Meinen ersten Kölsch!

It's been only 2 days since I last wrote something, and already so much has happened! I wanted to write yesterday, but alas, I couldn't. The adapter I brought with me works for pretty much everything except, oh thats right, my laptop. Luckily my family here is so nice and they found one on-line and ordered it for me. Hopefully my computer will be up and running again soon. Right now I am using Lisa's Mac and it's awkward. First off, the automatic spell check draws a red line under pretty much every word I type because, obviously they are not right if one was writting auf Deutsch. Secondly, the letter Y is seldom used in German, and Z is used more often, so on the keyboard the two are switched. And then to top it off, I have these guys: öÖ üÜ äÄ ß. Tight. So as you can imagine it makes it a little harder ;) But nothing impossible.

Thursday was my birthday, and having only been here one day, I of course have no friends. So that sucked. But my family here is so great, they got me a little cake and wanted to take me out to a traditional German restaurant that night. So we went. It was so cute and smack in the heart of downtown Bonn (which btw is the cutest town EVER). I ordered for the first time in German since I've been here and the words here can be very long, so as I say somethings I can't help but smile and laugh. I ordered Sparferkelrollbraten (see what I mean? Say that without smiling, I dare you). It was delicious. The best way to describe it would be that it was pieces of pork (which of course is from a lamb.. hahaha Emily..) wrapped in bacon and had this amazing sauce and potatos and a red sauerkrat like side. Trust me, it was all amazing. To drink Kai told me if I like beer (who me?) I needed to try Kölsch. Kölsch is the regional beer around here, and is brewed in nearby Köln. Its so good, obviously. I laughed and tried to explain to Kai and Lisa the beauty of a little drink I like to call Natural Light. I don't think they understand how awesomely terrible it really is. :) Before our food came Lisa gave me a little red envelope and said it was just a small birthday present from her and Kai. I opened it and it was a small hand-written piece of paper that said "1 Ticket". When I unfolded the paper more it said "to Esslingen". This is the town where Naemi (my former German exchange student from HS and all-around sister) lives. It was so unexpected and nice of them I started to cry a little bit. Which btw is super embarrassing. haha. After we ate, and about 4 more Kölsch's, we decided to head home. All in all I would say it was a nice little birthday :)

Yesterday (Friday), I woke up at around 8:30am took a shower and ate a little breakfast before Lisa came down with Emilian. Lisa fed him and around 11 or so we decided it was a good time for another one of our walks on the Rhein. I took Emilian for about an hour and 1/2 walk and he feel asleep almost instantly. When I came home he still slept for about another hour and a half or so, so I just read my book (A Devil in the White City--read it, its a very good book!). At around 2ish Lisa, Emilian and I drove to Bonn's "downtown" or Zentrum (center) as it is called here. She dropped me off so that I could have about an hour or so free time before Kai would pick me up since she was going to meet her father. I walked around the town, and then into a bookstore. I bought some post cards there. It made me laugh because as I was checking out the woman ringing me up said "Schönes Wochenende" (have a good weekend) and I responded with "Sie... auch??" and she just smiled and said Danke. It was funny though, because I was saying like, "you too" but at the exact moment I didn't know if I was right or not and paniced and turned it into a question. Basically, I looked at the lady and was like "I'm Ron Burgandy???" So of course, I just laughed and walked out of the store. Someone that takes life too seriously and can't laugh at themselves should NEVER move to a country where they speak a foreign language. Me on the other hand, I guess I enjoy being an idiot ;)

Today was an AWESOME day. Kai and Lisa were taking baby Emilian to his first swimming lesson at around 10:30, and said they would drop me off in Bonn if I wanted to do that. Of course I did :) They dropped me off on the outskirts of the city and it was just a short walk over the Rhein (terrible life, right?) and then up a few streets. I could see the towers from the famous University building so I basically just headed towards them. Once there, I knew where I was and how to get to the Markplatz (main market square). I knew I had about 3 hours or so of free time and went to LUSH (beauy products made in England.. you can find them in Macy's and stuff in the US) and bought some shower gel that I needed and then left to find another place I could spend my € in. I found one store that I am sure I could do some serious damage in ;) I bought a pashmina for only €4 and then headed back to the main center. There I sat down at a small outdoor cafe, had a cappuccino and some orange juice while reading my book for the last hour or so. It was SOOOOO European of me ;) Then walked to another Cafe where Kai had called and said they were, which I knew was around the corner. I met up with them there and after a little while longer we all came home. Kai told me about how while they were at the swimming lesson he had walked outside and a woman was there and she had run her car into the G-Wagon. Needless to say the only minor dent in his car was a slightly bent front licence plate, and her car? Apparently the light was smashed there was a huge dent and Kai estimated probably about 600 or so Euro worth of damage. Haha. Sucks to be her. Speaking of Kai and his car, let me tell you about it, he also has a Porsche Carrera, and umm the thing is SICK. Him and I drove home in it last night, and seriously, the car is soo tight. I think the fastest we went in it at the time was about 95pmh or so, but he told me about how when he is alone he'll drive faster--the fastest he has ever gone in it was about 160 or something crazy like that. To quote Alex Foley, "It's legit".

Alright, well, I am sorry this post is sooo long, but like I said I haven't been able to write anything for the past few days because of my computer. But once the new adapter comes I can update it more often. Hope everyone is well back home. I miss/love you :)

xoxo Meg