So this week I finally got going with the actually living in Freiburg stuff and all of the university things. I’ve also been on some pretty cool trips and met some pretty awesome people from many different countries.
Uni Life
I kicked off the week by going on a tour of the administration offices in Freiburg. This means registering as a resident, getting my health insurance, opening a German bank account and matrikulating in the university. All as fun as they sound…
I also went to many talks in order to figure out the bare minimum of work I could do here and check out the many opportunities for extra curricular events. I’m now nearly all signed up onto my course, 2 History modules, 2 English and my German language course. The real work starts next week now…
Handel Life
I called the title of this blog post Freshers. Freshers has connotations of lots of drinking. Germany has lots of bier. I’ll let you connect the dots.
I’ve had some pretty fun and massively cheap nights out at the student bars here. All of the different accommodation blocks have their own form of bar and the alcohol tends to be dead cheap. Can’t complain.
At my accomodation block, Händelstraße, we also had a Händel-fest which ran from lunch time till 5am. There were couches and music outside and the weather stayed good enough for most of the night to be spent chilling and playing drinking games outside. When it got a bit too cold you could always go warm up with some crazy dancing, including a Céilí , in the bar.
Schwarzwald
In stark juxtaposition to my Durham Freshers week I was actually active during the daytime quite a bit. I went on some beautiful walks in the Schwarzwald (Black Forest). I hiked up both Schlossberg and Schönberg and was rewarded with some stunning views.
Though I didn’t quite make it away from the alcohol, like a true fresher, and finished off one of these walks with a tasting of 5 local wines. Delicious!
EuropaPark
I also got to have a little UK reunion with my karate buddy Phil who is doing his ERASMUS nearby in Strasbourg. We met halfway between Freiburg and Strasbourg in what just so coincidentally happens to be Europe’s second biggest theme park and contains Europe’s highest rollercoaster! Needless to say great fun was had and my throat was sore the next day from all the thrilling screaming!
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