Munich is experiencing true summer weather. It is fantastic to be in a comfy skirt without goosebumps. But we didn’t sleep very well and now I’m grumpy. This is what happens the night a vacation ends. We should have also opened all the windows in our flat but we forgot. Now a wind fest is blowing through our apartment today, something I could have used last night to move the air a bit.
I’m happy to report that I am granted two more years in Germany! Alex gave his commitment to ’sponsoring’ me through good times and bad. And I promised to be a good student and Hausladyfriend. Not bad for 30 Euros and 15 minutes of our time.
Last Tuesday we hiked a mountain called Wank, which has a gorgeous view of the Zugspitze. It is accessible by public transportation but takes about 2 hours with the BOB plus (two?) buses to get there from Munich. We ended up renting a car for 26 Euros for the day with interrent.com, saving us about 2 hours in travel time. This was a great choice for us. Although the price of the car was cheaper than the cost of public transit, we payed about 25 Euros for fuel. Hopefully we’ll sucker some friends to come along next time.
We headed to Letmathe by train Wednesday to renew my visa and drink schnapps to Oma Karola’s 88th Birthday. I carefully packed with us a homemade, sinfully dark chocolate cake to celebrate the occasion. It was my best so far. Whew.
Normally, it’s rainy and cold in Letmathe when I’m there. But this time for the most part it was warm and the clouds weren’t enough to make the sun go away. We had a family reunion of sorts in the garden and enjoyed swinging are arms around to make bubbles and playing with the garden sprinkler with Alex’s nephew.
I’m also very happy that the hiking and the two times I’ve played Ultimate Frisbee so far haven’t caused any noticeable stress in my knee. I’m still being cautious, taking breaks when I notice my muscles are fatigued, but really and truly impressed that the ACL surgery was a great decision and I’m back, more or less, to my old active self again. And yesterday, I didn’t receive a single bug bite in the Englischer Garten. Hooray.
