Kiel, Germany

Kiel! The best thing about this place, is our dear friend Johanna! She was gracious enough to let us stay at her place for a nice amount of time and we were so grateful! She even picked us up from our hostel in Hamburg, and being in a car for the first time (other then taxi's, was really weird!) It was so nice of her though, and we can't thank her enough for the wonderful accommodation. All three of us snuggling in her bed together watching movies, made the coldest of nights warm and lovely. Having a 'home' was really nice, compared to always being in hostels. We haven't had any hostel horror stories (yet!), but being able to sleep in as long as you want and have breakfast set out for you in the morning really rules! We spent the days either just hanging out, or doing things around Kiel. One day we decided to go to Ikea, to well I don't know, go to Ikea I suppose! We were all feeling super cheap so we had some food there, and we had a LOT of it. We all had major food babies, and once we hit the bedroom part of Ikea, found Johanna snuggled up in a bed unable to move. We went out a few nights and had a blast dancing and meeting new friends!

We were in Kiel when it would have been Canadian Thanksgiving. They don't celebrate Turkey Day in Germany, so we made our own! We in no way could look at people's pictures of delicious food and be jealous, so we decided to prepare our very own feast! It was also our way to thank Johanna and her parents for letting us stay. We got our shopping bags and headed to the store! Thinkíng it would be really easy to find everything we needed, well think again. They didn't have squash. They didn't have canned pumpkin, and finding cream is almost impossible! We managed though, and ended up with a nice haul to be cooked up the next day. Sunday was spent in the kitchen, listening to good music, with good company, and good food. We made mashed potatoes, corn, peas, salad, garlic bread, sangria, cheesecake and we even made CHILCHA! (A delicious dish our Grandma prepares, that we were SO stoked to accomplish). We had the classic Thanksgiving food coma's, so we would say it was a success!

M and B.