Stuttgart

Today my friends and I went to Stuttgart. It's about an hour away by train and costs 10 Euro to go there and back. I really liked it. It's a bit larger than Tuebingen and has a lot more going on. I would post pictures here but I've decided to use photo bucket as it is a lot easier to use and I can add more photos. The link to my photo bucket is: http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w30/schlech1/

Stuttgart has a lot of shopping and a large park/castle. I got a few things while we were there, but we mostly walked around. It was very pretty, as you will see when you look at the pictures.

In other happenings, I met my mentor Anke the other day. She seems really nice and I look forward to getting to know her better. She's lived around Tuebingen for her whole life, in a little village. We went an got a sort of chocolate coffee thing together. She also kept complimenting me on my German :-).

Let's see, Easter was on Sunday. We didn't really do much. Alison and I got up really early to go to church at 6:00. It was interesting but long and too early in the morning. I walked around, read, and sat in the park with Val and Ben. Towards days end, I got an ice cream and watched some cute little German kids play tag. It was very cute. I think it was two families but they must have been cousins or something. The smallest little boy was in his Easter best and the girl had a dress. It was really cute too see and brought a smile to my face.

As for now, I've got to get reading, because Val and I have decided to read 30 pages a day and get ice cream on the days that we finish books. It sounds like a good plan to me!

Rachel