Kind of Blah

I really haven't done a lot this past week. Most people went home for the break, and thats mainly because here in Germany, the students take so many classes per semester they don't have time to have the kind of jobs that we are used to back home. Oddly enough, it still takes 4+ years to finish a a degree! Something's not adding up!

Basically I've just been catching up on my exercise (28 miles in four days!), reading, stuff like that. Yesterday I actually went OUT! I met my friend Jenny, who did NOT go home for the entire break, and we saw the movie 27 Dresses. I enjoyed the film, even though it is difficult to really "get" the humor sometimes when the actors' real voices have been dubbed over and stuff. Afterward we walked to the Altstadt and wanted to have dinner at this Cuban place, called Havana, which we thought opened at 5, but turns out it opened at 6, so we had an hour... we walked around... I showed yet another person the giant thumb in the Altstadt that hadn't seen it yet! So many people have not seen this magnificent thing! It is so cool.

Anyway dinner was yummy, just as expected. I ordered a burrito type entree, which the restaurant called a Rollo... it was a mixture of ground beef, potatoes, onion, corn, a cheese sauce, chili sauce, and the tortilla was baked over with cheese. Yum! It was also happy hour so I ordered a cocktail before my meal and had some ice cream for dessert. Then I went home and decided to do some strength training, something I'm trying to focus more on overall in my exercise endeavors. Yeah, if you all thought I was buff before... just wait!! Ha, ha, just kidding...

Today I slept in, exercised, and invited Niko for lunch. I made spätzle with cheese sauce, YUM... not the healthiest lunch I could've made for myself, but heck, it was good. Tomorrow I am going to have breakfast with Jenny, wash laundry, and make sure I am packed and ready to go for Tuesday's big event: PARIS!

I'll be taking my laptop with me (which will be kept under lock and key!!) because there is free wireless in the hotel we're staying in. That way, I can post my pictures as we go along. This is my first BIG trip I'm taking since I've been here... BIG as in, longer than two days in one place. I am expecting to take sooo many pictures. The weather forecast doesn't look too terrible. In fact, over the last few days it has improved. The first few days we'll probably get some showers, and the last days are forecasted to be mostly clear. I hope this is the case. The temperature will be in the mid-50's, which is definitely warmer than here...it's...WHOA its 45 out right now, imagine that! It's only 3 degrees warmer in Paris... anyway, I'm bringing a sweatshirt and some long underwear just to be on the safe side...

Vendy and I are meeting at 9am on Tuesday morning, which will put us in Cologne around 10:30, where we'll hang out and look at the Cathedral (Vendy's never been there) until a little after 12, when we'll be catching our train which will take us directly to Gare du Nord station in Paris! YEAH! I'm super excited.


Caitlin