who can take my hand, yes I do

Depending on where I am, I find myself missing home, Madison, AIESECers, and especially family and friends on certain days of the week. When I was in Door County this past summer/fall, it tended to be Friday nights. Here, it seems to be Mondays. I have no idea really why this is...

Today I had my first day of Pastry Techniques. We made pastry cream, inverse puff pastry and did a lot of piping practice. I think I'll enjoy the class. The chef knows a ton, is hilarious, has an incredibly thick German accent (yes this is my third German chef in a row) but is also a bit of a hardass who will tell you when you royally botched something. I really like being in the baking department here. It seems like much more of a community than the culinary side, mainly because there's so many more culinary kids (4 times as many to be exact). As bakers we stroll down the hallway, making faces at our old chefs through the windows, getting offers of freshly baked pretzels and asking the chefs if their new crew is as good as we were ("Of course not" with a wink). It's lovely really.