Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Letting the days go by...

Hallo! It's been a while since I've written here, so I hope you haven't lost interest. :-) Germany goes really well at the moment. Doing the teaching thing and generally living it up. Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) is in full swing so there's lots to do in the old part of town at the moment and everything is quite festively decorated. Around the apartment we have been doing advent's calenders which has also been a lot of fun.

The recent theme at work seems to be Wandertag. Wandertag is a day in which the class sets out to do something fun. The first one I was on went for a bike ride to a near by town called Lippe where we played soccer and bowled. My 9th graders ran circles around me on the field but it was definitely a good time. Tomorrow I'm heading to Cologne with the 11th graders to check out the Kölner Dom and the art of Gerhard Richter. Should be a good time.

We also recently celebrated my roommate Katrin's birthday at our place and had some people over. There was a lot of music and dancing and my roommates even drank enough courage to speak in English with me, which they all did very well.

Speaking of speaking English, my dear brother Jared will be coming from the other side of the world on Monday to visit me in Germany for the Holiday season! We're going to spend the first few days messing around here in Münster and the heading off to Bavaria and Austria to enjoy some mountains and snow. After which there will be a New Year's party here and the he's off to Italy all by is foreign lonesome self to eat spaghetti and drink espresso. More on all that later!

A group pic of the apartment from the party.


I guess that's about it for now. Bis bald!