New Host Family, 19 Juni 2010

So, I actually moved in with my second host family this past Tuesday, but its all been good.
The Reinls live near the center of St. Georgen, in a house that Grandfather Reinl built. Each storey (3 total) is its own apartment and I essentially have the whole third floor to myself. Frau Reinl has the first floor, and when he can (I'm not sure on the whole timing of it all), her boyfriend Rolf lives there, too. He normally works in Hamburg, but comes here to live during his vacations. Melanie, who works at City Hall, has the second floor and has one of the coolest decorating schemes I've ever seen. They also have a cat, Lissy, who is the baby of the family. They bring her to a cafe sometimes and during the day when no one's home, the neighbors come and pick her up so she's not alone all day.
Things are a little more relaxed here, in the sense that there's muesli for breakfast. Its very filling and the only downside is that I pick out the almonds, since I'm allergic. But it lasts a long time during the day.
I'm not completely moved into the apartment, but sleep in the small bedroom next to it. Frau Reinl's brother in law is going to stay with us for a night this weekend and will have the apartment, so she didn't want me to have to move in and then have to move back out. But I like the room I'm in, its cozy and warm. I can also use my computer in the room, because the Reinls have WiFi. This is especially useful when I don't remember the word for "Steel Mill" (Stahlwerk) in attempting to explain Granite City and where Dad used to work.
One thing I've noticed, and this may be hard for my family to believe, but whatever the floors are made of here, they make one very quiet. I'm constantly accidentally sneaking up on people. I feel bad, but I don't want to necessarily slam a door or really clomp down the stairs to announce my presence.
Another very cool thing this house has, is the oven. In the three German houses I've been in here, each one has had a wood oven. But they usually don't look like ovens. The one at the Reinls is especially cool, because it really heats up the room and on two sides, there's a bench, so you can lean on the warmness and watch tv or eat dinner. Or write this like I am now. Its the equivalent of sitting on a heating vent. I think I definitely want one of these in my future house. Lissy likes laying on top and sleeping. Sounds good to me.
The Reinls also have a real Kukuk Clock. It "sings" every hour and half hour. Sometimes I don't here it even if I'm in the room and think I'm going crazy for not hearing it. But I did actually here it from the third floor bathroom last night.
Frau Reinl also supports my Fussball watching completely. She and Melanie aren't really fans, but I usually watch the game at 8 30 (or if the US or Deutschland play) and she'll sit in the room with me. She also has one of the rally horns and insisted that I blow it yesterday when we scored. And she offered me alcohol, as a joke, if the US lost. Which, we didn't really. But that Ref should be fired.
Today I got to sleep in for the first time in a few weeks. I went to sleep about eleven-thirty and woke up around eight and went back to sleep. It was glorious. My mattress is actually really hard, but I've slept well on it. Not sure why, but I'm not complaining. We were going to go to a cave today, but it rained and so the cave is closed because it could potentially be dangerous. It works. We're going to go next weekend.
But, tonight, we're going to a concert. The entire score of Carmina Burana. I'm excited. Its supposed to be about three hours long, which I hope I'll last. It begins at eight this evening. But, its a choir and orchestra piece, so it should be great. And tomorrow we're going early to a wedding. Most everyone's wearing the traditional Tracht, but I'll just wear something else (nice). It should be pretty and interesting.