Routine - routine

The Germans, I've noticed, enjoy a good routine and I think that I am starting to get into one myself. I feel much more comfortable in every day life, and can tell what's going on and where we are going and all sorts of important things now. I've even been into a grocery store and bought things BY MYSELF. 

This week I had Mathis alone while he was awake for the first time, and it wasn't bad at all! I got to play what music I wanted and, even though he woke up one time when he normally wakes up zero times, I felt pretty confident. He laughs now, smiles more, and doesn't just whine all of the time, so I think I came at a great time! 

After many tests and confusing talks with the Language Center, I will finally start my German Class on Tuesday. I am going to go two times a week for 3 hours, and I am hopeful that through this I can a) be able to speak German like a pro! and b) meet people. I am still absolutely loving Rheda-Wiedenbrück and seeing all of the sights. I can't walk around without smiling and it's so hard to believe how old everything is. I don't think that is going to go away for awhile.

I got a cell phone yesterday! My number is 11 digits long, so that different. I love it though! I was getting tired of my Blackberry and this is as far from that as you can get. 

Just a quick list of German things I've noticed:

The ambulances make a very different and even worse sound in Germany. They don't eat mustard on bread and laugh when you do. There is a mean prickly bush here that makes me break out in little white bumps when it catches me while I'm running. They have the best chocolate bar with mint I've ever had here. Hedgehogs are all over the place here and the dog likes to eat them. They say "Bon Appetite" before every meal, and once I beat them to it. Fall is very bipolar here and will go from raining and black outside, to sunny and breezy in a half hour. They have Mathis likes it when I say "Hi!"They liked the hamburgers and tacos that I made, and the brownies that I baked.

The part that connects the two old city centers.

Flowers in the park

View of the Catholic Church from the river.
Note the ducks!

One of the newer buildings in the town.

Langestraße, the main street in Wiedenbrück

An art exhibit. These large people are all over the city!

I'm really there!