For our explore Columbus assignment Brandon and I decided to go to German Village. Mikayla Simon also tagged along because ACES members are supposed to be inclusive, and she really wanted a jumbo cream puff! (We really didn’t want to take the bus and she had a car.) We wanted to come to German Village to go to Schmidt’s German Restaurant. They have some pretty amazing German food, and of course, jumbo Cream puffs! The wait staff dressed in German style clothes, and the whole neighborhood had German style buildings. The houses there were amazing! Brandon said his favorite part was obviously the food, and just getting to take a break from studying for all of his finals. We all got a cream puff, and we also got a sausage platter to share. We tried different German sausages, sour kraut, potato pancakes, German applesauce, and German smashed potatoes! We talked about how Brandon’s first semester of college went, how he was studying for his finals, listened to some great Beyonce music, and got to learn about a cute little part of Columbus. We learned that they have a huge yard sale every year, and that they have a fudge shop right beside the restaurant we went to. We had so much fun! Mikayla was very happy to find out that her car didn’t get toed where she was parked too. German Village is an amazing place, and I would definitely recommend it to a friend. I think we might try to go back for the yard sales, and for another cream puff! Even my roommate got to join in on the fun. The cream puffs were too big to finish, so she got half of mine. All in all, I enjoyed getting to explore Columbus with my mentee, and I cant wait for our spring semester Columbus Exploration!