Those words are LONG...

Together, we speak a lot of English, some French, and some Spanish. Notice how German is NOT listed!

This past weekend, we traversed to Tubingen, Germany, which is in the southwest corner of the country. It was a perfect example of a quaint German town: timbered houses, a river flowing through it, coffee shops everywhere, a castle, bratwurst and schnitzel, and polka music...aka splendid! We took a paddle-boat ride down the river (Jody's amazing idea)! Saturday, we ventured downtown where there was a traditional German festival going on. There were people dressed up in the funniest clothes! They were there a LONG time...dancing. We ate (what we guess was) the German form of a hot-dog and watched from a picnic table. We did so much, but it was still really laid back.

What made it such a great weekend was the fact that we spent it with some of Danielle's family - whom Kely now considers his own. They showed us everything! We had a blast playing with the little girls, Izzy and Allie, too. They were sad to see us go; we were sad too. Uncle Jamie even took us up to the hospital to show us the lab where he does research. Both of us were extremely interested! Danielle found it thrilling, thinking about how one day she might have her own lab. Seeing it all made her ambitions more of a reality. For Kely, however, it just reassured him that he has NO IDEA what he wants to do with his life. Let us explain - Kely changes his major (in his head) weekly; he's interested in so many things that it's hard to dedicate to just one. Being in the medical atmosphere made aspirations of medical school resurface. Back to the point, Danielle was so grateful to have gotten to spend the weekend with loved ones.

Miss/Love you all.



P.S. You can never have too much coffee and ice cream.
P.S.S. Danielle bought those aforementioned shoes today = exciting!