Wyk Auf Foehr, Germany

This past weekend, my friend Sam and I visited our friend, Anna, at her family's home on Wyk Auf Foehr. She lives on an island that is near the Denmark border. We took a bus and ferry there on Thursday afternoon and stayed until Sunday. Anna's dad got us a ride on a charter bus from Copenhagen (we boarded in front of Tivoli) and boat that was carrying German tourists from Copenhagen back to Germany, it was a lot cheaper and faster (four hours versus seven) than having to take the train. The bus driver knew who we were, we didn't have to say anything...and there were seats reserved for us, what great treatment! Sam and I passed the time by eating snacks (consisting of a loaf of Lagkagehuset bread, brie cheese, jam, carrots, and apples), napped, and watched Fight Club.

After getting off the bus, we took a small boat to the island. We arrived on Foehr around 10:30pm. Anna picked us up at the port after a 45 minute ferry ride and she drove us back to her house. We met her mom and she showed us where we would be sleeping. It was so nice, they had set up a pull out bed for us and even put out a huge bottle of water, juice, and pretzels on a table. It was like we were staying at a bed and breakfast or a hotel. Anna warmed up some dinner for us (her vegetarian zucchini with tomato sauce "lasagna" dish is so yummy) and we talked about what we have all been up to since we hadn't seen each other in awhile. Anna went home two weeks before since she didn't have class right away. Afterwards, Anna, her mom, Sam, and I all had some of the apple pie that Sam and I bought for her family as a 'thank you' gift for letting us stay in their home for the weekend. We bought the square-shaped tart/pie from Lagkagehuset, so we knew it would be good.

Afterwards, we headed to bed. It was a long day and we fell asleep pretty fast.

The weekend progressed as such:
wake up
walk to local bakery to pick up bread and pastries
eat breakfast consisting of rolls with jam and cheese
walk to the beach with Anna's dog, Robinson. We played a popular European game that's like ping pong without a net
make homemade plum jam.. mmmmm!
walk and bike downtown
bike to a quaint village on the island
watch overweight ducks fight over bread and then waddle and collapse on land
take an afternoon ride on Anna's dad's little boat (the colors were blue and gold, go bears!). Anna and her dad showed us two other islands near Foehr...we called it 'island-hopping'
barbecue with Anna's parents and little brother (who was home for the weekend from boarding school) on Saturday night


On Sunday, all three of us took a ferry to the mainland and then Anna's mom drove us (and her brother) to Flensburg where we had to take two trains to Copenhagen. It was a long, hot, and crowded journey back, a stark contrast to how we first got to Germany. We made it back to the Central Station around 7:30pm and we were relieved to get some fresh air. We had a potluck dinner at Keops with our other friends and we all talked about our weeks and the events of that weekend. It was a nice way to end the week.


I must say that, although, we didn't have a crazy weekend of running around seeing as many sights as possible, I had a wonderful time at Anna's house and on Wyk Auf Foehr. It was a nice change of pace, I truly felt that for those few short days, I got a sense of being at home. There were so many things we did this past weekend that reminded me of being back with my family in San Francisco. We sat at the dinner table together and had conversations, we walked and played with her dog, we soaked our feet in the bathtub after going to the beach, and cooked meals together. Sam and I were treated so well, I was truly grateful to Anna and her family. It did, however, make me miss my family and being at home with them. Anna is very close to her family and when she was nagging her brother, bickering with her mom, or walking with her arm around her dad it reminded me of my relationship with my parents and brother. It was nice to be around that interaction, yet it made me a little sad to know that I won't get to experience that for a while. Thank goodness for Skype!


Sorry, my computer is no longer recognizing my camera's memory disk. Therefore, I cannot upload any of the pictures from this weekend. It's such a bummer because I had some good ones, too. Oh well, you can leave it all up to the imagination!