Here We Go!

When I studied abroad in Regensurg, Germany in 2009 I made a blog, determined to document my adventures. As those who followed that blog know, my very last post was made in May (three months before I got on a plane to go home). This time, however, I am determined to do better. I have wanted a blog for a long time to document what I cook and bake, and the fact that I expect to be away from the United States for at least a year, and traveling often, makes it seem that this is the time to make that a reality. So here goes!

Things to expect:
Lots of pictures! I can't promise that they will be anything special, but I've decided that photos are incredibly important to an enjoyable blog. And I love to photograph food, plus I take way too many pictures when I travel.

The Weekly Pastry! I'm hoping to come up with a better name for this soon, but for now it is what it is. And what it is is a plan for my time in Germany. Every week I will treat myself to a new, exciting form of baked good from a delicious German bakery. And every week I will then try to re-create the deliciousness in my own kitchen. This seems like a great way to gain experience in making traditional European baked goods. Wish me luck!

Travel! The semesters in Germany are set up so that the winter semester goes from October to February, and the summer semester goes from April to the end of July. What does that mean? Why, a two month spring break. I went to ten countries last time I lived in Germany, and I hope to keep that up this time if possible. So far I have two major trips planned. The first is to Greece, Turkey, and Egypt, and the second is the UK and Ireland. I also have friends teaching English in both Spain and France, so I'm sure I will visit them at some point. I also would love to realize my dream of going to Scandanavia, where much of my family is from. And if I somehow still have money, I really want to go to Asia next summer.

I take off on August 31st, and am still in the middle of frantically figuring out what I need to do before then. Thus I'm not planning on posting anything for the rest of this summer, but once I get to Tübingen I promise to post! I am determined to do a better job than I did in Regensburg :)