Week 6
Nuremberg, cart paths and crepes
Hello all,
Week 6 in Germany has been a blast.
As last I wrote, we had moved into our house- fun with one drawback. We had no
Internet. So Gregg and I traipsed up to a hot spot on base and skyped family
for a few minutes after school every day. I was unable to get on facebook for a
week. That took some getting used to. I had a facebook withdrawal. LOL- But as
of Friday I am happy to report we are up and running Internet connected. yea!!!
We bought a TV at the thrift store for 7 dollars that has a great picture while
we wait on ours to come in from the states. But alas we have no connection. We
have a satellite but it seems they are switching to HD and all of the boxes are
out. But we are watching DVD's. We can get them from the post library. Besides
we are in Germany who wants to watch TV anyway. LOL
So last Sunday Gregg decided that he
wants to visit the golf course that is close to our house. Of course we have the
Garmin but because he had been out there the day before he thought he could
find it. He --of course-- got lost so we put the golf course in the Garmin and
followed instructions. After many twists and turns we came upon a dirt path and
as we drove on it--it became apparent that we were not only at the golf course
we were in the golf course- riding down the cart path to be exact. Now this a a
fancy golf course so Gregg was so embarrassed that he sat in the car for a few.
But I said the car was so small they probably thought it was a golf cart.
Anyway all's well that ends well because he went back and talked to the CEO guy
of the golf course--he runs three in this area- and Gregg got a great deal to
play on any of the three courses so he is happy. He had a little trouble getting
the hang of the meters but once he figured it out he is playing well.,
We went out to eat with a few of the
teachers this week at one of their houses. Some of the teachers buy their house and
this one had. It was lovely. She has been here over 20 years. In fact a lot of
the teachers have been here a long time. The next day we went to see our town
and surrounding towns. We found the place to order snow tires and ordered them
for winter. We have to wait for the Explorer to get here to order those snow
tires. Hey I'm from Florida- I cant' drive in snow!!
When leaving the teacher's house we
mistakenly did not follow the Garmin's directions and we got out on the
autobahn where the people drive like maniacs. So now we can say we drove on the
autobahn for 6 miles one way and turned around and drove six miles back. But we survived.
Gregg
is studying for his driver's test and taking it this week. Hope he passes first
time- or at least passes it sometime. HaHa
Saturday we went on the train which
was really easy. We went to Nuremberg. It's a lovely town with beautiful
churches and we went to the city museum. They had a big market and I will post pictures on facebook. It is one of the few walled cities with some of the wall left intact from medievial times. ( see picture below)We ate at a little cafe outside and
instead of asking for the English menu they had a picture of what we thought
was gyros- that said for 2. So I said let's just be surprised. I thought it was
a meal for 2. After a bit they brought out the largest platter I'd ever seen of
crepes. Chocolate crepes, Apple crepes, strawberry crepes, cherry crepes--well
you get the picture so to say the least we were surprised. We might better ask
for the English menu from now on.
I attached a couple of pictures of
our trip along with the countryside. It is so beautiful here in Bavaria. ( see picture)
Today we went to Grafenwohr where
Elvis was stationed. We were looking for the TV receivers.. It is a bigger PX.
It was really nice--like a mall. We had a great time and the drive was gorgeous.
Of course Gregg finds casinos everywhere we go..LOL While eating at the food
court in Grafenwohr, I mentioned that I wanted to find some Hummel’s to which
Gregg said he'd seen a lot. I asked where and said I wanted to buy some and he
said "You want to buy a Hummer?” Men- they never listen.
We can also make phone calls to cell
and land lines for free. But the time difference makes it difficult to catch up
with people. We are six hours ahead. Anyway that's enough for this week. More to come next week.
Hope you have a great week.
Till next time.
Hugs from Germany,
Susan
No comments:
Post a Comment