Today was yet a beautiful day in this picture perfect village. The sun was out bright and early this morning, And so were we! I started with an early morning run with Mrs. Schalow in the WaldBierGarten, in Liblar. Most of the morning & early afternoon was spent in the backyard with the family. I did various things, like tanning, reading under the sun, playing beach ball, even swimming! All in the backyard! The family just enjoys spending time in one ano...

Day 2 complete! It's crazy that I really only have 7 days left in Germany. I must make the most of my stay. They take such good care of me, I couldn't ask for a better host family than the Schalows. Today was a chill day. I spent most of the afternoon out in the backyard playing Phase 10 with Johanna, Thea & Melina. I won! Which was very surprising, but exciting. (: We made drinks called Hugo, with fresh peppermint leaves from the garden! Precious, huh? ...

My first day back in the big EU! I truly love it here. The worlds such a beautiful place, even at its worst I wouldnt want to live any other day in age anywhere else in the galaxy. So this is pretty much the wrap up for the day. After an over night flight to München which was supposed to connect to Köln in less than an hour, I got the lovely news that the United Airline flight attendants decided to go on strike! Cool. Hah! So while stranded in a foreign co...