Sonntag, August 28, 2005
wow. i road a bus & the u-bahn all by myself :)
So, I checked out the English-speaking church. Hmmm... I think it is a leetle too hardcore for me. Eh... we will see. It was a bring-and-share dinner, which was cool, since most of the people at this church aren't from the US or UK but Africa and Asia... DELICIOUS food! :-) maybe I will go once per month for the dinner;-) I could bring good ol' American PBJ! :) The best thing about it was getting around Hannover myself... Ina dropped me off but I got home all by myself via bus, u-bahn (which is like the T in boston... a subway that turns into a tram) and walking! It isn't that big of a deal if you think that I travelled around the UK & Europe for almost 2 mos last year, but still... it's good to be happy over the 'little things.'
It was *another* full day! We went to the old city today, which is supposed to have an amazing Xmas market in the wintertime! Can't wait for that :) Then we went to this children's 'safety' fair for back to school. Kathi got to ride a 'PowerWheels' (remember those?!) around a little course... It was for back-to-school safety, since soooo many kids bike to school. The police were there, but police officers in Germany have uniforms that look like Boy Scout leaders, although, Ina informs me that soon the uniforms will be standardized across Europe (all blue).
After that we went to these gorgeous gardens to see the Wilhelm Busch museum. Wilhelm Busch wrote these stories called 'Max and Moritz' about these bad little boys who play tricks on townspeople. Now, if this book were by an American person, the townspeople would have sat Max and Moritz down and talked to them until they learned their lesson! In Germany, Max & Moritz are ground up into seed and then eaten by ducks... *shudder*
We were sooo lucky that we happened to be at this garden during the once per year Open Air Festival!! It was gorgeous... We ate ice cream and sat in the sun listening to Chopin. The orchestra was PHENOMENAL! I loved it :) I had this green ice cream that is very popular in Germany... I had no idea what it was (even after I ate it!) but wanted to try something 'German.' It was good :)
ooohh... yesterday and today we used the autobahn to get around! They brought the car up to 120mph! It was awesome. They have a BMW and that thing can FLY--and the car is as smooth at 120mph as it is at 20mph. Now, my first car, 'The Little Redmobile' shimmied at 20mph... The saturn does better, but when I do my usual Interstate95 70-75mph, I can tell. Oooohh... the autobahn is another great thing about Germany!
I have been so happy here (so far) it scares me... I am afraid of the inverse emotions. Send happy vibes my way. Tomorrow I will have been in Hannover for one week :)
So, I checked out the English-speaking church. Hmmm... I think it is a leetle too hardcore for me. Eh... we will see. It was a bring-and-share dinner, which was cool, since most of the people at this church aren't from the US or UK but Africa and Asia... DELICIOUS food! :-) maybe I will go once per month for the dinner;-) I could bring good ol' American PBJ! :) The best thing about it was getting around Hannover myself... Ina dropped me off but I got home all by myself via bus, u-bahn (which is like the T in boston... a subway that turns into a tram) and walking! It isn't that big of a deal if you think that I travelled around the UK & Europe for almost 2 mos last year, but still... it's good to be happy over the 'little things.'
It was *another* full day! We went to the old city today, which is supposed to have an amazing Xmas market in the wintertime! Can't wait for that :) Then we went to this children's 'safety' fair for back to school. Kathi got to ride a 'PowerWheels' (remember those?!) around a little course... It was for back-to-school safety, since soooo many kids bike to school. The police were there, but police officers in Germany have uniforms that look like Boy Scout leaders, although, Ina informs me that soon the uniforms will be standardized across Europe (all blue).
After that we went to these gorgeous gardens to see the Wilhelm Busch museum. Wilhelm Busch wrote these stories called 'Max and Moritz' about these bad little boys who play tricks on townspeople. Now, if this book were by an American person, the townspeople would have sat Max and Moritz down and talked to them until they learned their lesson! In Germany, Max & Moritz are ground up into seed and then eaten by ducks... *shudder*
We were sooo lucky that we happened to be at this garden during the once per year Open Air Festival!! It was gorgeous... We ate ice cream and sat in the sun listening to Chopin. The orchestra was PHENOMENAL! I loved it :) I had this green ice cream that is very popular in Germany... I had no idea what it was (even after I ate it!) but wanted to try something 'German.' It was good :)
ooohh... yesterday and today we used the autobahn to get around! They brought the car up to 120mph! It was awesome. They have a BMW and that thing can FLY--and the car is as smooth at 120mph as it is at 20mph. Now, my first car, 'The Little Redmobile' shimmied at 20mph... The saturn does better, but when I do my usual Interstate95 70-75mph, I can tell. Oooohh... the autobahn is another great thing about Germany!
I have been so happy here (so far) it scares me... I am afraid of the inverse emotions. Send happy vibes my way. Tomorrow I will have been in Hannover for one week :)
# posted by Heather @ 9:36 PM 
