Sunday Sunday

Since my last post we have a new favorite house. We realized our previous favorite house was a little to far from Rocky's job, even though it was the perfect house the location didn't work. Our new favorite house is located in a town called Kelkheim about 25 minutes from Rocky's job. A few of his coworkers live in this town. It seems really cute and even has a good sized park. The house is about 2,000 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 full baths. The special part about this house is that the basement is completely finished with a full bathroom. We have not seen a house yet with a finished basement. Every house has a huge basement with tons of rooms but none of them are finished, making them useless. The other great part about this house is that the owner lives in the other side of this double house (aka duplex house). He speaks perfect English and he said the neighbors are really great too. Most importantly this house is totally within the price range. The only downside is that it is located on a street that is kinda steep. The house and driveway are totally level but the street is steep. For example, if you don't drive stick shift then you're in trouble going up this hill! :) Check out pictures of the house Hochwertge geraumige Doppelhaushalfte
Here are a few we took of the view from the front and back of the house. It's really pretty and overlooks the town.



We are going to look a few more houses this week and hopefully make a decision this week. The hotel hasn't been that bad but we are anxious to get settled. 

Savannah is really starting to enjoy food. Today she ate 3/4ths of a YoBaby vanilla yogurt, we were very proud! For everyone that doesn't know about Savannah's eating habits, she is very partial to the boob and hasn't really liked table food. Over the past week, she has gladly accepted (in small doses of course) avocado, bananas, apple sauce, yogurt, and baby rice cakes. She even started a mini protest because she wanted my apple when we were in the car last week. I couldn't peel the skin off the apple fast enough so when I finally gave it to her she was happy as a clam. It was actually really sweet because she just wanted to taste that apple so bad! She loves apples just as much as her mommy! :)

Today we visited an airforce base in Ramstein about an hour from us. This base is about 10 times bigger than the one located in Wiesbaden, where we live. There was a big mall there with tons of American items. We got Savannah a few play clothes, some books and I picked up Real Simple and Shape magazine.

Along our trip we realized we passed the town of Darmstadt where Frankenstein's castle is located. I get to plan next weekend's activities so we might visit that castle and possibly scope out a winery (weather permitting). During the trip we also saw many rolling hills with little towns wedged in between. It's amazing how old these buildings and castles are, and I bet they are really haunted too!

This week I take my international drivers test. Wish me luck. I have not studied a lick and really have no desire to either! :) If I pass this test on my first try, it will be a miracle! On that note, I'm going to look over the driving book and study the different signs.

Enjoy the Oscars everyone! I'm so sad they are not on tonight. We get to watch them tomorrow night, AFTER they have already aired. Sooooo not the same! :)

Love,
Elizabeth

P.s. New video of Savannah and Lilly...since we took this on Friday, Savannah knows how to give Lilly her treats!

Two Weeks

Guten Abend (good evening)! Yesterday marked two weeks since we arrived and it is really starting to settle in that we are living in Germany. I started my German language lessons today on a website called Livemocha. I've learned the basics like how to say my name is Elizabeth and good morning and bye. When we looked at a house this evening the realtor only spoke German so I got to try out my skills. I guess I did okay but what saved us was the Google Translator app. AWESOME app if you are ever in a language barrier situation. The app talks to you and you can talk into the app and it translates.


Anywho, this is the house we like so far, Einfamilienhaus mit tollen Grundstuck. This is actually the backside of the house. The backyard is beautiful. The inside was just renovated with all new windows, bathrooms and a new kitchen. Everything is really nice! It's a four bedroom/2 full bath house. Plenty of space for us! Downside is it's kinda far from Wiesbaden, about 10 minutes and about 30 minutes from Rocky's job. Tomorrow we are going to ask people at our hotel to see what the town is like to make sure there are a lot of young families there.


Tonight we had dinner at really cute restaurant named Ricci in the neighborhood after we saw the house. Savannah met her first little German friend named,  Jonas. They put on a show for the entire restaurant! They had each other giggling during our entire dinner.


Lilly got her international pet passport today. Now she can travel all over the world with us! :)


Enjoy the pictures!
xo
Elizabeth

Photos, videos, and more...

Hi Everyone! I'm trying to figure out the best way to organize our photos and videos on this blog. Any suggestions are welcome! Right now I have both our pictures and videos on our own personal website http://gaither.smugmug.com. I'm trying to organize them on the blog so you can clearly see when I post new videos and pictures. Uploading the videos directly to Blogger doesn't work because the picture is really blurry and YouTube is very public. Please stay tuned and have patience with a new blogger! ;)

House Hunters International

Over the past two days we've seen four houses. The first was a complete disaster. It took forever to get there. We crossed a bridge, a power plant and went through two tunnels. It seemed like we were traveling to a different time zone. We finally arrived....it was definitely not worth the trip. It was located in Mainz-Kastel, a town outside of Wiesbaden. It was a townhouse that was severely outdated and very un-kept. The yard was the size of a closet and the stairs were a major hazard for Savannah. We said thanks to Sylvester (the realtor) and prayed for better luck the next day. 

Wednesday we had Ingeborg Huber (our second realtor) show us a house. This house was located in Niedernhausen, opposite side of Wiesdbaden from Mainz-Kastel. About 20 minutes from Rocky's work and 10 minutes from downtown Wiesbaden. BEAUTIFUL HOME! It's brand new, not even done construction yet. It's a stand alone single home, uncommon here, a lot of houses here are duplex style homes. It was very modern, clean with tons of natural light and a gorgeous view of the rolling hills. The kitchen comes with the house (it's so beautiful too), rare in rented homes in Germany. The house is electric so we don't need to worry about gas. The neighborhood is very cute with lots of other young families. There is a butcher and a bakery within in walking distance. The backyard is kinda small but there is a huge field and walking/hiking trails for me to take Savannah and Lilly on walks all day long. The air was very fresh too, I loved it. There is a pool in the community. If it was up to me we would have signed on the house yesterday! :) However, I have a track record of always signing on the first apartment or house we view soooooo we are going to continue our search until we know for sure this is the house. There are a few cons about the house though, one being the stairwell. All four houses we've seen have had spiral stairwells where the steps were open. And if Savannah had somehow gotten past the baby gate to the steps she could curiously wiggle her tiny self through the steps. I don't know if this is possible but the sight of open stairs just makes me really nervous. Not sure if this spiral stairwell is common in German houses but it seems to be so far. Also the house is a tad small. It's about the same size of our house maybe a little bigger.

Ingeborg also showed us the outside of another house which we'll get to view the inside on Friday. We couldn't get an appointment on Wednesday. This house was a adorable and seemed a little bigger. However it was a detached house. We really like Ingeborg. She is very stylish and seems to know what's going on. She told us all of her houses are very nice and not listed on the main realtor website.  

The second two houses we saw yesterday were each with different realtors that we found on the main real estate website. One was a brand new duplex but had space issues. Nice backyard but way to many steps with a little one. The second house gave me the willies, BIG TIME! Just from the pictures Rocky showed me online, I didn't want to see this house because it scared me. My intuition was correct. This house was 150 years old (was originally a barn), and the people living there were a little strange too. It was creepishly (making up my own word, hehe) quiet in the house, it was dark and the layout was so bizarre. Once I learned it was a barn I understood. It felt like I couldn't get out of this house fast enough, I told Rocky I was going to have nightmares about it! The worst part about this house is that it had a basement that was the scariest thing I've ever seen. It was blocked off with a velvet curtain. Rocky wanted to see it, I said no way am I going down there! However reluctantly I followed Rocky down the steps because he was curious. It was dark and scary. There were round metal hooks hanging from the ceiling and it was so big I couldn't even see where this cellar ended. Rocky was investigating and in the middle of his investigation he accidentally turned out the light! Both the realtor and I got really scared and bolted for the steps. Later we learned this cellar was used to store meat, milk and butter because it gets cold down there. After seeing this cellar I backing out toward the door with ever step I took. Rocky kept wanting to make small talk with the current renters! I finally had to say, "okay thank you for letting us view the house"! Once out of the house, Rocky told me he didn't like it either and there was no way he would let us live there. Thank god! :)

Today is a new day and we are seeing another house at 3pm with Sylvester.

Right now my vote is still with the beautiful new house that Ingeborg showed us yesterday. I'll start taking pictures and posting. 

XOXO

Elizabeth 

Wake Up

Savannah waking up from her nap. Well I was napping with her but woke up a few minutes early...you can tell by my groggy voice.

The sun is shining :)

Halo! Today we are going to look at houses for the first time with our realtor, Sylvester. He is really nice and very helpful when learning about German life. Here realtors only show you houses that they have listed on the market. So if we want to see any other houses outside of Sylvester's Remax listings we have to contact the realtors ourselves. We have another realtor named Ingedor and she is going to show us houses tomorrow hopefully. I'll let you know how this excursion goes today!

Last night we went out to dinner and we classified it as a successful outing. Before dinner went to another baby shop, I think I'm obssesed with finding baby shops. I loved this one, and the owner was very helpful. She doesn't know it yet, but she is going to be my friend! We were in search of a new pram aka stroller here in Germany. The reason we need a new one is because our air shipment that we were supposed to get within a week of arriving was accidentally packed with our long-term frieght shipment and our City Select was on that! HUGE BUMMER! But the shipping company is compensating us so we can go buy what we need, very very nice of them.

We found a really nice pram (it's so fun to say that!). It's a Mountain Buggy at the price of about $525 EURO, which I guess is about $600 dollars. If we didn't already have a really nice pram (hehe) somewhere on a boat coming to Germany than maybe we'd consider. But we just need this stroller to have in the meantime. It's a jogging stroller and we don't have one of those so maybe we'll consider, but probably mostly like not. Jessica (shop owner) gave us some other advice on places around town and told me about some mommy groups so I'll investigate those when I get our car and my liences.

Dinner was yummy. The restaurant had an English menu. The hostess gave us a card when we walked in, it was a self serve kinda place. You give the card to the chef in the line, they swipe and then you pay at the end. The atmosphere was relaxed and the tables were really tall. Great place to have a girls lunch or girls dinner. We had been hesitant to try this place because it didn't look baby friendly because of the tall tables. Well they just have REALLY tall high chairs. Savannah enjoyed it.

The previous night we went to a German restaurant and that was really good too. We're starting to get our barrings. Everyday is an adventure and even though it's challenging I welcome each new day. We are all feeling better. The sun is shinning today and I couldn't be happier to see sunny skies. It's amazing what a little sunshine will do for you! :) I saw everyone is getting snow at home today. Enjoy and be safe. Love you!
xoxo

P.s. I tried to blow dry my hair today using my American blow dryer and it almost exploaded into a fire ball in my face. Lesson of the day - American 1875 watt blow dryers are too much for European outlets even with the converter! Now I'm stuck using the hotel blow dryer...until I find a new one.

Photos from the Weekend

Video of Savannah's Newest Face

The Farmers Market

Today we visited the Wiesbaden Farmers Market and we were in heaven! Well probably more so me than Rocky, but he did have a good time too. There were tons of farmers there with beautiful fresh vegetables, fruits, dairy, meat, cheese, olives and bread. Each farmer had their own specialty. For example there was an egg lady, the meat man, the produce farmers and even olive lady's! It was exquisite! If you come visit us, you will definitely be coming to the Farmers Market. I'd say it's more of family outing than just going to get your goodies. Everyone was very friendly and enjoying themselves. Well so we think. It seems that Saturday is the day to roam around town. There was a large band playing on the steps of the building in front of the market. That's actually how we found the Farmers Market. One lady was so nice, she had a 3 year old boy and she was trying to speak to me in German but sadly I couldn't understand her. She was smiling and pointing to her son and then Savannah. I just smiled and patted Savannah on the bottom. I was wearing Savannah in our Ergo carrier (thank you Laura!!). I was surprised that I didn't see anyone else wearing their baby. I did notice that most babies were in a bunting type of sleeping bag wrapped up in their stroller. Maybe I should invest in one of these bunting bags....

We got fresh eggs, olives, bread, and cheese. Since we just got fruits and vegetables from Real (kicking myself for that now) we didn't need that much at the market. The market is open is on Wednesday and Saturday and I plan to be there each day!

Rocky tried Bratwurst and loved it, I was too scared and not that hungry but next time I will.  After our experience we walked around the shops and really started to fall in love with the town. We found a really neat toy shop where we bought Savannah a few things and a precious baby boutique. There were tons and tons of other shops that we'll explore next time.

Elizabeth went to bed and I thought I would finish this post: 
During our outing we went into many baby stores and other things.  We basically were going into shops to keep Savannah warm.  Each store Elizabeth wanted to buy her something.  We got a few things but for the most part restrained ourselves.  I think when I'm not around we're in trouble....
We love it here so far and can't wait to explore even more.....

Savannah Rose

Just wanted post a little about my sweet Savannah Rose! She is really on the move and becoming quite fast. She can pull herself up to sofas, chairs and pretty much anything she can find. The hotel is a total hazard zone! :) I watch her like a hawk all day. The foam blocks help though. When she is in her crib she likes to stand and hold on to the rim and (slowly) walk around it. She'll even put one hand on each side and stand there with a look on her face like she is queen of the crib and it's her castle. It's hilarious!

Her top left tooth has appeared, so now she has two bottom teeth and one top one! Last night at dinner and when she woke up this morning she started this grinding thing with them. I googled and from what I've read this is normal and not to worry because it won't harm her or her teeth. Is this true???

Her hair is really coming in, it is so soft and fluffy. Maria-it does have waves!! ;) hehe In the morning Savannah has the cutest case of bedhead. It gets really frizzy and sticks up in all directions. I need to get a picture because it's so sweet.

She is now wearing 12 month sleepers, I can not believe they fit. It's amazing how tall she is. It's so funny! When I tell people she's 8 months old they say, "wow, she's really tall!" I'm excited to shop at the German baby stores. I need a German friend to help me find the all the cute boutiques!

Savannah is very vocal and babbles all day long to everyone around. She likes seeing other babies especially when the wave. She gets really excited and waves back. She still likes to mimic you when doing raspberries and making coughing sounds. Lilly is her best friend and surprisingly Lilly doesn't mind...as long as Savannah doesn't have any toys that make loud noises. Savannah will face plant herself on Lilly, tug her hair and even her tail and Lilly doesn't seem to mind. It's really adorable!

I'll post a few pictures and short videos of Savannah this weekend.

Love,
Elizabeth

Passed my Drivers Test today...I now have an International Drivers License....

Sleeping Beauties :)

One Week Down

Hi Everyone-Sorry it has been a few days since my last post. Since Monday we moved into a suite, experienced our first German doctors visit, got our German phone plan, and explored just a little bit more. I think we are adjusted to the time difference too.

The suite is really nice, much bigger than the 1 bedroom. Only problem is that we don’t have internet in our room yet, we should have it by this weekend. Since the hotel is only 3 weeks old everything is brand new and more importantly super clean. The floors in the room are tile because it’s a pet friendly hotel so today I bought rubber foam puzzle squares for Savannah to crawl around on the floor from Toys R Us, where we also learned you have to pay 1 EURO to use a shopping cart, very bizarre! Glad we found Toys R Us and these blocks because Savannah is enjoying the freedom to roam again. We have a little kitchen with a refrigerator, dishwasher and microwave. It’s nice to have this so we don’t have to eat out all the time.

Now let me tell you about my German doctor. Well let me back up. Wednesday I woke up realizing I had a sinus infection and major breastfeeding issues. Rocky had been up all night coughing. And Savannah had the same little cough. So that morning I knew my mission was to find a doctor for all of us. I had no clue where to start. I began by chatting it up with two ladies in the lobby of our hotel because I overheard them speaking about healthcare. They were somewhat helpful and also gave me a name to their realtor. Next I searched for the doctor on base but then later found out since I’m not yet registered in their system they won’t even talk to me especially since Rocky is a civilian and not actually military. With this little info and just a few doctors’ names, we left our hotel to first get a cell phone because we didn’t have a way to call anyone in Germany without paying a million dollars every time I use my American AT&T iPhone. Rocky got an iPhone 4G through T-Mobile. The largest provider in Germany. The plans here are less expensive too. For example, the monthly cost for one iPhone is $75 per month and that includes text and data. In the states it’s an average $100. We just got one phone. I plan to unlock my iPhone and then I’ll sign up with T-Mobile. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this please HELP!!! I have a 3GS and it’s updated to version 4.2 or whatever. I Googled a lot but not sure if this is something I should pay for or can I unlock it for free…

Back to the German doctor. Now when we were at the phone store on base we ran into a lady named Pam. Pam was a godsend on that Wednesday morning. Pam asked how it was going, I told her I had a sinus infection and she quickly sympathized and said the same thing happened to her when she got here 4 months ago. She is also a civilian and told me the doctors on base will not be helpful. She told us about Dr. Alexandar King about 5 minutes from our hotel in downtown Wiesbaden. We immediately left the phone store in the middle of getting the phone and went to Dr. King. His office was very clean and modern. It was located in a beautiful building surrounded by other historic beautiful buildings. Everyone was very nice and we got an appointment right away.  Since this was the first time we were completely immersed in the German culture I quickly learned how to ask how to say, “Do you speak English?” in German. I got over my fear and learned it was easy. Now that is the only thing I know how to say. Well I also know “Halo” meaning Hello. J

So back to the doctor again, sorry I keep getting side tracked! Dr. King is an internist so he was able to help and treat all of us (thanks Maria for that definition). From the minute he walked into the room I felt at ease. Dr. King looked like a polo model; he was German and spoke English; he was incredibly nice, funny and very supportive of breastfeeding. In fact, I think I left the office having a small crush on him, hehe! J Anywho he diagnosed me with a tiny sinus infection, but wouldn’t give me any drugs because “the baby doesn’t like drugs, not even Ibuprofen!” I said, “what, I’ve been popping Ibuprofen like it’s candy!” He said, “Breastfeeding women here don’t get any drugs unless they’re half dead.” Since I’m always nervous to take any medicine I agreed and told him I understood. The only thing he gave me was a mild medicine for all over pain that babies can take, and a pot thing that boils water with essential oils that I can inhale. He diagnosed Rocky with bronchitis and gave him medicine and said he must come back in one week if he doesn’t feel better. He looked at Savannah and said since she is happy with no fever or aches don’t take her to a doctor where germs are flying everywhere. Dr. King also referred me to the women doctors upstairs for my breastfeeding problems. I didn’t make an appointment because I talked to two lactation consultants at home and my sister. Turns out my lack of sleep, sinus infection and Savannah starting to sleep through the night all caused me to have reoccurring plugged milk ducts which was leading to mastitis. Last night I got good rest and have been taking vitamins especially for these problems and I think I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. THANK GOD!!!! And Rocky feels better too! ;)

Now for today….

When we explored today we were in search of the equivalent of Whole Foods. Someone told me a few days ago the equivalent of Whole Foods here is called Real (pronounced ‘ree-al’). We found it, and it’s actually the equivalent of Wal-Mart. In fact it used to be Wal-Mart but Germans didn’t like Wal-Mart so it turned into a Real. No biggie though we found a few things there and even got some organic produce.

Saturday we will be going to the Farmers Market in downtown Wiesbaden. I’m incredibly excited! If you know my love for Farmers Markets then you’ll understand my excitement! My only hope is that it’s as big as the Raleigh Farmers Market. And I think it is because I saw where it is located and it looks huge! This market is open on Saturday and Wednesday. I plan to make this a bi-weekly event! J

That’s all for now. Rocky has his international drivers license test tomorrow wish him luck!

Love,

Elizabeth

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentines Day! Here are few pictures from the day. All my photos are taken on my iphone because the movers packed the battery charger for my camera, soooo these photos aren't the best quality but they'll have to do for now. ;)

Today started off kinda crazy, by 9am both Savannah and I had been through 4 outfits!!!! She has this cough that kept making her spit up every time she nursed. I finally got her back down at 9:30 with a full tummy and she slept for 2 hours! She's happy as a clam with no fever and the cough has gone away. Hopefully she won't start to feel bad. Ohhhh how could I forget this major develop....her top left tooth has sprouted!!!!!!!! She's so funny and happy all the time. I thank god every day for my sweet little love bug.

Rocky's first day was today. He got home around 2:30 with lots more paperwork, ID badges and other admin things to do. His boss told him to look for a house the next few days and to not come in again until Thursday, yah!! Tonight we are tying out this mexican restaurant if it's not too crowded and then calling it a night. We get to switch to a suite tomorrow, thank gosh!!! I made one friend in the hotel, she has a 1 year old and she talked to me for about 20 mins about the drama with her baby's daddy, it made me realize my problems in life are very minimal!

Happy Valentine's Day!
xoxoxo
Elizabeth

Day 3 - Exploring the town

Today we really explored the town and visited the third Army base. Nothing too exciting at the third base, it was the air field one so it was just really big. After that we drove into downtown Wiesbaden, which is like 5 minutes from our hotel.

You may have seen my post earlier on parking, well after that it took another 15 minutes....so a total of 45 minutes to park! Yes, we could have pulled into a parking garage but Rocky thought we were going to get stuck in it. Soooo, I eventually fell asleep with Savannah and when Rocky said we had parked, I woke up and asked if we were even still in Germany.

Now that we parked, the real adventure began. We found a restaurant that looked really good so we go in....through the turning door (can't think of the real name) we go with our stroller, inching our way around through the door. It was funny but embarassing! Once in the restaurant we realize we're in over our heads and then go to McDonalds. While in line at McD's we realize this is silly let's embrace the culture and eat at the restaurant. So we head back, through the turning door..again...inch by inch around the door...still embarassing. Now that we're back at the restaurant we realize it's a dessert only restaurant soooo we decide to get a piece of pie and a valentines day cookie. By this point of the day it's 3pm and we hadn't eaten. When we left the restaurant we ate the cookie as we looked for another place to eat. That cookie everyone, was the BEST cookie I have ever had!!! It was a sugar cookie wrapped in chocolate I think. Later we figured out we paid $12 American dollars for that small cookie...but well worth it for sure.

We ended up eating at this restaurant that we thought was going to be good. Half way through Savannah was over it and so were we, the food wasn't that good and it was over priced.

A few things I wanted to mention about Germany.

Water is served with with gas or no gas....meaning sparkling or still water. It's funny to hear the waiter say "Gas or no Gas" hehe
Gratuitiy IS included in the check at restuarants, at dinner last night the waitress told us it wasn't but later we figured out that it was.
The streets in the city are small but the highways are like they are at home.

Savannah is now asleep and we are about to watch our featured film for the evening, The Social Network. We all are mostly well just a few sniffles and coughs from traveling I guess. Hopefully they will go away when we are fully adjusted to the time change.

LOVE YOU!
xoxo

Parking

Parking in Wiesbaden is tough, going on 30 minutes and still searching. Savannah gave up and decided to sleep.

We've Made It!

We've made it, all the way to Wiesbaden Germany! Now that we are 1/8th settled I can write a little about our travels and our first few days here.


Thursday (Travel Day) started out really hectic. Packing everything into just six suitcases was an issue especially since they had to be under 50lbs each. Rocky kept taking things out and I kept putting them back in behind him! How could I go to Germany without my flip flops, even though it's winter here, I insisted they MUST come (and they did, in a little pocket on the outside of my suitcase).

We arrived at Dulles airport with about 4 hours to spare before take off. Rocky's parents graciously took us in their van and my Mom came too. The first hour was spent checking in and trying to switch our tickets to first class. In the end that wasn't an option because Military tickets can not be upgraded.


Then we had to stand around waiting for an hour to board Lilly.  Once she got ready they had to scan her crate, and when doing that, it got stuck in the security scanning machine and it had to be taken apart.  That put us like an hour behind so we had security put us to the front of the TSA line where we took up about 20 bins.The people behind us probably hated us.

After that we got on the plane I saw our seats on the plane. Out of this huge plane our seats were in the very back with about 4 inches in front us. Not cool. We had a car seat, two carry ons, a stroller, and a diaper bag. Rocky was pouring sweat trying to get all this on the plane. Luckily the plane wasn't full so we were able to move seats to one where you could have a baby bassinet so Savannah could sleep.  Once there we thought we were settled and right before take off Savannah spit up all over me....like a lot! The airline was really nice and gave me a shirt from first class. I gladly accepted...although in tears I wasn't up there still! jk, our new seats were fine.

Once we landed we got our luggage and found Lilly. She was PERFECT, no accidents just really happy to see us. So we scooped her and headed to catch a van to the hotel. While Rocky when to get the van, I nursed Savannah and called the parents. Well after 30 minutes I realized he had been gone awhile and I started to get nervous. I was about to somehow alert police he was gone when he pulled up in the van. I told Rocky to never leave me again!!


We got to the hotel safe and sound. We are staying at the Wiesbaden Lodge on one of the Army bases here. It's brand new so it's nice. I got some sheets for the bed and fixed our little room up so it's cozy. We will hopefully be getting a suite sometime soon, the reservations got mixed up so right now we are in a 1 queen size room.

While Savannah and I slept at the hotel Rocky checked in with his company and got his rental car. We have a Ford Kougar, funny the German ones start with a K. Right after he picked it up, he backed up the car went forward into the car in front of him. Luckily no damage, but the reverse is funny over here, something that should have been mentioned to an American when renting a car.  

We went to dinner tonight at a German restaurant, it was good but the food was really salty. I liked the chicken noodle soup the best. After we put Savannah to bed we tried to watch a movie on my Mac but we can't download any movies because we're out of the US Region, so sad. Now we are downloading a the Social Network on iTunes, and it takes 5 hours to download....sooo that will be tomorrow night's movie.

Well that's all for now. I'm really sleepy so ignore misspellings and mistakes! :)
XOXO
Elizabeth