Hanover Post

Well tonight is our last night in Hanover. I had a really great time here, as expected. My host students for the week, Reike and Anne were great. I hope they come to Texas next year so I can return the favor, that would be fantastic. I will definately host a student from Germany next year.
I spent the weekend in Hanover as well, but I moved to Jasmin's apartment, and she has also been a great host. Yesterday I worked at the avian and exotic clinic with Milena, who was on the Texas trip last year. I had a good time. I got to give subQ fluids to some birds, a hedgehog, a guniea pig, and a rabbit, and do a whole bunch of other stuff. We took some X-rays and did some force feedings. They have a collection of canaries and african grey parrots that were found wandering around, and a flock of laying hens whose eggs they collect and eat for breakfast! Today we did a walking tour of Hanover given to us by Jasmin, and saw some of the older part of the city. We rode up to the top of the tower on the capital building in a tiny little elevator with a glass bottom and glass top, and it was really scary. I'm not the biggest fan of heights, especially when I am dependent on a machine to keep me from falling. It was beautiful at the top though, you could see all of Hanover. We also went to the lake and to the Sky Bar, which is a really cool idea we should use in the US. A beach on the roof of a building? What a great idea.

We should also learn how to make bread and pastry and crust like they do in Germany. Why does to US not do this? I did not know our bread sucked until I came here. Other things I like about Germany so far is that they don't put high fructose corn syrup in their sodas or fruit juices. They make it quite clear that it is entirely possible to do this, so the US should really pick it up. High fructose corn syrup is terrible for you and can make you very fat. Their milk tastes better than ours, too, and I can't figure out why.

These are my observations thus far. Tomorrow we will be on a train pretty much all day, but I am so looking forward to the luxery of a private room in a four-star hotal. Ahh.... thanks Novartis!!!