On Thursday we spent four hours working out the logistics of a contract for a house, and now we finally have a place! It’s near to the library, within walking distance, is on a tram line, and has a garage for a small car if we need to take that route. The garage will most […]
Archive for January, 2008
German food
It’s been a little difficult to get used to the food available here. Water is very difficult to come by here, and I haven’t found an adequate means to meet my water needs yet. The Germans eat a lot of bread. For breakfast, it’s a bruchen (similar to dinner rolls) with cheese and meat on […]
Ludwigsburg
Access to the Internet has been slim the last week, so my apologies for being “backed up”.
Last Saturday my brother, Mac, Lilo, Herr, and me hopped in the car to Ludwigsburg, which is about an hour south of Heidelberg near Stuttgart. A palace wasn’t too far away, but we decided to only walk the grounds […]
Hear them ring
I now wake up at 5:30 a.m. to start off my day. Outside it is dark. Street lights are sparse. After our shower we hear the first church bells ring. Three churches are within distance of hearing the bells, and they ring many times a day. We have a bruchen with meat and cheese or […]