I was sitting in my project room on Monday morning wishing I was still outside. As I said before it is crunch time for my project but my group mates had an exam to study for on Thursday morning so I got the lucky job of working on the written report while they were studying. Conveniently for me that means that I didn't have to go to the University again until Thursday afternoon.

That was a real blessing that I did not even predict. As stated in a previous post they tend to under predict the weather here. They said it would be around 8 degrees C (mid 40s F) and possibly raining on Tuesday. In reality it was snowing when I awoke Tuesday morning. That is right, after three plus weeks of sunny and in the 60s and 70s the ground was white, and below is a picture to prove it. However it did not last long because it all melted by the afternoon when the sun came out and it has been shining warmly ever since. In fact this weekend it could get up to almost 80F!   

The View from my window Tuesday morning

Another surprise for me, and this was a welcomed one came on Wednesday. I had lent a friend of mine my sleeping bag because she was going to Germany for a long weekend and wanted to save some money at the hostel. However when she returned she returned with the sleeping bag and a box of chocolate that says "Dankeschöne" (thank you) in German. Apparently they have these in many European countries, for instance in France they have chocolates that come in box titled "Merci" I have to say America, we are behind the times here. I mean if I lent my sleeping bag to someone at home I would probably just get a thanks a bunch... I mean I did not expect such a nice gesture, so to my fellow Americans we need to step up our politeness...

One last thing, if there are any good movies that you guys know that have come out in the last five years could you tell me what they are, I am looking for some good movies to watch because I have seen most the recent ones.