"New Adventures in Laundry" and Other Stories Volume 2

I have no idea why there are only four washing machines for a building of nearly 200 people, but such is the case. Not only that, but washing machines in this country are maybe half the size of the ones back home, so doing a full load is usually a two to three hour event.

It is now a ritual among the Canadians here to have pancakes on Sundays, then spend most of the afternoon/evening in the Irish pub. They make excellent shepherds pie, something I've been dying for since I left Canada. Not quite as good as Nan's, but pretty good nonetheless!

I'm heading home for Christmas on December 18th. I'm pretty excited about that. Food I am looking forward to:
- Canadian cheddar cheese
- Wendy's...Arby's...terrible fast food in general
- S'mores Poptarts
- Nan's shepherds pie
- Ketchup that doesn't taste like tomatoey barf


I really shouldn't complain so much; Germany is a pretty cool place overall. We even had a little bit of snow last week! It didn't stick around in town, but up in the Schauinsland and around the peaks of the Black Forest you can still see snow on the trees and stuff, which is pretty nice.

I saw Die Hard 4 for sale at Müllers (German equivalent of HBC), except in German it is called "Stirb Langsam" which translated literally means "Die Slowly".

I finally watched Zeitgeist the other day. Pretty interesting movie, it makes you think at least. I'm pretty skeptical of everything, conspiracy-theory type movies notwithstanding, but there were definitely several parts of it that I seriously could not debate. I recommend those who haven't seen it, watch it at least some time in your life.

Oh, a few weeks ago I went to Nottingham, England, to visit a friend. It was a pretty good time, nice to be around English speakers for a change. Robin Hood and Kevin Costner look nothing alike. I hope to go back to England at some point. I'm flying out of there at Christmas time, but I think the next time I go back, I'll start in Scotland and make my way south. I have two months or so when I'm not in school, so there will be lots of time to travel. And, of course, I have to spend Saint Patrick's Day in Ireland. A group of us are thinking about all going to Dublin together, so that should be interesting!

I guess das ist alles for now, just thought I'd let interested people know that I'm still alive!

Viel Spaß

- Matt