It’s always hard not being able to communicate as well as you’d like. I felt particularly frustrated with my complete lack of knowledge of German. The sounds were so hard for my ear to hear. I felt like I was able to learn quite a bit of Spanish last year in Guatemala and I guess I expected I’d figure out how to say a few things in German while we were visiting.
One thing that did help, though, was playing dice poker with the family our last night there. Dice poker is also known as Yahtzee. Anyway, we learned the numbers through six and a few more besides. I guess that’s a good start!
The cheesecake was amazing! It was very, very light with a unique tangy zest. And not too sweet, a common problem with cakes. I’ve never had anything quite like it. But I did eat quite a few pieces!
This picture is from downtown Albstadt. Hee hee!
Oh, I have one more anecdote from Germany. On the way to Meersburg, we passed a couple cars that had been involved in an accident. It didn’t look to serious, just a dented bumper. One of the men, though, was out on the street cleaning up the broken bits of car with a push broom. It struck us as interesting that someone would think to clean up the plastic bits after the accident. But it was even more interesting that someone would have a push broom in the car at all. I wonder if that is any insight into the German psyche?
Well, we’re back in England. I’ve got a few more current things I’ve been thinking of posting. Mayhap tomorrow.
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