what i did on my christmas vacation
Mary and I got back to Berlin today, after a lovely week spent relaxing at her parents' in Gießen, where we made and ate three (3) pumpkin pies, watched at least ten (10) movies, and put together one (1) 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle (and half a 500-piece one). Here's Mary eating said pie, sitting on the couch in her upstairs neighbor's apartment, where we watched most of said movies:
The first couple days we barely left the house, cause I'd forgotten my passport, which made it harder to get onto the base where Mary and her parents live, because apparently South Dakota drivers' licenses are no good here as identification, unless you want them to think you're, like, a terrorist or something. We didn't want to leave and risk not being able to come back. Once the visitor's office was open on Tuesday, though, we got me a pass--so I'm in the system now--and thereafter we occasionally mustered up the energy to leave the couch and see stuff like this castle:
Pretty cool.
Not so cool was how today, in an attempt to get back to Berlin for the rollicking New Year's celebration we have planned, we ended up in Hamburg. Guh. There's not really a story, unfortunately; there's just a really really unfortunate moment of stupidity, and getting on the wrong train, and not realizing it until the only stop left was the last one on the line. BUT at least we didn't have to pay for another ticket once we got on the right train in Hamburg--due, I'm sure, to our collective stunning good looks--and we were only about an hour and a half late getting home. No biggie.
The first couple days we barely left the house, cause I'd forgotten my passport, which made it harder to get onto the base where Mary and her parents live, because apparently South Dakota drivers' licenses are no good here as identification, unless you want them to think you're, like, a terrorist or something. We didn't want to leave and risk not being able to come back. Once the visitor's office was open on Tuesday, though, we got me a pass--so I'm in the system now--and thereafter we occasionally mustered up the energy to leave the couch and see stuff like this castle:
Pretty cool.Not so cool was how today, in an attempt to get back to Berlin for the rollicking New Year's celebration we have planned, we ended up in Hamburg. Guh. There's not really a story, unfortunately; there's just a really really unfortunate moment of stupidity, and getting on the wrong train, and not realizing it until the only stop left was the last one on the line. BUT at least we didn't have to pay for another ticket once we got on the right train in Hamburg--due, I'm sure, to our collective stunning good looks--and we were only about an hour and a half late getting home. No biggie.
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Wow, that castle is beautiful!
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