Apfelwein in Frankfurt
Sunset while hiking down the mountain in Assisi
Eats in Florence
Mom driving on the Autobahn
Cinque Terre
7.11.10
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Apfelwein in Frankfurt
Mom driving on the Autobahn
Cinque Terre
3.11.10
Oida.
It has been a whirlwind of a month. I don't even know where I have been! So here is my quick update as I use a computer at Maria's school in Würzburg where only students are allowed to be and a class is be instructed... I drove up here yesterday with Waltraud, Klaus, and Esther yesterday and we set up Maria's room, went to Ikea and bought a bed and mattress and other good things. Then they left yesterday night and I stayed! Her room is really big and pretty and her room mates are a lot of fun. She is very happy and excited about it all!
The new Au pair is here! Her name is Brittany and she is quite fabulous. Her dog, Ringo, is already being smothered by Emily who absolutely adores him. Very cute. We did some driving lessons the first few days (she didn't know how to drive stick), rode the bikes around town, etc so that she could get familiarized with the city. We've gone out into the city as well for drinks and fun with Rachel. Both nights proved rather hilarious. Dancing, drinks, silly German men, new friends, and long walks-bikes home. She is great and I have full faith that she will fit in with the family and have a great year.
Oscar and I finished reading Harry Potter. Sad-Happy day. I bought him Holes for his birthday so we are going to start reading that. Brittany got him started on The Lightening Thief series which he is also gobbling up. Our little reader. :)
Mom and Bethany came and visited!!! It was a quick trip indeed but I loved having them here. They were a little jet lagged so we ended up staying two days in Frankfurt and I showed them all around so they could see a little bit of my life here. We went to two museums, a Jewish Museum and the Liebighaus - a Sculpture Museum (both I found were very disappointing and boring). Friday we set out to pick up our rented car, a little bit of drama there but it all worked out (sorry Mom for taking over but the guy wanted to speak German not English. lol) Bethany was a bit disappointed because we got a Kia and not some fabulous German car. Strange indeed. Mom then took the lead and drove us to Würzburg to have lunch with Maria (where I am now, where she is going to school). Mom was very much over driving after that since she had to drive in a construction zone where there was hardly any room between her and the wall on her left and the giant trucks on her right. After leaving Maria I took over the wheel and we drove to Walting to my lovely Schödel house where we had some dinner and then we went to the Streller's and stayed there for two nights. The next day we drove into Munich (FC Bayern!!) and did a little tour around the city. Bethany wanted to look at the cars, I wanted to wander, and Mom wanted to have a plan. We went to Schloß Nymphenburg where I had been 6 years before with the school and also in July with Stephanie. The ceilings are beautifully painted and I really like the famous 'beauties gallery.' Then we went back to the Streller's for dinner and to sleep. Next day we went to church with them and then went to lunch at the Eigner's (both the Streller's and Eigner's visited us last year in Portland so it was nice for my Momma to catch up with them - though they hardly speak any English). After the delicious lunch (knödel!! duck also for the others) in their beautiful newly built home we went to a little party in the village in an old barn. After that we headed out to drop the car off in Munich and then caught our night train to Rome. That proved interesting - loud boys partying next to our 6 bed bunk bed room. I didnn't sleep to well due to the wind blowing so loud but there was no way I was closing the window.
- Rome for three nights (b was over it after the first night). Wandered around, ate good food, drank great wine, saw the main sites (but didn't go in them besides the Vatican - loved St. Peter's Basilica), happened upon a flea market where momma and b bought cute Italian boots, and hopped on and off the bus after long hours of walking.
-Assisi for one night (my favorite city) - hiked up to Mt. Sebastian, ate scrumptious cannolis - chocolate rolled wafers with nutella something in the middle, window shopped at a lot of cute boutiques, walked around the cobblestone alleys.
-Florence for two nights (at a hostel where we got our own apartment where we had more room then we had with any of the spendy hotels. Take that hotels) with a train trip up to Cinque Terre where we hiked up into the cities and then back down. Wandered around Florence - lots of shopping available there and fun people.
-Venice for one day before catching our night train back to Frankfurt - walked all around the city, ate amazing food (pesto gnocchi for me, garlic pepper spaghetti for momma, and some meat for bethany) and gelato and got soaked by the rain.
-After breakfast in Munich we headed back to Frankfurt, had dinner at my favorite Thai Art, wandered and shopped in the city (H&M!), unpacked, repacked and then they both left me the next morning..
It was a quick trip but I appreciated having both of them here and I loved going through Italy with them (next time without a map though).
OIDA.
The new Au pair is here! Her name is Brittany and she is quite fabulous. Her dog, Ringo, is already being smothered by Emily who absolutely adores him. Very cute. We did some driving lessons the first few days (she didn't know how to drive stick), rode the bikes around town, etc so that she could get familiarized with the city. We've gone out into the city as well for drinks and fun with Rachel. Both nights proved rather hilarious. Dancing, drinks, silly German men, new friends, and long walks-bikes home. She is great and I have full faith that she will fit in with the family and have a great year.
Oscar and I finished reading Harry Potter. Sad-Happy day. I bought him Holes for his birthday so we are going to start reading that. Brittany got him started on The Lightening Thief series which he is also gobbling up. Our little reader. :)
Mom and Bethany came and visited!!! It was a quick trip indeed but I loved having them here. They were a little jet lagged so we ended up staying two days in Frankfurt and I showed them all around so they could see a little bit of my life here. We went to two museums, a Jewish Museum and the Liebighaus - a Sculpture Museum (both I found were very disappointing and boring). Friday we set out to pick up our rented car, a little bit of drama there but it all worked out (sorry Mom for taking over but the guy wanted to speak German not English. lol) Bethany was a bit disappointed because we got a Kia and not some fabulous German car. Strange indeed. Mom then took the lead and drove us to Würzburg to have lunch with Maria (where I am now, where she is going to school). Mom was very much over driving after that since she had to drive in a construction zone where there was hardly any room between her and the wall on her left and the giant trucks on her right. After leaving Maria I took over the wheel and we drove to Walting to my lovely Schödel house where we had some dinner and then we went to the Streller's and stayed there for two nights. The next day we drove into Munich (FC Bayern!!) and did a little tour around the city. Bethany wanted to look at the cars, I wanted to wander, and Mom wanted to have a plan. We went to Schloß Nymphenburg where I had been 6 years before with the school and also in July with Stephanie. The ceilings are beautifully painted and I really like the famous 'beauties gallery.' Then we went back to the Streller's for dinner and to sleep. Next day we went to church with them and then went to lunch at the Eigner's (both the Streller's and Eigner's visited us last year in Portland so it was nice for my Momma to catch up with them - though they hardly speak any English). After the delicious lunch (knödel!! duck also for the others) in their beautiful newly built home we went to a little party in the village in an old barn. After that we headed out to drop the car off in Munich and then caught our night train to Rome. That proved interesting - loud boys partying next to our 6 bed bunk bed room. I didnn't sleep to well due to the wind blowing so loud but there was no way I was closing the window.
- Rome for three nights (b was over it after the first night). Wandered around, ate good food, drank great wine, saw the main sites (but didn't go in them besides the Vatican - loved St. Peter's Basilica), happened upon a flea market where momma and b bought cute Italian boots, and hopped on and off the bus after long hours of walking.
-Assisi for one night (my favorite city) - hiked up to Mt. Sebastian, ate scrumptious cannolis - chocolate rolled wafers with nutella something in the middle, window shopped at a lot of cute boutiques, walked around the cobblestone alleys.
-Florence for two nights (at a hostel where we got our own apartment where we had more room then we had with any of the spendy hotels. Take that hotels) with a train trip up to Cinque Terre where we hiked up into the cities and then back down. Wandered around Florence - lots of shopping available there and fun people.
-Venice for one day before catching our night train back to Frankfurt - walked all around the city, ate amazing food (pesto gnocchi for me, garlic pepper spaghetti for momma, and some meat for bethany) and gelato and got soaked by the rain.
-After breakfast in Munich we headed back to Frankfurt, had dinner at my favorite Thai Art, wandered and shopped in the city (H&M!), unpacked, repacked and then they both left me the next morning..
It was a quick trip but I appreciated having both of them here and I loved going through Italy with them (next time without a map though).
OIDA.
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