Germany, day 7: The Banquet

Ah, another rainy day in Bremen. The rain was not strong at all, but it was noticeable. We missed our desired tram, so we had to wait for 10 minutes or so for the next one.

The test went well -- we were allowed an hour and a half to do it, and I took roughly half that time. I checked my answers and conventions, of course, but while I waited for others to finish, I went upstairs to the break room, where there was a buffet set up in celebration of a baby born to one of the staff. The food was good, and kept me full until lunch.

The curious sleepiness I find in the lecture hall is unique to the engineering lecture; I was not at all sleepy while taking the test, nor I am tired during the German class. Me had a lecture after the test, so that we would be caught up (or at least less behind) to the schedule.

Lunch was good, but expensive. The main vegetarian plate alone was 3.10 Euro, more than I had spent for the total lunch the day before. I think vegetarian food might be more expensive in general, but I know not why.

In the evening, at 5, the engineering program of the building threw a banquet for all its guests, Calvin students included. The food was good, and I gave in to a wurst again. I had a Paulaner Hefeweissbier with the meal, which I enjoyed more as the night went on.
During the banquet, one of the German engineers, who looked to be in her mid-twenties, approached my the group of Calvin students with whom I was sitting, and asked us about America, what we thought about Germany, etc. We later moved on to discuss stereotypes of Americans and Germans, some of which turned out to be right -- Germans have much more accurate ideas of Americans than vice versa.
We also talked about learning our respective languages, which turned out to be very interesting. We started comparing the two sounds of the German "ch", which I likened to English's two "th" sounds; neither she nor several of the Calvin students knew that a difference existed! She thinks that I speak German well, which I find reassuring.

Tomorrow we are headed for Bremerhaven, the port city of Bremen. I have been asked to speak entirely in a piratey tone, but I don't know how this might carry over into German.