It's been so cold but it has only snowed once! What is the deal with that?!
Went skiing this weekend with friends in the Schwarzwald! We were on Feldberg, which had some nice hills - blue, red, and black slopes. Susanna and I stuck to the blue and red. :) It was SO cold - 10 degrees plus wind chill. My scarf was frozen solid and hitting me in the face by the end. The sun was shining though and besides the freezing wind there was very little to complain about. Although I did complain about the loss of feeling/pain in my toes from the uncomfortable ski boots about 100 times. Took one boot off at a ski break to see if I could loosed up the toes. I couldn't even feel them! Creepy. Then I couldn't get my darn boot back on. Thankfully Susanna was able to help me finally shove it in. The Grog (Swedish Glühwein) that ended up being just hot rum helped my toes get through the next few hours. :) It was only a 3 hr drive there so in retrospect we could have driven down just for the day, but we ended up staying the night in a little town nearby. Cleanest place I've ever seen! Went to dinner in a nearby village and after waiting an hour and a half and then being delivered over cooked Schweinshaxe the boys were pretty pissed so I got to "talk" very angrily to the waiter. In Germany you don't complain about your food. Or if you want to return something you don't think tastes good you can do that, but then you pay for both meals. Basically, you eat what you are given and too bad if you don't like it. I told the waiter it was the worst tasting Schweinshaxe that we have ever had and that he should go try it himself to see how dry and over cooked it was. In the end, the expensive piece of meat was removed from both the bills. Granny would be proud. :) And yes Dad, the conversation was all in German.
Got home Sunday afternoon and then left right away again to meet some friends to go see The Vow. Nice ol' tear jerker. Channing Tatum is yummy. Got back home and was able to skype with my Mom and then Granny. Tears.
Gramma successfully completed round two of chemo I hear - need to talk to her soon! Mom goes into surgery tomorrow. Send the prayers their way.
Nur Noch Kurz Die Welt Retten...
Went skiing this weekend with friends in the Schwarzwald! We were on Feldberg, which had some nice hills - blue, red, and black slopes. Susanna and I stuck to the blue and red. :) It was SO cold - 10 degrees plus wind chill. My scarf was frozen solid and hitting me in the face by the end. The sun was shining though and besides the freezing wind there was very little to complain about. Although I did complain about the loss of feeling/pain in my toes from the uncomfortable ski boots about 100 times. Took one boot off at a ski break to see if I could loosed up the toes. I couldn't even feel them! Creepy. Then I couldn't get my darn boot back on. Thankfully Susanna was able to help me finally shove it in. The Grog (Swedish Glühwein) that ended up being just hot rum helped my toes get through the next few hours. :) It was only a 3 hr drive there so in retrospect we could have driven down just for the day, but we ended up staying the night in a little town nearby. Cleanest place I've ever seen! Went to dinner in a nearby village and after waiting an hour and a half and then being delivered over cooked Schweinshaxe the boys were pretty pissed so I got to "talk" very angrily to the waiter. In Germany you don't complain about your food. Or if you want to return something you don't think tastes good you can do that, but then you pay for both meals. Basically, you eat what you are given and too bad if you don't like it. I told the waiter it was the worst tasting Schweinshaxe that we have ever had and that he should go try it himself to see how dry and over cooked it was. In the end, the expensive piece of meat was removed from both the bills. Granny would be proud. :) And yes Dad, the conversation was all in German.Got home Sunday afternoon and then left right away again to meet some friends to go see The Vow. Nice ol' tear jerker. Channing Tatum is yummy. Got back home and was able to skype with my Mom and then Granny. Tears.
Gramma successfully completed round two of chemo I hear - need to talk to her soon! Mom goes into surgery tomorrow. Send the prayers their way.
Nur Noch Kurz Die Welt Retten...
