5/18

Today was the day of our final presentations, and we also had a free day until 5 pm when we had to give our presentations. Therefore, I was able to sleep in for the first time all trip. I truly felt refreshed for the first time in days. At around 10 am our group met up and practiced our presentations until lunchtime around 12. For lunch we got vouchers so a bunch of us went and ate at the University's mensa. The University of Augsburg's mensa is extremely nice and the food is delicious. The mensa makes me never want to go back to market again. To make matters worse for Pitt, the mensa is not only better but also twice as cheap. Pitt rips its students off and gives them crap food so good work Pitt. Also since we had a food voucher, I simply grabbed as much food as I could fit on one plate. Once lunch was over, I had some down time so I walked around the University and checked out its school store. While walking around later I saw some kids with lacrosse sticks so I went up to them and started talking to them. I had no idea kids even played lacrosse in Germany. After talking to them I learned that there is a lacrosse league in Germany with three different levels. The Augsburg team is in the second division and had a championship game coming up soon. When I told them I played for the University of Pittsburgh they immediately responded "that is MCLA right". I was amazed to learn that they follow American lacrosse as closely as they do. I then proceeded to have a quick fifteen minute toss with them in a field near the center of campus. However, my fun was short lived as I had to get back to work on my project. Of course my group was selected to go last for the presentations. When our time finally did come around to present I thought we did a decent job, but I definitely think there was room for improvement... oh well. I guess we will have to wait and see what grade we get. That being said, it is nice to have the project out of the way and have the freedom to be a tourist for the next few days.