Ingolstadt: Only the Strong Survive

Yesterday was a fun day. First, Gaby and I went to the fitness center and I participated in a kick-butt circuit training course--today, I am sore ALL OVER. I lifted actual barbells! My butt, chest, quads, arms, abs...everything hurts! Gaby did sort of a yoga/pilates type class afterward, but I really couldn't follow well so I sort of watched most of the time.

Later that afternoon we all went for a walk. Maxi was in a bad mood. We went to a playground in the neighborhood and I slid down the slide! It was super duper cold outside, but it felt good to get out of the house. We sort of hung out for the rest of the evening.

This morning after we all finally got ready, Maria and I took the bus into the city and I bought myself a bathing suit. Down south it is kind of roomy, but I hate it when my caboose hangs out or causes me to have a muffin top... the reason I needed a bathing suit was because the one I had ordered last week has not yet arrived... well anyway the one I picked out is super cute--a bikini--and I must admit I looked pretty damn good in it. Perhaps all that sweat was worth something after all.

I also needed a bathing suit because today we went to the indoor swimming complex. I had never been to anything like that before, except Wet n' Wild, but that is all outdoors. It was really a neat place--a wave pool, some cool slides, an outdoor heated pool, a lap pool, and some areas just to lounge. I jumped into the lap pool and found myself for a brief moment partially in my birthday suit... it could have been a lot worse. We also found two bits (morsels?) of human excrement in the wave pool and promptly exited. I would have preferred to completely vacate the premises in that instance, but alas! I could not. At first, I must admit it was hard to get used to swimming with hundreds of other people. But then I just imagined all the recently shed skin cells, toe jam, and dandruff floating around in the pool right along with me, and, delighted by the fabulous company, I perked up.

Here is a pic of Gaby, Maria, and I at the swimming complex:
This morning the whole neighborhood was covered in snow! The snow was still falling and it was windy outside. How weird that it is snowing in March! Later, the wind really picked up and it really seemed like a blizzard to me! I like the word blizzard.

Tomorrow morning I am headed back to Koblenz.....just for a while though, then its back on the road for me!

Cheers,
Caitlin