But the (old) body couldn't keep up with the couple of days of late-night chats (which were, by the way, still good) and the waking up early, so after a lovely can't-be-any-better day-trip last Monday with my church friends to a beautiful island in the Bodensee, I fell a bit ill, warm and headache-y.
On Tuesday after almost a whole half-day of sleeping (albeit a bit fitfully) I got better. And sweet him had insisted I stay home and rest and went out on his own to see a castle not too far from Tuebingen, Burg Hohenzollern. I felt bad to have left him alone and was worried whether he could find his way around. In the morning, I'd packed some sandwiches for him, filled a bottle of water and made him a quick breakfast this morning (man, I feel like a mother... haha. no wonder he calls me 'da jie'). In the end, he found his way back and I was relieved to see him cos' he got back later than I'd expected him to.
A good friend and I (me being the assistant since we've been making European or German-ish food) have been making dinner for him (first night: Maultaschen, 2nd: Käsespätzle and last night: home-made pizza) and he was the official dishwasher. hee. Tuesday evening, we had a little grill with some German friends near our building where he was able to drink more beer and fill up on the sausages which are so expensive at home.
He'd got along really well with my good friends which is really nice.
On his last day here, Wed, we had a relaxing walk through the forest to Bebenhausen, a small neighbouring town with an old Monastry. I brought him to the farms but unfortunately they weren't selling their milk in the morning during the week so he didn't get to try farm-fresh milk. But we saw fields and fields of crops with signs indicating what grains they were growing in each. There were horses grazing, cows and the unforgettable smell of manure. hee. Our chats were animated, funny, (as he is) and simply enjoyable. ^_^
He warned me not to show this pic to anyone but it's too cute not to share it! :p (Ah, realised one can't actually see what he's doing in the photo. He's trying to blow the seeds of a dandelion.)
After some frantic last minute gift-shopping on that last day, we had an early dinner back at my place of pan-fried pork chops with a red wine sauce and homemade mashed potatoes, and from the way he devoured the meal and his exclamations of 'delicious!!', I think our 'last supper' together was a good one. :) Then after some coffee and yummy German cakes, we met up with my friends from church at the Neckarmüller for his last beer. And with a couple of minutes to spare, we raced to the bus station to catch his bus to the airport.
Ah, I miss his big warm infectious laughter and our chats. :)
3 comments :
sounds like u had fun! it muz haf been gd to meet up with someone from home whn u're so far away.. =) - chiu
Ya we did have fun. :) And yes, it's very good to have someone here. You and Yan and Janielle come too lah! :D
no money lar! - chiu
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