Guten Tag

Next monday I'll be going on a study trip to Germany (Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bonn) with Roomie. Hopefully, Longhaired Roomie will behave during our absence. And manage to keep herself alive.

I've flexed my German vocabulary: Apfelstrudel, currywurst, blitzkrieg, kartoffel, umgebung, lederhosen, sauerkraut, brille, bralle, bier, ein zwei drei, vier-und-fünfzig.

Das ist mein lederhosenkartoffel mit blau currywurst unt pretzelbier! Ich heiße dirndl-Sonja und ich liebe dein apfelstrudel!

I'm as ready as ready can be.

I am, however no big beer-lover, but I've made a solemn vow to try out a dark kind in Germany, we'll see how it goes. I've also entertained the idea of trying to keep a picture diary during the trip.   

Been dabbling with some aquatint:

  

I've been intrigued by pretty patterns lately.


There's also some interesting workshops starting at uni after we get back from the trip. One is about animation, and another on taxidermy. We'll be stuffing a mouse, and I'm really excited about it, since apparently it'll be pretty much from start to finish (the mice will obviously be dead already), we'll be taking the innards out and that sort of thing. Here's hoping that I could somehow preserve and keep (and maybe even mount) the skeleton. . .