Everyone loves pictures! well I finally figured everything out and while It may be some time before yous see some pictures of the Netherlands (we go there next week and come back to Marburg where a computer and dial-up connection will await us) here are some things to show you what I have been up [...]
Travel Day
We were going to be riding the train for a long time. We had to travel from Guben to Mücke where Dirk’s friend Darius (Günni) lives. Mücke is a little south of Marburg, the city where Dirk was going to be living while at the university. This was my first time on a German [...]
Touring Guben
Staying in Guben gave us the opportunity to take things easy. We slept in and had another typical German breakfast of bread and meat, and even though it was drizzling, we hopped on our bikes and began our day. Dirk took me to his families church, and since his dad is a deacon, we [...]
I brought the ingredients for chocolate chip cookies…the ingrediens that German grocery stores do not have (Vanilla extract, chocolate chips, and brown sugar) then I made the cookies today…let’s just say that German families LOVE home made chocolate chip cookies…I must admit they were quite good. So I guess that is a good thing [...]
Morning in Berlin
We woke up in the morning and knew we had nothing really planned. We took it easy and packed up our things. Dirk and I grabbed a basket and headed to Aldi. (yes they Aldi is actually a German store, but there they have two branches, Aldi north, and Aldi South.) Aldi was [...]
Germans like beer. Germans like to speak German. I do like to drink beer (I am still learning to appreciate it fully) and I have no freaking idea what everyone is saying. (p.s. the Z and Y are switched on computers here and it is a real pain in the ass.)
I am very happy that [...]