Well Barbie and I finally made it to Germany, along with Kymba. The flight and all that was fine, but being here is getting a little annoying. Never mind that going to a store takes about an hour and a half minimum because you don’t know how to ask where something is, and all the labels are in German. Heck, even pepper was hard to get. Who knows how long it will be by the time I get back online since it takes a couple of weeks to get DSL, so I may have to come to the Internet Cafe here in Munich every now and then to keep all of you posted on our progress. The only problem with the Internet Cafe is that the keyboard is not the standard one we have because they have keys like “ö ä µ € § ß” and a few others that I don’t feel like showing. The main keys that are driving me nuts are the ‘y’ and ‘z’ key because they are reversed.
Anyways, I think we are going to enjoy it here once we start to learn the language a bit and get used to some of the other nuances like having to bring your own bags to the grocery store, and also having to put a euro in the shopping carts in order to use them. You get it back once you return the cart and lock it back up, but it’s still a pain if you don’t have a spare euro. The reason they do it is so that people don’t leave the carts by their cars, but instead return it to the appropriate spots. Darn Germans are so organized.
Probably the two of the greatest things about living here is that they are so bike friendly and the public transportation is awesome. Every road seems to have it’s own bike path, and the trains/buses/etc. are always on time. I’m not forgetting about the bier, that is also great!
Anyways, I will write more in a bit…just trying to get everyone caught up. I also cannot check email right now since I can’t login into my server, so I apologize if you are trying to reach me and can’t. Try emailing Barbie and she can contact me.