Kristkindl Markt

Okay so it is getting to be the time of year of Kristkindl Markt.  I took German for 7 years in middle/high school and a few classes at TU so I am SUPER excited!!  Maybe I should tell you what it is though, yeah?

So Philly plays host to a holiday themed market right outside of City Hall (also known as Dilworth Plaza).  It runs from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve so there is plenty of time to make it there.  They have over 50 booths that form an authentic representation of an actual German market.  They sell European food, candy, and drinks as well as gifts.  Last year I got my Frau a little pickle to put on her tree but she moved so I never got to give it to her…So Frau Main, leave me a comment if you want your pickle!

It’s about the most adorable thing ever.  Last year Morris and I went to it and it was a blast!

Here’s some pictures from last year!

I love nutcrackers.

Oh boy I’m so excited!!!

But I’m also getting really excited for my school work!!  I have a physics test and a paper due on Friday.  I really have gotten passionate about physics, like yesterday when I was reading I was just so into it!  Four years ago when I was a social work major I would have imagined it.  And next week is really easy.  I don’t think I have anything due.  On the 30th (I volunteered to go first so I would have it done by my birthday) I have a presentation in my geochemistry class on banded iron formations and we’re doing a really cool project in vert paleo!   I’m going actually going to dedicate a whole paragraph to it.

So normally for vert paleo we look at about 20 bones and decide what happened from them.  Last week we had a really cool project where we split into groups and we could ask ten questions about our bone quarry.  From that we had to make our analysis of what happened.  I thought that was pretty fabulous.  My professor called it CSI: Mesozoic.  Kind of cute  : )  This project is a 3 week taphonomy project.  She gave us a data set of about 900 bones and we have to go through and do all of the classifying and data work.  I really like it because I’ve become and excel whiz from doing my research so I cannot wait to work on it again!  We’re also doing a lot of statistics work which I’ve been doing in geochem so I am more than  ready to get started!!

Then the last day of class is December 9th, study days are the 10th and 11th, and then finals start on Monday!  I have physics and yoga on the 14th and then t wo take home finals for geochem and vert paleo.  For me there are only 13 days left of class and less than a month before I’m done finals.

But on a much happier note, this weekend I have work on Saturday and then Sunday my friends and I are going to see New Moon and shop at King of Prussia.  I’ve been wanting to go to Sephora for so long! I love their holiday collections and they are so cheap!

So that’s about it.  I certainly will not update until Monday at the soonest so have a lovely weekend!

November 18, 2009. Uncategorized.