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) [...]
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Relief
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ludwigshafen on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]