To all 3 of my dedicated readers: Sorry for the absence!
I wish I could say the last 10 days have been filled with adventure or travels, and thus I couldn't find time to blog. But, alas, I was simply in the 'Furt feeling the malaise of summer and not doing a whole lot of anything.
A few updates:
Last weekend we went to IKEA and bought a couch! Yes! No more air mattress for us. The chenille moss-colored Sofabett is a real treat, and that coupled with my new straw place settings really made the hellish 5 hour trek to the Swedish store worth it. Thinking about it, I wonder if I could actually get to Sweden in 5 hours and go to the original IKEA outpost. In the 'Furt, for the car-less, the journey is never-ending because one must rely on 3 forms (U-bahn, train, bus) of public transportation.
In addition to the couch, we got locked out of our apartment on Wednesday and Erik had to jump from our neighbor's balcony, Indiana Jones-style, to our balcony in order to crawl through the open window. This "adventure" also took 5 hours (most of them filled with the sweat-drenched consultations on the remove-ability of our door knob with our Czech manlord), which leads me to develop a new theory that everything in Europe takes 5 hours. Note: Never stick your keys on the inside of your door in Europe and then proceed to shut said door while asking "Do you know where my keys are?"
Finally, my work schedule has been pleasantly spotty due to the 3 Feiertage, or public holidays, in May. Because of these off days (one being this Monday) many students plan vacations to Spain or Miami in May. Germans love to travel to Spanish-speaking lands. This is an unfortunate fixation because nothing sounds worse than a German trying to pronounce the soft melodies of the Spanish language. Nothing.
Speaking of the Spanish language, last night Ms. Henly had a Cinco de Mayo fiesta in Sachsenhausen. My homemade guac just made me pine for Chipotle even more. *Sigh.
It's 80 degrees here and way too many German men are wearing tank tops on the U-Bahn.
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To clarify, there are two sets of keys. Her keys were in the door, his keys were where they were supposed to be. Had the window not been left open and had our neighbor not allowed us access to her balcony, we would have been out a solid 200 - 300 euros.
I just want to clarify that I'm also dedicated to reading your blog.
Mmm, guac...
I wantd to clarify that I am one of your several dedicated blog readers. We discussed your AMAZING blog skills at the shower for Emily last weekend. You are set in my favorites and I check almost daily!
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