Yesterday was an absolutely beautiful day here in Aachen. Then today it was mostly cloudy and about an hour ago the rain started. Much like you are, I am not shocked. This is becoming an usual phenomenon this rain stuff. Although I am mad at CNN International for lying to me, they said that it wasn't going to rain. Its strange to hear an American newscaster tell you the temperature in Celsius.
My friend Becca came here from Frankfurt this weekend. We had a great time. We went to one of Aachen's spas/natural pools Carolus Thermen. For €10 each we spent 2.5 hours bathing in the warm mineral waters of Northern Germany. Charlemagne used to send his soldiers to these locations throughout the city to rejuvenate themselves after battle. Afterwards we felt very refreshed. We were unable to unfortunately to book a massage that evening. I will be going this weekend sans any other plans. I got paid today. Not very much but either way, it was my first professional pay check. Strangely, I received an actual check. You go the bank its drawn on (because if you deposit it in your account, it takes SEVEN DAYS for it to clear, not acceptable)
and then take the cash to your accounts, etc. I can have the money transferred to my account later once my accounts are established and in good standing a bit later. For now, this is probably the best option, considering I don't know my PIN yet to access my funds.
My entire face aches. I've got a cold or sinus thing going on. I went to the apotheke (pharmacy) today and got some medicine for it. In Germany you cannot simply pick out something that you want, you have to talk to the pharmacist and tell them what you want. I chickened out and used English, well a severe mix of English and German. I'd rather not have a confused look on my pharmacists face when dealing with my aliments. Today I drove for the first time in Germany. Nowhere near as intimidating as Puerto Rico. I am however, afraid, that I'm going to get lost. It was very much like driving in the States only faster. We have three company cars, I test drove on some very European car from 1993. It had over 175000 KM on it. Apparently, I "James Bonded" it according to my fellow passengers. Thats because when you know how to drive a stick correctly, you can get that baby up to speed fast. Mike drove for a bit and almost gave me a heart attack on several occasions.
I have class in a few minutes. But at my Grandfather's inspriation, I leave you with this:
Today absence of humor renders life impossible. - Collette.
Sometimes you just gotta laugh at yourself.
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