My life is a TV show

Well Guten Morgen once again! I'm now in my final week of my stay in Germany and as much fun as I've been having, I'm ready to head back to the U.S. It's amazing how much you start missing things like not being forced to go out to eat and actually being able to pick out an outfit from more then just what's in your suitcase. Not to mention being able to watch something other then music television.

This weekend we went to Stasbourg (which is in France) where more then once I accidentally said "Danke" instead of "Merci" b/c I forgot that we had switched sides. Luckily people know what they both mean. In Strasbourg we just walked around and enjoyed the sites. There was a Christmas market there too so we went exploring through that. There is a famous cathedral there as well so we decided to climb up the 329 steps to get to the top so we could take pictures from there. That was probably a mistake since my legs are still sore!


Before I left for Stasbourg, I had breakfast in the hotel. Every weekday morning when I go down for breakfast I notice that they have all these bottles of champagne sitting out as an option for a drink for breakfast. I always pass on this option since I'm not sure how much my co-workers would apprecate it. However, Saturday was my day off so I decided to indulge. Apparently it's not champagne, it's something called sekt which is similar but prepared slightly differently. Regardless, I enjoyed having a mimosa with breakfast.

Today our reviewer has arrived. He is in charge of reviewing our work for the second time. Up until today I'd only heard his voice over the phone and I knew he sounded familiar but I just couldn't place it. When he arrived today, I was like "Oooooh, he's Robert from Everybody Loves Raymond". He seriously looks JUST like him. He's even tall! And I'm not sure if I mentioned before that my first level reviewer looks just like Billy Crystal. I'm pretty sure you have to resemble someone famous to be in auditing. I wonder who they think I look like!

Satuday night we went to a fellow Dow employees birthday party. Once thing that I have noticed here time and time again is that the sweets here are made with about half as much sugar as they use in the U.S. The homemade cake at this party looked good enough but upon taking a small bite (as I am weary of all desserts here) my suspicions were confirmed--not enough sugar. And it was dry. So I did what anyone in my situation would do...i waited until everyone else finished and then offered to throw the plates away along with my uneaten piece of cake. Other then that, the birthday party was quite enjoyable and I'm glad I got to go.

Well, seeing as I only have 3 days left in Germany, I must get back to work!

Happy Monday!!