Kelly: We've been in Europe for one month. It seems longer. I met a social worker last week who told me that it takes about 6 months to feel settled here. She had lived all over the world including Korea, Europe (prior to this trip), Iraq, Korea, and the states, and said that Germany was the most difficult and longest adjustment because everything happens so s..l..o..w..l..y. Five more months to go until we feel settled, I suppose.
We celebrated our one monithversary and my birthday with a trip to Brugge, Belgium. We went as part of a USO tour which had its good and its bad points.
The good: We didn't have to think. It was cheap.
The bad: We had no control over the timing of events... left at 0400 on Saturday and didn't get back until 1:00 AM Sunday (today). The bus was really uncomfortable, especially for Matt. We had to watch two really bad movies.
All in all, it was a good day. The weather was nice (50s and partly cloudy). We were able to find the little cafe that we visited two years ago in Brugge. I found a delightful tea shop, and I bought rose like I found in the Spice Store in Philly when SWS lived there. I brewed a big pot for breakfast this morning...yum. We are both dragging today.
Earlier in the week, I found a natural grocery store in Kaiserslautern (15 minutes away) and even more excited that the store was open on Sunday. So, Matt and I headed to Alnatura today with our new GPS only to find that it is closed! How disappointing. It looks really cute, too. So, maybe we'll try one evening this week after work. The no-store-anywhere is open on Sunday thing is very frustrating!
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