http://jensenconnection.com/greg Adventures in Germany Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:31:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although the trip has been enjoyable, we are all getting excited to head back to Maryland.  Micah we singing a self-composed song this morning, "Only one more sunday until we go home."  He has been mourning the loss of his god buddy Josh.  Frankly, I miss the company of other ... http://jensenconnection.com/greg/?p=24 Sunday came after a long day of walking and long bus rides.  Both of us were ready to get a car, but of course we decided against it, again.  Greg headed into work and ended up helping out more patients then he originally intended.  There was a big group of soldiers ... http://jensenconnection.com/greg/?p=23 On Saturday we decided to head to Ramstein Air Force base.  I was interested in looking at a German Christmas shop there and heard there was some good shopping.  Greg rode his bike to work and helped out a few patients, while I got the kids ready.  The military has ... http://jensenconnection.com/greg/?p=22 Learning to say "Milk" Greg:  "mmm"  Sadie: "mmm" Greg: "il"  Sadie: "il" Greg: "k"  Sadie: "k" Greg: "milk"  Sadie:  "wok"   http://jensenconnection.com/greg/?p=21 Finally we can enjoy the weather.  For the last few days we have been in doors avoiding the wet cold weather.  Needless to say that it has been pretty boring.  We have watched a lot of TV, listened to books on tape, and I started reading a German Novel I ... http://jensenconnection.com/greg/?p=20 After pushing it on friday and wearing ourselves out, we decided to stay at home for saturday.  We needed to clean our place, do the laundary, get groceries and yes warmer clothes for our kids.  The kids also needed naps, after skipping naps over the last couple of weeks.  Everything ... http://jensenconnection.com/greg/?p=19 Greg got friday off so we headed out to the famous town of Heidelberg.  It loooked a little cloudy, but we decided to brave it and crossed our fingers that it wouldn't rain.  We made it to the 9:40 train and it took about an hour and a half to ... http://jensenconnection.com/greg/?p=18 So we spend a lot of time watching TV, in the evenings when the kids go to bed.  It has been fun getting to the know the German TV culture.  They have a lot of the same types of shows as we do, their own versions of reality shows like ... http://jensenconnection.com/greg/?p=17 So after a week of trying, we finally made it to the American Library on post.  We have been trying to get here all week, but because ofseveral unfortunate circumstances, we didn't make it.  The first time, I locked us out of our apartment, and spent the day trying to ... http://jensenconnection.com/greg/?p=16 We finally made it to the castle that overlooks the city of Landstuhl.  It is called Burg Nanstein and was built in 1160.  A famous knight lived there in the 1500s, when it got destroyed.  It was rebuilt during the Renaisance Era.  We have some pictures to upload, which a great ... http://jensenconnection.com/greg/?p=15