Shelby already summarized our weekend pretty accurately, so I won't do another recap here.
I will say, though, that I was pretty pleased with myself for ordering items from the women at the cheese and bakery counters correctly and without incident. This wouldn't have happened four years ago, mostly because my total phobia about dealing with people in German would've stopped me from even coming near that counter. When David Sedaris wrote about his experiences living in France and learning French, I really knew what he meant about reaching the point where you wish that you could buy meat from vending machines.
But now my German has improved beyond the point where navigating the day-to-day is a problem. Besides, now I've got a family depending on me; I'd just have to imagine Scout's face if she were to find herself deprived of meat and cheese for the next six months ...
Posted by Kevin at February 16, 2004 11:03 AM