Hey Everyone!

Sorry for the silence this weekend - I was only online for 10 minutes and that is not quite enough time to do everything I want/need to do.

Things are still going okay here. Friday and Sunday I spent further exploring the town of Bremen and the area I'll be living called Vegesack. Friday and Saturday I also began to shop in Bremen which is always interesting. I found the shampoo and soap I use here so I didn't actually need to haul the huge bottles from costco, but oh well. I didn't know.

Sunday evening I moved into my new room in Schonebeck. I am unpacked and working on getting settled. I think I am having a case of "buyer's remorse". Now that I live there I'm unsure about how great it is. Mainly I'm concerned about the bed - it's more like foam padding than a mattress. I'll sleep on it for a while longer and see if I adjust. If there really is awful then I can move back into Mary's until I find a new place. It really is an okay place - just not what I'm used to.

I got to talk to my Mom, Tess, Alex, Grandma, Curly, Maria, and Bennett on Saturday night and that was great. It was so good to hear everyone's voices! I got caught up on some family news and that was good. I also filled them in on what was happening in Germany which is basically the same things I write here.

I think the best thing since I last wrote was exploring Domsheide by myself on Sunday. It was so nice to sit in the sunshine watching people (mostly tourists) and looking at the Dom (cathedral), Bibelgarten (a garden made up of plants mentioned in the Bible), the Ratskeller (town meeting hall), and just some other interesting things. Pictures below:

Roland, the protecter of Bremen The Musicians of Bremen
Dom (Cathedral of St. Peter)
Coriander in the Bibelgarten
Just a pretty European Picture