Thursday June 10, 2010

Two things I forgot about last night. As I was going to bed, I heard this strange rustling outside my window, which was open. I looked outside, and found Felix and the neighbor's cat. They began to sing, if that's the right word. I have never heard cats make this sound, but its singing. Bad singing, but there's no other way to describe it. Then, I noticed off in the distance there was lightning on the horizon. I do think it rained over the night, but I didn't wake to any storms.
When I did wake up, it was cool and looked rainy, so I dressed for it. Mistake. Let's just say I got so miserably hot today, I had to go out and buy a tshirt.
Today the tour wasn't really a tour as I'd thought. It was actually just Frau Auer, Matthias and I walking around the city for a hour on a tour route that he might one day give to a group. So, I just listened and felt hot. I'd also left my sunglasses at home, so, today was not a good day for me.
I went and bought my tshirt on my lunch break. I went to three different stores before settling on H&M. After I got back, Frau Hass went on her lunch break, then came back and talked to me forever. Once she finally left, I had some quiet to try and research a Count to figure out if its an eagle or phoenix on his coat of arms. I couldn't find out.
Matthias came in at one point, and Frau Auer started talking again. He listened for a minute, then slowly walked into my adjoining room. I gave him this look, and made the gesture with my hand indicating that she was talking too much. He laughed, and even when he was fully out of the room, she still talked to him, even though he didn't reply. Wow.
I spent the rest of the afternoon reading random Wikipedia articles, and looking through the tour text to find good vocabulary words. I also got the clear from Frau Auer to have next Thursday off, so I can go to Europa Park. It'll be interesting.
In my hour to kill between the end of work and the next train, I went to the library and looked at all the movies. The American ones generally have the German titles, which is fun to look at the translations. For example, instead of "Bend it like Beckham," it's "Kick it like Beckham." And I found a book written by a German about Sacajewa (sp?), saying she's the biggest female legend in America. I'm not sure about that, but it was interesting to find.
The walk home sucked because it was so hot, I immediately changed from my pants, knee socks, wellingtons into shorts and a tshirt. Much better. Dinner was fish, rice, and leftover corn on the cob. Strawberries for dessert. I"m full and just finishing my scribing on the computer. So there.
Oh, and for those of you who have Facebook, or know someone that does, I put up a bunch of pictures last night. Enjoy.