days 3-7: ulm

First, Happy Peach Cake Day! or Froehlichen Pfirsichkuchentag!



This morning I went to the market in the square in front of the munster. Every Saturday and Wednesday morning from around 6 until 2, there is row after row of vendors selling anything you could want as long as it is fruit, veggies, cheese, meat, fish, flowers or honey. I bought some strawberries (Erdbeeren) and peaches (Pfirsichen). And it's cheap! 1kg of strawberries was 3 Euro (~$4.00) and 1.8kg of peaches was only 1 Euro (~$1.30). I didn't mean to buy 1.8kg of peaches, but I was talking to the vendor in really bad German and he was responding in really bad English and threw in an extra .8kg. Maybe this is why I like the market. hmmm...

Shoutout to Jonas! For teaching me about the origins of Peach Cake Day and Abraham Lincoln. Because of Peach Cake Day, we're going to make a Peach Cake. Neither of us have made a cake without mix before, so the next blog entry should be interesting.