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Well I think my German is finally getting pretty good, and now I’m off to London where they speak English for three days… there goes that!
I’m really getting the hang of things at work and feel comfortable around everyone I work with. Most of the people are really nice, but there are one or two who just aren’t patient with me and that gets frustrating for me, but I remain patient and hopefully they will start to realize I’m not incompetent I just am not perfect at German so speaking a thousand words a minute doesn’t really help me.
My neighbor fixed my internet and told me I had to buy a W-Land stick so on Thursday I set out to find a Media Markt with the directions my boss had given me… well I could not find it at all, and I was wearing heals so that was a bad combination. I went home, got my laptop, and went to work for the internet. My boss (Herr Hölle) was still there so I told him I couldn’t find it and he said he would take me there himself the next day during work. So Friday rolls around and he drives me to Media Markt and I got my W-Land, that’s right I’m updating this blog from my very own apartment J. It was cool to go with my boss, because I get a bit intimidated by him. In German there are two ways to say you, the formal way and the unformal way. Well even though he is young I have to be super formal with him and it makes me nervous to talk to him. But we spent the 5 minute drive talking about cars and then he helped me find what I needed, so it was good.
Cassie was here Friday night and Saturday and it was really nice to have someone to share Heidelberg with. Her friend from UofM was visiting family in the Heidelberg area so she invited them to my place for dinner. There were six of is in total and I wasn’t prepared to make that much food… but we made zucchini lasagna, salad, and garlic bread and there was plenty. Cassie and I really didn’t know what we were doing, but we were pleasantly surprised and we are learning what to do next time (for example we boiled the noodles first… it cooked faster, but was a bit watery. Lesson? Don’t cook the noodles first and give yourself more time for it to cook in the oven). So it was really nice having people over for the night. 2 of the girls were American, and the other 2 were German so I got to speak a lot of German and the girls gave me their email so we can meet up again so I can have German friends!
Saturday Cass and I explored town and it was a pretty chill day, we were both tired but we got some great views and had some delicious food. I had schnitzel of course, because the only time I get meat is if I go out to eat (gosh what is wrong with me, I’m turning into Elizabeth Kendal and never eating meat!). Anywho then at night I met up with Petra and watched the fireworks. They were awesome and my camera took awesome pics, see below.
Sunday I went to mass (woot woot) and the bishop said it! How cool is that! I was so confused because there were so many people and this huge choir/band and mass was starting a half hour late and it was a bit loud, but about halfway through mass I realized why this was all happening. It was a confirmation mass! HOW COOL! So yeah it was like an hour and a half and that was the most exciting part of my Sunday. The rest of the day I did nothing because I was so tired.
Anywho I am getting ready for London now so this post is mostly pictures… but expect another one this weekend all about London 
Love,
Your Favorite Spartan
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