Welcome to Deutschland: Passing the time

We've been here for a few weeks and with no car or household goods we have been finding ways to pass the time. We have no cable because you can only get Armed Forces Network here. I watched some in the hotel and the shows seemed to be a season or two behind. Plus, I'm sure we will end up only watching kid shows and cartoons. The library here has over 6,000 DVD's so we are going to check those out, wait until we've watched them all, then decide if we want to invest in cable.

Maddox watches Baby Einstein, Finding Nemo, and Elmo's World several times a day (I tried to put in Monsters Inc so we could watch something I like, but it scared him. It will be a while before we get to watch that one again...rats). I've been watching seasons of the West Wing and Desperate Housewives on the laptop to save my sanity while feeding Carson 7 times a day. He's still waking up twice a night to eat, 2am and 5am, almost like clockwork. When Ben gets home we usually have dinner, drink some german beer - KrystalWeisen is my favorite - and play some cribbage. We also make some time to study for the dreaded drivers test. Driving is serious business here in Germany...although many of the german drivers don't even follow their own rules.

Ben losing in Cribbage for the first time.

Me, winning for the first time (I kicked his butt with a 24 point first hand).

Our first meal from a vendor in Germany: Yufka and Pommes Frites. I think the Yufka is Greek and the Pommes Frites are thick french fries with a special seasoning (the best french fries I have ever had.) The vendor hooked us in by giving Maddox a free bag of fries, so that means we have to go back again.

Maddox entertaining himself by wearing my boots around the house (of course we have a messy floor. Things get picked up after bedtime, we clean the floor, and the place is trashed again 10 minutes after wake up....and only a quarter of his toys are even here right now!)