At this exact moment in time, I have access to someone’s unsecured wireless.
On the way back from town today, I saw a newspaper at a kiosk with the big headline “Wir sind trotzdem stolz auf euch” with a picture of German national team player Schweinsteiger with his head in his hands. That means “We’re still [...]
Archive for June, 2008
getting a fix
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged soccer on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
toot toot!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gre, soccer on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So Germany lost the final to Spain, who clearly wanted and deserved it more. Plus they were cuter. But anyway. People are still driving around honking, so either a) this is the best country ever and they’re celebrating their 2nd place finish, or b) honks of anger sound just like honks of joy. Who knows.
Despite [...]
Deep Thoughts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gre, stress, to do on June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I admit it, I went and read Bryson. BUT! Not before I read my GRE book for a while. And then after I finished the BB book, I read my GRE book some more. I’m up to the first math section. I need to make vocab flash cards, too! I might take the test in [...]
Nothing ventured…?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged exploration, food, mannheim on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I was thinking of going to Heidelberg or Worms today, but ended up a) feeling sick and b) expecting rain. Instead I scaled the adventure back to finding the Kaufland in Mannheim. Kauflands are the best German grocery stores. I was in search of these particular chips (the best chips in the world) that [...]
“Networking”
Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have just returned from a party, and at said party, I learned that 2 other girls in the building are working where I am, and that there is going to be an orientation during which I learn all the things that I don’t know now, like how to get a rail pass and a [...]
Relief
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ludwigshafen on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
C&P’d directly from email to parents:
I found the downtown area. It’s vaguely reminiscent of Nuremburg, the part where we stopped so Greg could get that doener so he wouldn’t throw up. It’s a big pedestrian shopping area. Mostly dollar stores and bakeries. Ha ha. Bookended by malls. The walk is about 20 minutes (timed it) [...]
Daylight Review
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged digs, first impressions, food on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So…I woke up this morning afternoon feeling a bit more like a human being. I looked out the window, and the building that I had thought looked like an abandoned warehouse (or something, it doesn’t really make sense anymore) is actually a nice, bright looking residence:
So the reason it was scary out last night, is [...]
An odd welcome
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged first impressions, ludwigshafen, soccer on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, within about half an hour of my arrival, Germany has apparently beaten Turkey at soccer, and is advancing to the finals of something. So every car that drives past is honking and waving a German flag (that’s a change of pace…) and there are fireworks. It’s cheering me up from almost flipping out upon [...]
