"The 'Red Wine City' Welcomes Their Guests"
The Rotweinfest is similar to any small town festival or fair in the US, except instead of serving up unlimited varieties of fried food, Ingelheim delivers unlimited varieties of wine. Now, mind you, visitors can snack on schnitzel, curry wurst, and Nutella crepes before spinning themselves into oblivion on carnival rides, but there are definitely no fried Twinkies in sight.
It finally stopped raining and warmed up a bit, so Sally and I visited the famous Rotweinfest on Friday afternoon. There weren't that many people there so we were able to get food and wine in peace. I saw some of my students and received an ample amount of 'What is she doing here, teachers don't have real lives' stares. I greeted one group, which they found to be hilarious. After one glass of wine, Sally and I had enough and decided to head back to Mainz to go to Eisgrub brewery. The beer there tastes better (blasphemy) and is way cheaper. But now I can say that I've been to Rotweinfest, and I have the commemorative wine glass to prove it. We met up with Emily and here friend who is studying abroad in France and had a blast. Eisgrub never disappoints.
On Sunday the weather magically turned into summer again, bringing sunshine and upper 60s to the Rhineland. After wrapping up a few lesson plans, I headed to Wiesbaden to meet up with Sally. We took a walk through a beautiful park behind the theater and casino (really, really pretty casino). The park is HUGE and surrounded by typical Wiesbaden (d.h. stunning) mansions. Sally and I have decided that we need to marry (future) doctors or lawyers from Wiesbaden so we can live in one of these houses. Wiesbaden is just so ritzy. Mainz has got the cultural thing down, but Wiesbaden's architecture cannot be beat.
Today at school, I learned how to print onto a projector sheet. And teachers that aren't in my department talked to me. And I got my haircut after school (much needed, I was looking pretty shaggy). And the weather was BEAUTIFUL! All-around good day, if you ask me.
I'm looking forward to Teacher's Outing on Thursday night and then Friday begins the FALL BREAK GRAND ADVENTURE! Yessssss!
lg, Lauren
The "what is she doing here, teachers don't have real lives' stares!" had me laughing! Glad to see you're having a good time. And beautiful pictures!
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