Apfelweinkneipe

The first day of class started with an hour long introduction presentation. I learned exactly what 'development finance' means and met the other participants. We have a very diverse group of 15 students – people from Russia, Spain, Columbia, China, South Africa and, of course, Australia. Everyone seems to be very intelligent and it would be very interesting to be a 'fly on the wall' listening to different perspectives. I can see it is going to be a very 'full on' course – most days we have four 1.5hr classes (so basically 4 weeks' worth of material!). Today, after a long day of classes (9am to 6.15pm!) the organisers, Kathrin and Christina, took us all to a local traditional Frankfurt Restaurant/Pub called Apfelweinkneipe. I had a DELICIOUS pork dish (pictured above). The only way to eat it is with your hands!