After weeks of crazy, extremely busy days, I finally have had a full day of relaxing.
Daylight Savings occurred for us this weekend, so I had an extra hour of sleep. Back home when this occurred, I always remember it coming on a much-needed weekend. Here, however, it happens to fall on the most relaxing weekend I have had since I got here! Oh well, I still enjoyed it.
I did not leave my building in the morning - I made food throughout the day in my kitchen, caught up on The Vampire Diaries, and napped.
After my relaxing day of nothing, I got ready to attend an orchestra concert - there were extra tickets from the Valpo program, as all of the students are off exploring Europe for their 2.5 week break, and I got tickets for me and a friend. Dawn joined me.
We took the bus downtown and quickly reached the Stadthalle - this new building in town is one that was not there when I was in Germany almost three years ago. It is a beautiful building.
Once we arrived, we found the new Valpo resident director, his family, the head of the Valpo German department, and the the Valpo program's German professor. I introduced Dawn, and then we went to try to find our seats.
The concert was interesting. It had a good mix of the old, beautiful classical music and the more contemporary orchestra music. I am unsure if I actually enjoyed the newer music, but I did enjoy that the students who had written the pieces were there that evening.
The orchestra was a joy to watch - they all played beautifully, and their love for the music was evident in the way they played their instruments.
Once the concert was over, we caught the next bus back, and I changed into my pajamas!
Once I had settled in, I Skyped with a friend from home, and then headed off to bed.
After my relaxing day of nothing, I got ready to attend an orchestra concert - there were extra tickets from the Valpo program, as all of the students are off exploring Europe for their 2.5 week break, and I got tickets for me and a friend. Dawn joined me.
We took the bus downtown and quickly reached the Stadthalle - this new building in town is one that was not there when I was in Germany almost three years ago. It is a beautiful building.
Once we arrived, we found the new Valpo resident director, his family, the head of the Valpo German department, and the the Valpo program's German professor. I introduced Dawn, and then we went to try to find our seats.
The concert was interesting. It had a good mix of the old, beautiful classical music and the more contemporary orchestra music. I am unsure if I actually enjoyed the newer music, but I did enjoy that the students who had written the pieces were there that evening.
The orchestra was a joy to watch - they all played beautifully, and their love for the music was evident in the way they played their instruments.
Once the concert was over, we caught the next bus back, and I changed into my pajamas!
Once I had settled in, I Skyped with a friend from home, and then headed off to bed.
I have learned to revel in these days - it does not happen very often that I get a full day, let alone a full weekend, in which I had nowhere to be and little to no stress.
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