It's a fine day for drawing and Bible study

Today was really nice again.  Mostly sunny with big, puffy clouds and a chilly (but not super-cold) breeze.  Did laundry in the morning and then met Marni at lunchtime to go to a different art store on the other side of the Alster.  (I had to go there for printmaking tools.)  It was my first time over on that side of the lake--I've been wanting to explore that area.  So I really enjoyed the walk into the Sternschanze neighborhood that Marni and I took.  We found a cute little hipster café called Herr Max and went in to draw for a while.  They had tortes, croissants, little tarts and quiches, and ice cream (Eis).  I did a neat sketch of the teacups and cones stacked on the table next to the ice cream freezer.  Also tried the frozen yogurt with berry swirls (Joghurt mit Früchten), which came in a teeny cup with a teeny spoon and was very tasty.

Spent the afternoon trying to focus on getting more drawing done for City Light.  Staying on task does not come naturally to me . . .

For dinner I made pan-fried fish with cooked carrots and more leftover lentils and rice.  Petra had bought a big bag of filets last week and told me I could cook some of them if I wanted.  It was actually the first real meat I've actually prepared and cooked since I got here almost a month ago (pretty sure hot dogs don't count as far as real cooking goes).  Can't remember the last time I had beef.  It's just easier and cheaper to not cook meat, so without meaning to I've been mostly vegetarian!

At 8 pm I went to the ladies' Bible study for City Light, which was awesome.  It was at Janos and Anja's house.  We had six total: Rebecca and Rose (Joey's wife and mom), Yvanna (whose family hosts the church on Sundays), Elaine, and of course Anja and me.  It was a really nice small group time.  We read Psalm 119: 97-144 and then took turns sharing the verses that spoke to us the most, and we also took a few minutes to pray together.  Anja made a delicious fruit salad, and we also had cookies (courtesy of Marni, who decided not to go because she's not a late-night person) and some gummy bears.  We all ended up meeting in the train station on the way there, so we were able to walk to the house together, and we all walked together back to the station at the end.  These ladies are amazing--I love them all already!  Hoping I can do it with them again next week!