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talian almond biscotti – so delicious!

While browsing at Rewe, I spotted a little bag of Cantuccini (also known as Biscotti), which looked irresistible. The package mentioned that these pair best with a glass of Vinsanto (an Italian dessert wine, see P5, P6 for details) or a coffee.

I’d just made myself a cup of coffee in the morning, so I decided to give these a try. They have a delightful aroma similar to Chinese-style baked cookies – not greasy, just a simple, elegant cookie scent. When I picked one up, I could tell it was meant to be dunked in something; it’s quite hard. But the flavor is fantastic! After absorbing some coffee, it softened up just enough, yet kept a bit of that grainy texture. Each piece has about half an almond – just the right amount. (I’m not a fan of chocolate or desserts with whole nuts because they’re usually too big.)

#LifeInTheUK #SnacksInGermany #UKSnacks #Snacks #SnackRecommendations #AfternoonTea

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#contemporary readers

It's a sunny day and I'm super happy to be a nerd reading at home. Today is a rare sunny day, my friend went hiking (actually I want to go…but READING is still not finished, and it's not finished if I don't catch up today…I've read more than a hundred pages of a 400-page novel 🤦‍♀️) (actually, even if I had stayed at home, I wouldn't have been able to finish it) (but I still have to try at least), so I didn't go along with it. I still have to at least make an effort to try), so I didn't go along with it

After the change to winter time, I tried to grab the chance of the day still being bright and stayed in the dormitory building to sunbathe, and was super happy!

Some recent changes in mindset, last year when I came to the UK, I felt that everything was so new and interesting, but this year when I came back, I gradually began to feel that life is very bland, not boring, just bland, this kind of feeling is also at home, but at that time, I always think that it is because I don't fit in, I don't like it, and so I want to run away, and I want to change to a new environment quickly to give me a new sense of freshness to life, and to stimulate me to become an energetic, impulsive and brave young man. But the truth is, even after I arrived in the new city, after the brief novelty wore off, my life returned to the same blandness as it had been at home. I didn't spend my weekends running around without reading or grabbing every nice day to go out, as I thought I would, but I still maintained my nerdy character. So it doesn't seem like it's the circumstances of my life that are the problem, it's me. But lately it's become more and more apparent that it's hard enough to live without ups and downs, without emotional ups and downs, and that while bland can mean boring and repetitive, it also means stability, and that stability gives me a sense of security in a foreign country.