Day 33: Happy German Unity Day

So today was somewhat interesting...I met up with FK at the Bahnhof so we could go find this mysterious place that is holding the package containing her Halloween costume hostage. We wandered in the French Quarter of town for about 2 hours before we came to the conclusion that this place is fictional. We even tried Kaufland...which incidentaly was closed on a Saturday and we couldn't figure out why. So we gave up and wandered down the street to...dare I say it...McDonald's. I think the fact that this McDonald's didn't take debit cards was a sign we shouldn't eat McDonald's...ever. So we grabbed the next bus to the old city to find food and water.

The old city had this errie feeling about it...like EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED...ON A SATURDAY. This was the weirdest thing ever. Finally we both thought, "Today is somehow significant, it's some holiday we have overlooked, what is significant about October 3rd in Germany?" Ah, well, turns out that 19 years ago today the former East and West Germanys reunified under one goverment and it's now a national holiday. Sooo, we both went home and did nothing for the remainder of the afternoon.
That night we met the usual international students for dinner at El Chico's Mexican Resturaunt. I know, I know, I'm in Germany and I should be eating German food, but German Mexican food is the BEST! So we did the typical German thing; sat around a big table, talked way too loud, took way too much time to eat, drank cocktails, and had way too much fun :). After dinner, I caught a few holiday fireworks over the Neckarfluss. It was very beautiful, and almost like a fictional story book. It still hasn't quite sunk in for me that this is home for the next year, I live here...it's so crazy, I still feel like I'm on vacation. It's Fabulous.

The castle is in the way back there, and this is my street. I see the castle every day. It's Fabulous.

My schedule is otherwise pretty dull. I don't start classes until the 28th so if I get really lazy with this, it's not because I'm busy, it's because there's nothing interesting enough going on right now. Please keep up the prayers, I miss all of you! Drop me a letter if you get a chance, I will write back :).

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