Happy Easter to everyone! We're currently in the land of people who know how to truly do it up right. The entire country pretty much shuts down Friday through Monday for holiday. Because of our ignorance to this, we have spent our fair share of time at bus stations waiting for buses that never show up (I guess EVERYONE gets the days off). Luckily, nature is always awaiting and our adventures have led us to enjoy the beautiful scenery surrounding our home in Weil im Schönbuch (a town in the county of Böblingen, outside of Stuttgart). I highly recommend people type the town into GoogleEarth to get an idea of what we're dealing with. It's absolutely beautiful! The towns are so cute here. Picture shades of green and brown patchwork broken up with small little doll-house-looking villages. The homes have A-frame roofs with terracotta or brown colored tiles, stucco exteriors with dark brown wood planks outlining the windows and creating the stereotypical German looking cottage. (Interestingly, these cottages have a huge amount of solar panels. We're talking serious amounts of energy.) It's amazing!
Monday M and I might walk to one of the neighboring villages and check out a Ritter Sport chocolate factory. In case anyone is wanting the food update: we have now moved to a craving of Cream of Wheat and Ovaltine. Yup, who would've thought after mowing down Cadbury chocolates, then bread and reds, then Hefe Weizen (by the way, it looks like our fest adventure has cured us of that)? We figure we're going through phases during our stay in almost every country. The fact we can say this is very cool!
-Justin
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