Well, I made it to Germany in one piece, thanks to Benadryl, an amazing iPod battery and a few prayers to St. Anthony. (They couldn't find the crew for the Jackson-Memphis flight. St. A = saint of lost things. Make sense?)
Anyway, we're staying with Rachel, a friend of Daddy's from work. She's lovely, and her family is precious. Her husband is named Hans, and they have two sons, Thomas and Matthias. Thomas spent a year in the US and therefore speaks PERFECT English, right down to the accent. Matthias is the younger son, and he's suuuch a little brother. We made dinner and ate as a family, then went to the park to watch the US-UK game in a park close by. It was so nice--they had beer and sausage vendors set up, and a big screen in front of benches and tables.
Today Hans and Rachel are taking us on a drive/ hike throught the country. We're going to a castle and a vineyard, or something. After an early dinner, we're going to come back and watch the Germany-Australia game in the park. Apparently things are going to be crazy, and I can't wait. I'm imagining the Grove but with Germans and legal beer.
It's so pretty here! Streams twisting through parks, houses on (mini) mountains, and dogs everywhere. Tomorrow we're going in to Frankfurt to explore some, and Tuesday we're off to Bavaria.
Frieden :)
Eli
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. --Mark Twain.
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