Happy April Fool's. Hopefully you weren't tricked too badly so far today. Anyway, a quick update.
Aaron and I arrived in Munich a while ago where we spent 8 days with his relatives. It was a really nice city and it was fun to meet some of the foreign relatives. We spent a day in the snowy alps and a few walking around Munich. I ate a doner, weiss werst (I don't know about the spelling of that) which is a white sausage that tastes pretty good. Also I had had lots of Hellis and Weiss beer. Both were good. I will get some pictures up of Munich in Berlin, our next stop.
Right now we are at a farm in Northern Germany, around Bremerhaven. We are staying with an older couple, two other helpXers, one is British and has been here for over a month, the other is French Canadian and arrived a few days before we did. So far I have become an experienced strawberry patch weeder and maintainer. It took me and another person four days to finish it. It is a lot of work, but it looks really nice now. The food here has also been great. Almost everything we eat they made themselves. Apple juice, apple wine, apple everything, all sorts of veggies that are canned or frozen... there is a lot more in the summer when it is growing season, but everything tastes really good now anyway.
Farming is fun when it is warm, like the last few days, around 60. Today has been really cold. Around 40. No fun, but we have had a lot of tea to keep warm. There are also sheep and chickens on the farm. That is interesting. The sheep baah a lot. It is pretty funny. They don't like the cold either.
I have been liking Germany a lot. The most noticiable differences from Italy are of timelyness. The Germans are on time, and don't cross the street without a signal. I am more at home with such rules and timelyness.
I think I have lost all ability to spell. My brain is too confused with trying to pick up bits of other languages. Ah well, I will remember it eventually.
So there is a jumbled update for you. Please excuse the spelling and disorganization.
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It's spelled 'timeliness'. And it's 80 here. Jealous? Thought so.
I also spent the whole day working in the cubefarm.
That's short for 'windowless building consisting of cubicle after cubicle'
Save me. I want your adventures... so badly.
HT,
So glad you are indeed alive. Most of the time when I can't spell, it's because I've also been experimenting with other languages (if I bathe my brain in libations, I still can't read the eastern European labels on my beer). I also suffered a cold snap this week and sat shivering in a sweater in 65 degree weather. Have I become a wimp? You betcha.
Give that ginger a wet sloppy kiss for me (you can take one for yourself if you like too, but that's totally your call).
XoXo,
MT
Yeah! So glad you are alive & well! I did a bit of "gardening" myself - planted my tiny herb garden from their starter mini-pots into the larger, nicer containers they will live in on my deck this summer. Ordered my 20-week veggie box from our CSA farm for this summer. Today is the end of UD spring break. It's 80 degrees! I guess you won't be dying any eggs there in Germany but who cares! You're in Europe! Sending you warm thoughts for happy Passover, Easter, Spring. :) Ang
Rachael,
It is so good to hear from you. We were going through withdrawal with no blogs to read! I hope the good weather returns for you soon. Happy Easter to you both. Make sure you get into town and buy some of the great Easter chocolates they'll be selling.
Karen
Rachael,
It was so good to hear from you. We were going through withdrawal with no blogs to read. I hope the good weather returns for you soon, especially since Aaron's coat liner is now here! Did you guys get into town yet and sample the Easter chocolates? Make sure you both eat some for me. Happy Easter.
Karen
dear rachael,
was this blog all an april fools joke? Are you actually in Tanzania? You trickster, you.
glad to hear you're well.
and that you can't spell.
In Northern Germany you dwell.
While here, I cavellll
for you.
love,
claire
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