Things are looking up. I had a GREAT day at work yesterday (after a not-so-great time the previous night when I tripped and sprained my ankle), then I drove home without getting lost, even once, even a little, then David and I took the train into Bad Homburg and had a nice dinner at a Mexican-ish restaurant.
Although I would definitely go there again, I think we won't to avoid falling into a routine. You know, the kind of routine where I go to the same restaurants, and order the same thing, every single time. I used to do that.
The waitress was friendly and gave us some brief German lessons. We (re)learned the easy stuff like "month", then promptly forgot it.
It was really nice to walk back to the train station from the restaurant; a little rainy, but not too cold and something about walking a while after a nice dinner just felt right.
Tonight, we're planning on going back to Bad Homburg to visit the Market Place. On Tuesday and Fridays, vendors set up stands and sell fruit, vegetable and flowers, this tradition that has been taking place on this square for nearly 100 years.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Day 2
So, I've talked David into moving to Germany for nearly 3 months. Of course I thought it would be a grand adventure - jetting to Paris whenever the urge strikes.
Not so much.
So far, our grand adventure has been comprised of a series of unfortunate surprises. Our apartment? One room. That's right, one room with one bed and one chair and one desk. The pillow is literally 14 inches from the bathroom. That won't work. Not. At. All.
The location is also less ideal than I envisioned. We're in the north end of Oberursel, about 15 minutes away from my office. While the proximity to the Taunus mountain nature area is very nice, we have to walk a long way to get to the good things. Luckily, there is a u-bahn station right outside the door.
We can also walk to the grocery store. We made an exploratory visit there yesterday and we figured out mundane things like the German words for "ground coffee" and "not gross yogurt."
I also got my car yesterday. We are now mobile.
So, slowly, we are getting things back on track. We move to a new apartment on Monday. It will be a larger apartment and I hope that it will have a couch. A couch really makes a home, I think.
Not so much.
So far, our grand adventure has been comprised of a series of unfortunate surprises. Our apartment? One room. That's right, one room with one bed and one chair and one desk. The pillow is literally 14 inches from the bathroom. That won't work. Not. At. All.
The location is also less ideal than I envisioned. We're in the north end of Oberursel, about 15 minutes away from my office. While the proximity to the Taunus mountain nature area is very nice, we have to walk a long way to get to the good things. Luckily, there is a u-bahn station right outside the door.
We can also walk to the grocery store. We made an exploratory visit there yesterday and we figured out mundane things like the German words for "ground coffee" and "not gross yogurt."
I also got my car yesterday. We are now mobile.
So, slowly, we are getting things back on track. We move to a new apartment on Monday. It will be a larger apartment and I hope that it will have a couch. A couch really makes a home, I think.
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