our last week in Bonn was a blur. a stressful, surreal blur. it flew by entirely too quickly (the final week and the entire trip).
my favorite part of the final week was the zoo (and not just because Jens was there lol) i really do love animals. i mean obviously, since i want to be a veterinarian. but it was so interesting to see the way German zoos were set up, i felt like everything was so out in the open. i guess they didn't have to worry about silly people hopping fences to get to the animals or anything.
our final week we also got to cook for our host family. it was honestly the randomest combo of food but we made it work and our host fam ate it all so thats what counts. we were originally gonna try and make queso, but uhhh we couldn't find velveeta, american cheese or pepper jack cheese, so our cheesy night plans totally crumbled form that moment on. we ended up making salsa, guacamole, stuffed mushrooms, sautéed spinach and rice. the fam ate the entire massive bowl of guacamole. i was shocked, i really thought they wouldn't like it too much but they ate it up.
on our last night in Bonn we stayed around the dinner table for about 4 hours just talking and Erika kept saying how much she liked us and that we were her favorite girl host daughters. she was so awesome. i really liked living with her and Makeda and Menelik. they just took us under their wings and taught us all about Bonn, Cologne, and Berlin. they took us to dinners and out to bars and beer fests. they were just such a blessing to our already amazing program experience. having erika drop us off was really sad, i think she almost teared up. we had just all gotten so close in such a short amount of time it was hard to say goodbye.
we are in Berlin now. the final leg of our trip. its really bittersweet. I'm excited to go home and see my family and share my experiences with my family but i also wish i could stay for longer. being in europe has been such a different vibe than back in the US and i love it here. i'm definitely coming back in the future.
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