snow!

If the architecture looks a little too old and the weather too cold to be Berkeley, that's because it's not...it's Germany!
That's right, I made it here safe and sound, after about 13 hours in airplanes and another 5 in airports, I arrived in Stuttgart Thursday morning, which was actually around midnight California time.
Eva and Jasmin met me at the airport, and we took a bus home to Tübingen. Thankfully, they live just a few minutes from the bus stop, so we made it back to their new apartment with only a bit of trouble (dragging suitcases across cobblestones) Also, thankfully, I discovered that my ATM card does in fact work here, so my worries about getting euros are taken care of.
And, perhaps most exciting, there is snow here!
It's the first snow I've seen in well over a year, and the scene above is what I woke up to this morning.
Yesterday we had a tour of Tübingen and the Stift (which is hard to explain, but it's like where the theology students live and study and have some classes there-it's a big old building, dedicated to it's current use at the time of the Reformation).
Today, we will have another easy day, visiting the yarn stores and knitting and tonight, we will eat at the Schnitzelakademie!

Comments

[Annalee]

Hi,
What fun to know you're in Tubingen. I visited by high school German teacher there in 1970. I can't tell you about the rowdy party she threw for me and Kristine and other Fullbright students she knew. Lynn was wondering if you're going to see MacKenzie. She's off this week before starting her new job.
Hope you got your birthday money.
Annalee

[chnacat]

i'm glad you made it safely. love to e & j!

[Sisterknits]

I suppose I should be used to the feeling after 22 years but...I am so jealous!

I hope Eva and Jasmin help you pick out a good present for me. The scarf from London is my favorite, so they have a lot to live up to!

Say "hi" to MacKenzie for me and give her a BIG elinor style hug!

[celeste]

gorgeous photo!
so glad you made it safely.
cobblestones! i long to live someplace with cobblestones in the streets....oh, wait, maybe the dream is pebbled shower floor. no, it's both.
hey e & j!

[Cordelia's Mother]

Celeste, there are cobblestones in the streets in Portland, ME. Not everywhere but some parts.
I'm glad to know Cordelia is safe in Germany and about to eat Schnitzel! Ah, Jägerschnitzel, Zigeunerschnitzel, Wienerschnitzel, Schnitzel auf Holsteiner Art -- and so many more -- which will she choose?

[jasmin]

Hello to Cordilia's Mother!
I ordered a Wiener Schnitzel for Cordelia and she liked it a lot. But what is a Schnitzel auf Holsteiner Art? I never heard of it.

[Cordelia's Mother]

Jasmin,
Schnitzel auf Holsteiner Art or Holsteiner Schnitzel is a Wienerschnitzel on top of which are placed a fried egg (Spiegelei?), anchovies, capers, and lemon slices. I don't think Cordelia would like it nearly as much as the plain one. She might like Jägerschnitzel though, as she likes mushrooms.