Germany

So...I don't know if this post will show up since all my blog directions are now in German, but it's worth a try. I arrived in Germany July 3 and will leave here for India on July 14. I'm here visiting Melanie, the German exchange student we had about 6 years ago. It seems I'm here quite strictly on vacation, which I am not arguing with. It's cold and rainy here, but the sun kindly emerged for our weekend of visiting cathedrals and castles. I've found that Germans think me odd for wanting to see castles because there are so many here that it's almost like someone in Chicago wanting to go walk down the streets and just to look at sky scrapers. I guess my American mind finds something romantic and magical about castles, thank you Walt Disney. Melanie's mother has made sure that I sample every dessert, cake, candy, or icecream that is special to anywhere we go, which I cannot say I've been resisting too vehemently, how often am I in Germany after all? I did decide that if I come back I will try to learn some German because it can be a bit alienating not understanding most of the conversations had and having to always be so quiet since most people cannot understand me. It's been good motivation to keep working on Hindi before I make it to India. Alfeeterzein, haha!