Taurenhof.. Loving The Fresh Mountain Air!

So, here I am.. It's been a good 2 weeks since I've written anything on here and a lot has happened. Laura and I spent some time in Hagedorn with our family friend Heike Pothast. We were just happy to stay in one place for a few days and relax. We did get a bit of relaxing but the week flew by at Heike's. We went to a bigger town, Paderborn, to go shopping with our cousin Klara. It was nice to visit with her again! We made Heike tacos one night, and they definately did not taste like the ones we make at home but it still was pretty tasty! Heike teaches yoga so Laura and I joined in on her class. It was really interesting, since I've never done yoga before and it was all in german. I enjoyed it though! We also joined in on Heike's drumming class, which was awesome.. it sounded amazing! On our last day with Heike she took us out for a canoe ride down the Lippe.. a little river near by her place. Laura and I were in a canoe and Heike and her friend Herald were in the other. Much to our surprise there were little rapids on this river and Laura had to steer us straight through them. It was pretty fun, we got a good pic of us in action! From th ride home. Heike's car broke down 3 times, once on the autobahn (Laura was driving it at 160 km/h) and we were able to get help right away because hte autobahn is a priority for them. Then again 20 minutes later the gas pedal was stuck down, we had to wait over an hour this time. So Heike went to a near by house and called to order a pizza. So there we were on the side of the highway eating pizza in Heike's car waiting for the repair guy ! The guy came and fixed the pedal but a short 20 minutes later the fuse broke ae Lippe it was a bit of an adventure to get home though. What should've been a 45 minute drive turned into a 5 hour towgain. So we finally got towed back to Heike's by her friend who came to pick us up. Phew, just a bit of an adventure for us. After Heike's Laura and I set out for Schladming and Part II of our Europe trip where we go our seperate ways. We spent a day together here in Schladming, Austria and checked the town out and where the school was that I was going to be attending for the next 2 months. I was glad that Laura could come out here with me and we could hang out a bit more before I start school. I'm a week into the course now and let me tell you things are different here. From a flexible, do whatever we want whenever attitude to having structure and lectures in a new environment was wierd. There are 72 students here and a lot of them are from Canada! There is actually a few people from winnipeg and 3 people from Winkler ! Fellow Mennonites .. yay! I am learning a lot about the Bible and even more about myself out here. This will be a great experience, as difficult as it feels sometimes, and I'm trying to take advantage of every minute of it. Our campus is right on the side of the moutains here so I can look out of my bedroom window and see the moutain side right there. It's truley beautiful here, I've been out hiking a lot and the views are amazing. There's a river that runs right through town and as I was walking along it one day I saw a bunch of brand new baby ducklings!! They were so cute! Anyways, I just thought I should update my blog since it's been so long..

We went on a 5 hour hike today! It was amazing and worth every step. We climbed up to a little lake and the path followed along this awesome waterfall! It was so beautiful.. I really love it here in the mountains! :o)

I hope that everyone is well at home! Take Care :o)