I actually got to sleep in today...well, if you want to call it that, I slept till about 7 am. I haven't gotten to do that in a long while. Seems once I accepted the DOD job I started waking up at 5:30 - 6 am (heaven knows why since I am not a morning person). I think this is the first time since then that I slept so late...who knows maybe tomorrow I will sleep in till 7:30 am LOL Anyway, I woke up seemed to waste a bunch of hours looking for things in my baggage (no, I have no unpacked it all just yet). Finally, decided I would go over to the school to get some things done for next week.
The funny thing is in order to get from Kapaun (where I am staying) to Vogelweh you have to either drive over (going through the gates) or if you are walking you have to cross this bridge from one side to the other. The problem was that I was not sure exactly where the bridge was. So, I ended up strolling through the schools that are on this side and still wasn't sure where it was, so luckily, I came upon these two kids who were goofing around by the school and they showed me where the bridge was. I don't care what anyone says, sometimes it's a Godsend to find some kids goofing around.
I got to the school (my school) in time for the rain to start; it was kind of nice to sit at my desk, working, listening to the rain. I actually got a lot of work done (although not all of it) in time to think about coming back to my room...it was important to get back in time for my scheduled Skype time with Heather and the boys. Like I said, I had thought perhaps I might get lucky and get to Skype with little man Jake and Nikki too, but perhaps another time soon. My sponsor went to the school too, so thank goodness she gave me a ride back to my room as it was still raining.
Deb, my sponsor, brought me the community magazine...it has a list of the USO tours for the next month. It will be kind of difficult to figure out which are the better choices...so many sound so good, but they are scheduled on the same days. They have one coming up soon as a little trip to Alsace for wine tasting...I am thinking that one sounds good. Then there is one going to Paris for a dinner cruise. Then there are the castle tours, the festivals, the tour of the Black Forrest area...so many to choose from. Somewhere in all of this, I need to get a car and find a place to live...so much to do.
So not much exciting to post for today, but I did take a few pictures along my walk to the school. It really is pretty around here, and the pictures don't do it justice, but thought I would share a few.
I just thought this tree looked cool.
The bridge from Kapaun to Vogelweh.
This is the street that the bridge crosses.
Ok, so this picture may not make sense to you, but basically this is like a runoff area. Rather than just having a rush of water (its behind the one of the playground areas) it is broken up into "steps"...if you look closely, its all bricked...as are the sidewalks...very cool.
These next pictures are just part of the 10 acres that the school sits on.
As an update, after many hours of trying, I did finally get to talk with Nikki and my little man Jake, so I did get to tell him Happy Birthday. Besides that, I thought, while talking to them about doing a screen shot...wish I had thought of that earlier in the day when I was talking with Heather and the boys...but now I know for future reference...so I got a picture of Jake on his birthday :)
Man I love my boys...now I just have to find a way to talk with Jack (miss that little guy...miss the others too but I get to at least Skype with them sometimes). I am blessed to have such wonderful grands...wouldn't trade them for the world. :)
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