Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Arrival of the Girl from California

It felt like a whole day had passed when I finally arrived in Germany. Because of the time difference, I arrived at 5pm which made me feel like I had travelled for a whole day since I had left at 530pm the day before. I have to say that for as much as I hadn't slept - I was feeling pretty good. I could guess that most of it was the excitement of actually arriving in one piece and that I was seeing Kostas again for the first time in about 3 months. Let me state for the record that exiting the airport at Stuttgart felt like I was a mouse in a maze experiment. We went down these tunnels that were covered and it made it really easy to find baggage claim. I thought it was hysterical.
We leave the airport and we arrive at Kostas's sister's house for some dinner and chit chat.

I've arrived!!!


I wasnt sure how chit chatty I was going to be because I felt like I was going to crash at any minute because of the jet lag. I figured if I stayed up until 9pm or so - I should be able to adjust in one day...SHOULD. We hung out and talked until 9pm and then I decided to hit the sack. Might have been a great plan in theory but it didnt work in reality. I woke up around 1130pm and couldnt go back to sleep until 2am...then I woke up at 6am and waited for everyone else to get up. Let me say that its really weird when the sun doesnt come out until 8:00am or so because it feels like its night FOREVER. And on top of that, I didnt have a watch so I had to always go in search of a clock.


The next morning, Kostas was going to take me to meet his parents. They run a stand at one of the local farmer's market and I was excited to see some of the city since I had only seen it at night on the way in.





Here are his parents at the market:



And this is me...freezing my ass off and enjoying a nice cup of soup to warm myself up.


We hung out at the market with them for a bit and then headed back to Stella's to relax, eat, play with the baby, and get ready for our departure to Venice the next day.

On the way back to her place, I saw this clearing and insisted that we stop for some pictures.


Ok, I'll admit that it was more of a "I want to have a Sound of Music moment" but still!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love your "Sound of Music" moment! lol I'm so glad your had a fab time. =)
-Kelena

Anonymous said...

It was absolutely awesome, i was so thrilled to show her everything and i think Melissa loved it, europe is beautiful, the old world has still much to offer!!! i am glad you liked it !