Deutschland

The days are growing shorter and colder. I'm feeling super tired. Running is winding down as I prepare myself for my first German marathon. Our Prague vacation begins next week, too. So, this week will likely be entirely spent catching up on sleep. Again, today's German lesson will be disappointing for my teacher - as I sit comatose across from her. But, just maybe, I'll come back from Prague actually able to participate and learn again.

Saturday we went to another festival! This time it was the Reichsstädter Tage in Aalen. Aalen is such a quick and inexpensive trip, we should go there more often.

The first half of our day was spent with the Seegers. They met us right away and showed us around town. We toured the festival (it was really big complex - for someone not familiar with Aalen), listened to the music, and ate some great food (including a heart-shaped waffle that I will never hear the end of, haha).

Being at the festival early (we arrived at noon) was quite nice. There weren't big crowds yet. After the Seegers left, we waited around for Kyle and Chrissy, who planned to come after 4:00.

We killed the time by having a fashion show! Elizabeth found a street vendor selling dirndls, and jumped right in. There were no "dressing rooms", so she just stepped behind the booth with the old German lady. I never knew Elizabeth could look so German. No pictures were taken... but we will definitely be taking some in 2 weeks at the Cannstatter Volksfest!

http://cannstatter-volksfest.de/de/landing-page/


In all hopes, I'll also be wearing something German of my own. I'm fairly certain it is illegal for me to drink 1 liter beers in German public streets if I'm not at least wearing some sort of plaid.



Kyle and Chrissy came as scheduled, and the party started all over again. Elizabeth took a picture of us with our 1 liter beers, but I'm still sad she didn't have one and join the picture. We need to learn the phrase "Please take a picture for us" in German. Maybe we can ask that in class today...

Anyway, now we're back to the usual weekday grind, with some souvenir mugs and a kitten balloon to remember the fun (all except for the not-so-fun memory of being yelled at on the train for having a helium balloon?).

I've missed a lot of points from Saturday, and I have basically said nothing about any of the other days. So maybe Elizabeth can fill you in if she finds time to write a blog this week!

I don't know if I'll be able to write next weekend, since we'll be traveling. Until next time!