Last Days in Amberg

Well, it had to happen sometime. We had to leave our little short-term home in Amberg, Germany. I'm sure there was a degree of excitement in the leaving for everybody... after all, one is keen to see one's friends and family after being away for three months... but there was also, for some of us at least, a good deal of sorrow at having to leave a little town that had truly become another home.

Still, it had to happen, and so here are the pictures of those last two or three days in Amberg... before we left that "home" for good.

This is one of the last pictures I have of myself with my "long" hair! I knew it had to be commemorated. :)

A pretty gate I discovered on one of my last rambles around Amberg. Why don't we have gates like this in Oregon?


On Tuesday evening (April 8th), we enjoyed our last chapel service. Unlike our usual chapels, which were largely student-led and for mostly the students and faculty only, this session was for the whole church, as a sort of "goodbye and thank-you" opportunity. We sang for them, they sang for us, the band (consisting of one of our people and several of theirs) played, we showed some pictures, etc. It was a good time of fellowship, followed by a wonderful potluck. Those Russian-German women sure know how to cook!!!

And now... the picture you've all been waiting for....

The Hair!!!


Okay, well, I think by now many of you actually have seen my "new" haircut. But for those who haven't... this is the new look. Or rather, this is what the new look looked like about five minutes after I walked out of the hair salon. I have only two things to say on this: first, it is very exciting getting a haircut from people who don't speak your language very well. Second, yes, I did save the cut hair for Locks of Love. :)


On Thursday (April 10th), our last full day in Amberg, four of us girls decided to make the last evening a memorable one by having a girls' evening out. We visited some spots around town we'd always wanted to visit-- like this amazingly fun jungle gym!


We also revisited old favourites to make sure we had enough photos. This bridge is one I crossed untold times during my time in Amberg... probably daily through much of the semester!


... And this view is a view I saw often on those same daily walks. Somehow it's rather dear to me.


Of course, we had to stop for the "classic" poses, in front of the Nabburger Tor, the main gate into the Old City.


We meet as strangers, we part as friends...


A few last scenes of Amberg, as the drizzle began to fall and the evening lights became brighter...




A fitting way to look back on our town: through the "Town Spectacles." :)