arriba, abajo, al centro, pa dentro

Hi everyone! So I realized that it has been a while since I posted. People are moving (glad its so going so well Leah, rock those clothes!), Bianca has turned into a Mexican (you rock those clothes too, B – if only for a short time), Jen has turned 22 and also into a Mexican (keep up with the futbol!), and day has experienced the best birthday of his life (envy).

I’m going to get my first round of results today! So work is going great! Not to mention, the co-workers are amazing. I’ve gone to a few parties which were fun – but lacked in the dancing (and the O’Malley-ing) department. And with EuroCup we’ve pretty much been out every night! I had taken a break from travelling since the fun that was Zurich, learned my lessons, and then Mike and I took off to Triberg in the Black Forest.

We were expecting it to be a hiking, chill place with big mountains and a big waterfall. And it was definitely this. It was also kind of a tourist trap. I think anytime you walk around and you see the names of stores written in English (ex. ‘House of 1000 Clocks’), you know you’ve hit a tourist trap. Still, the scenery was great and there were indeed 3(tri – why not drei?) mountains (berg) surrounding it. There was a church with beautiful engravings called Maria en de Tanne, and we had a fun time quietly joking around via photography – it was empty don’t worry. Oh, and Black Forest Cake… SOOOOO good.

Lots of flirting going on here, but sadly, no results yet. But I had an amazing time flirting with this Ph.D. who is showing around the lecturer that is my new roommate for the next two weeks (#3). I tried speaking German with him, and then switched to Spanish on accident, and then English. And then we totally chatted in Spanish for ½ an hour. The other thing I love is that even if there’s nothing actually going on, I love the guys here. In general, they just dress soo much nicer, but without being metro or business like. Just right.

And this weekend I leave on vacation with my mom and aunt. Woot!!!