Cooking Adventures and Running Race

I have now learned to cook Cheesecake and Bagels from scratch, thanks to Renzo :) 

Cooking has been a hobby I think I might take up here...and continue when I go home. Baking is something that almost everyone does and I don't think I have seen so many pastry shops in one city before! Mmmm...

 Cream cream and more cream... :) 

The cake turned out great, and tasted even better than it looks! We also made a sugary strawberry sauce to put on top. And because the fruit here tastes so good without sugar, the sauce was like heaven...

Then, the next cooking project was bagels! With the help of a Martha Stewart Cookbook, we made the dough, and the best part was playing with it!

Then, we boiled to dough in water, and cooked them for about thirty minutes, and they were golden brown and delicious! They have Philidelphia Cream Cheese here, but it is actually really expensive. We decided to buy it for the occasion. It was sorf of interesting that I was eating cream cheese for a special occasion. Usually I throw it on a bagel when I'm in a hurry. 

 

  

So aside from eating a ton, I have been getting ready for the 5K run! My little cross country team got together and went into town for the race! It was so much fun and we even wrote on our arms to add to the spirit. My friends were so much fun to run with, and I ran the race in 21:40! Afterwards, they signed my t-shirt so I can always remember:)

Thank you everyone that ran the race and made it so enjoyable! I can't wait for the next one!

The update with dance is that I am doing ballet for 4 hours a week, and I stopped doing contemporary because I kind of like the idea of having a more easy going life. The past month I was trying really hard to add things to my scheldule because I had so much on my plate back home, but then I realized that that wasn't really what I wanted. One of the reasons I left my old life was to get away for all the busyness, so it really is okay if I dont have 10 hours of dance and 20 miles of running a week. I can calm down, and it is okay. But anyways, I am continuing with ballet, and my performance is on December 17th! Ah!

Now, I am on my way to get ready to 'go out' for the first time...late! Meeting my friends at 12 o'clock! At home, that was definitely when I had to be home, and here, that is when I am leaving. I don't plan on making this a habit, but you never know. We'll see! Until next time!