17 Juni - Spätzle

I went to the international office first thing this morning and showed them my bank statement inquiring why I only got a fifth of what I should have gotten for my stipend. Lots of German conversations later, they told me they don't know what happened and are worried that they mixed up my account with another student's. I bet that student was happy. They said they would get it figured out and pay me the correct amount as soon as possible.

I got our train tickets for Amsterdam next week.  We leave at 04:00 on Wednesday, June 24th and return at 18:00 on Wednesday, July 1st.  All of which is packed with a schedule of presentations, classes, group work, assignments, receptions, tours, and 'social time'.  I decided not to stay an extra day because rooms are too expensive and from the sounds of it we'll be doing lots of touristy things with the group.

For lunch, I finally ventured to the mensa with my new mensa card.  I was instantly hit with high school flashbacks, but I was hungry.  I got spätzle mit kase. Spätzle is kind of like a spaghetti noodle chopped into 1 inch pieces, but much chewier and kase is cheese, so I guess it was like the German version of macaroni and cheese.  

We actually didn't have any plans for this evening, so we just stayed home and chilled.  I tried to get Skylar to go the park, but he was content with the down time.  I don't do so well with down time... I get bored.  I'll guess it was nice just to read for awhile though.