Life After the Summer Course

The summer course I attended in Tübingen ended on August 28, at which point I packed my bags and was picked up by Oma (Anke's mom). I spent 4 nights at her place, where I ate, ate, and ate. Lots of delicious Swabian food like Maultaschen and Spätzle, for example. We also spent time with Karin, Oma's daughter (Anke's sister) and her husband when we went to downtown Stuttgart together. 2 days before I left her place I met up with Nicole and her son Finley. I babysat for him when Nicole and her family lived in Royal Oak. It was great seeing them again. Her son is now 4, and totally adorable! :-) After leaving Oma's I went on to Anja and her family. I babysat for her daughter, Ronja, when they lived in West Bloomfield. I spent lots of time relaxing, shopping in Esslingen, and reading books to Ronja. We also met up with lots of their ex-pat friends that had also lived in Detroit. It was so fun to be in Germany talking about things like Great Lakes Crossing. It makes me feel less homesick.

On Monday I left Ronja and her family and headed to Bavaria to visit Christine and her family. Again, I know them from Detroit, where I babysat for their kids (are we seeing a pattern here?). On Monday we went to the playground with the kids and out for ice cream. Yesterday Christine and I went shopping with the kids, and then we saw a movie. At first we were in the Drew Barrymore movie, but it sucked so we switched to the action movie with Sylvester Stallone instead. Again, that sucked. But we had some good laughs, and I don't think the other people in the theater appreciated that, haha.

The night before last I got over 12 hours of sleep-luxury. Today their 2 kittens (10 weeks old), woke me up at 6am!!! They are cute, but I despised them at that moment....

Bye, Molly