So today Max took Bart and me on a 2 1/2 hr bike ride around the city center of Munich. It was actually really nice and fun and i was able to keep my spirits up especially in these minor instances haha....
So we go down to their garage where they keep the bikes which is actually across the street from their house. I guess its hella expensive to pay for parking. Anyways so we go to the get the bikes and he doesnt have the keys for any of the other bikes so he cant unlock those ones for me and he doesnt know how to change the seat on Kathrins bike but he does on his bike so he changes it for me to the lowest setting that it will possibly go. And might i mention he at LEAST 6 ft tall or very close to it haha. And the bike is still so big that I cant get on it. But there are no other options so i try to use the curb and i finally get on. But now i cant really peddle, i have to use my tippy toes to peddle and my lady friend was very squished hahaha cause of how i had to peddle. And by the end she was very numb. So then we leave and everytime we have to stop at a red light or he wants to tell me something or show me a building i seriously have to like fall to the side and then quickly swing my leg over like a ninja haha its soooo embarrassing, but theres nothing else i can do. So then after like 30 min of that i figure out that if i pull up to a light pole and grab onto the pole i dont have to look like an idiot falling off the bike and i can push off from the pole. So then i do that for the next two hours HAHA good grief. So then were riding around and hes showing me the city center which is very very nice and i definitely saw some places that i want to go back to. I saw an H&M and the Haufbrauhaus which is a world famous biergarten and bier maker. And i do want to go back again and explore the city center when i have more time and the weather is better. So were riding around and im praying for green lights so that i dont have to stop HAHA and it starts to rain. And Bart is covered in one of those things that you attach to the back of the bike so hes fine and he wont get wet but we sure did. And at first it was a light rain and then it almost starting pouring haha so now im riding in the rain on a bike that doesnt fit me...PERFECT!! Then all of a sudden my bike wont let me peddle anymore and i was like oh shit whats going on and max and bart keep going and hes too far away for me to yell and im like oh dear god i have no idea where i am and max is practically on the next street now haha. He didnt notice i wasnt behind him still. So i just start walking with the bike and i see that hes noticed and hes coming back for me now...THANK GOD!! So i was like i think its the bike chain but im not sure and he was like oh yes and puts it back on for me...so now were off in the rain again and were almost home and it does it AGAIN with the bike chain and im like oh sheesh but max hears me this time and we put it back on again and then we were home one street later...thank god. I dont think my ass or my feet could take anymore of this cause my shoes were wet and kept sliding off of the peddles haha. So other than that it was actually a really fun trip to the city center and im glad that we went. Im actually impressed at myself that i kept my cool and didnt just start crying or something like i normally would have hahaha. So that was this morning and then Max left to go pick up his mother from the hospital and Kathrin was at work so Bart and i went to the store and i got some food for my kitchen and for lunch i had cucumbers in like a vinegar sauce (like the ones mom makes with the dill...people in my family who know what im talking about) and i had this kind of sweet bread, tasted almost exactly like those hawaiian roles we buy in the orange package with some salami and it was hella good haha. And Bart ate some baby food in case you were all wondering haha. He has a lot of teeth now actually, he has some in the front and some in the back, hes just missing the middle teeth now. He is 14 months old and really cute.
Ok i know i need to put some spaces in between my big long stories haha so ill tell you about the first couple of days. Both of my planes were late, but i mean whatever i guess theres nothing i can do about it. I was able to sleep almost the entire time on the first 5 hr flight to Philadelphia and then had a two hr layover where i had some chicken nuggets and sat at the gate for only a little bit, but that plane was even later. And i wasnt able to sleep as much on that flight, but it was actually really nice cause everyone had their own tv and they had really good movies you could watch and they didnt charge you so that was good. I watched 3 movies on that flight haha and then slept for a couple of hrs. I watched When in Rome, Couples Retreat, and one other movie i cant remember right now. So then i landed and had to get all my bags haha and all of them onto a cart no less, but i did. And then i walked out and i met them, there were so many people standing there waiting, i kind of just stood there looking around like an idiot but they recognized me so....success haha so then we just came home and they showed me the house. Then we had to bring all of my bags up FIVE flights of stairs to my room. If i dont lose weight with all the stairs i have to walk up, lack of eating and healthier eating for that matter, and all the walking and biking ive been doing then im going to be PISSED!!! HAHA My room is actually very nice. I like it alot. There is a little sitting area with a tiny like 2 person couch thing and two smaller chairs. Then a small wooden table where ive been studying my german or i try to a little everyday and where i eat breakfast. Then i have my kitchen. They are going to buy me a new fridge because they said the old one doesnt work very well and takes too much energy which is really nice. They bought me a toaster and a new phone haha. He said that hes glad i came cause they have a reason to get modern things haha which i just think is really nice cause i didnt expect them to do that. My bed is actually bigger than it looked like in the picture and as hard as a stone haha. I guess ill get used to that but my backs been hurting the last couple of days. And the pillows SUCK so Amy was right about that so im going to need some pillows or MY pillows from home imported..HINT HINT!!!! haha
So then after they showed me my room max and bart and i went for a walk and he showed me the castle and the canal and then we came home and i said i was a little tired and that i might go take a rest. I was like just a little one and ended up waking up FIVE hours later...i was like oh shit haha. I was like im so sorry i didnt think i would sleep that long haha but they were really nice about it. Then we had dinner and i went to bed again haha. The second day was fine we woke up and had breakfast and then my host parents went to work. Bart and I played and their nanny came to do some house cleaning and stuff and she was really really nice but didnt speak one word of english so i had to use my amatuer German haha so we didnt say much but she was super nice. Then Kathrin and I were invited to one of her friends houses for her birthday celebration and that was really nice. I sat there the whole time and had no idea what was going on. But Carolina her friend lived in the states for a couple of yrs and her husband is American and she spoke perfect english with almost no accent. So during dinner she would translate for me every so often. I know that i need to listen because thats going to improve my German too lol. Just kind of weird to sit there and just have like NO IDEA hahaha or at least very little idea. Then yesterday it was Bart and I for most of the day and i was scared to go out of the house by myself with an intense fear that i would get lost and have no cell phone to call for someone to rescue me, but i pushed myself to do it yesterday and Bart and i went for an hr walk together and it was really nice. I got used to more of the surrounding area around their house and some of the shops. The bakery, the bank, the food store, a bookstore, a perfume store and stuff like that. So i was really proud of myself actually. OK I know that this is terribly long and soooo boring. I just dont know what people want to hear about haha. So send me an email...hopefully i will have my own email soon because for now im using Kathrins computer and then i will be able to skype and email back more frequently. So shoot me an email if im too long or too boring and i will try and change it up and only put the fun things haha. I hope that you are all doing well and that we can all chat soon. I am actually beginning to love my home here, and i just hope that with each day that will grow stronger as well. I send my love, hugs, and kisses to you all. Oh and i will drink a beer for each and every loved one in honor of each of you HAHAHA its ok to be jealous!!!
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