I couldn't help it with the title. Whenever those words come together, I sing the song.
Anyway, going on my first week in Germany without much to report. I have been, quite frankly, alone. I have no friends here, I thought I was sharing a house...which I am, but with several people, not with the one dude who is hosting. And again, still haven't run into any of them. No biggie. It seems that people like to keep to themselves, I'm more than happy to play along. There isn't much around here to do, quite literally, though I did find a place to get a pedicure not far from here (kinda stoked about that, actually). I continue to drill my German, which is doing well. I got myself out of a few jams, and again, I can understand more than I can recall to speak, but so far, no bad responses, and the willingness to help is wonderful. When I got here, I was told where the supermarket was, and that there might be a "convenience store" (total mistranslated) down the other way. Well that convenience store was the equivalent to a "Burger Shack" but in Germany. They did serve burgers...and fries...which I had...which was AWESOME! So not a 'Merka' burger. Curry sauce they use for their curry wurst (which I also got...YUM!), pickled cukes, cheese, diced onions and AWWW! LECKER, LECKER, LECKER!! (that's on their sign outside). Also Pommes Frites. And they're really good too. So...Yeah. Keep to the grocery store. It's really, basically, a fast-food Schnitzel joint with an expanded menu. 2 women run the joint. Very nice.
Apart from suffering the first half of this week with the "Female Vagenda", things have been ok. I am, however, out of Schnapps, and that makes me sad. But boy, taking a few belts during "fun time" was the way to go! In the following weeks, I'll meet up with a few people to say hi, have some coffee, and stuff. I have plenty of things to keep me sane and stuff. I have myriad charts to write, and knitting and walking and workouts, it's all good. I also have that time to reflect. Many distractions of home are not here, and so the mind wanders around. And I'm happy to say that I've been having a good time with it. I've got at least another 23 days here, and I don't know who I'm going to be on the other end of this when I'm again amongst friends and doing concerts. But I will be someone new. And it's kinda cool.
So, that's all. Just a poke my head around the corner to say "Hi" post.
Here's hoping you are all happy and in good health!
Tchüss!!
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