independence day, the first full day with everyone, was as fun as any we've had in the states. we woke up rather late, and after breakfast, went on the dime tour of the 
village ending up at the soccer fields. we started juggling, and after about 20 minutes, 5 middle school kids showed up and wanted to play us 5 on 5. we played them for about an hour, having a great time listening to them trying out a few of their english phrases. near the end, patrick showed up, and we played a bit more seriously at the end, beating the germans by two in the end. from the soccer fields we went to the badesee (also called the hawaiisee) and swam for a while. hungry and tired, we wanted a nice big lunch, so we decided to walk to the penny markt (halfway between flintsbach and brannenburg) to get all sorts of meats, cheeses and breads. naturally, though, it's sunday, and they're not open. needing to get something, we walked back into town to the one place that seems to always be open, we sit down there and a nice german lady comes up to us, asks us what we want to drink, and answers bruce's question with, "no, the kitchen's closed until 5:30 -- only drinks
." so, for lunch, the males had a stein of beer each ("lunch in liquid form," the german waitress said) and the females split a bag of skittles. a little drunk from drinking beer without eating, we decided to set forth on a short hike to petersburg kirche, stopping often along the way for some sips of water and/or jagrmeister. at the top, brent and benjamin had a beer (there's a small cafe up top), we came back down and went directly to restaurant we were at earlier, ordering a hu
ge meal of lamb, currywurst, schnitzle and beer. full, satisfied and loopy, we walked at dusk to the soccer fields, grabbing one more beer at patrick's before he closed up shop. we spent the last hours of the day juggling poorly, laughing americanly and shooting at each other in the dark of night. it's amazing we made it back to our rooms.
village ending up at the soccer fields. we started juggling, and after about 20 minutes, 5 middle school kids showed up and wanted to play us 5 on 5. we played them for about an hour, having a great time listening to them trying out a few of their english phrases. near the end, patrick showed up, and we played a bit more seriously at the end, beating the germans by two in the end. from the soccer fields we went to the badesee (also called the hawaiisee) and swam for a while. hungry and tired, we wanted a nice big lunch, so we decided to walk to the penny markt (halfway between flintsbach and brannenburg) to get all sorts of meats, cheeses and breads. naturally, though, it's sunday, and they're not open. needing to get something, we walked back into town to the one place that seems to always be open, we sit down there and a nice german lady comes up to us, asks us what we want to drink, and answers bruce's question with, "no, the kitchen's closed until 5:30 -- only drinks
." so, for lunch, the males had a stein of beer each ("lunch in liquid form," the german waitress said) and the females split a bag of skittles. a little drunk from drinking beer without eating, we decided to set forth on a short hike to petersburg kirche, stopping often along the way for some sips of water and/or jagrmeister. at the top, brent and benjamin had a beer (there's a small cafe up top), we came back down and went directly to restaurant we were at earlier, ordering a hu
ge meal of lamb, currywurst, schnitzle and beer. full, satisfied and loopy, we walked at dusk to the soccer fields, grabbing one more beer at patrick's before he closed up shop. we spent the last hours of the day juggling poorly, laughing americanly and shooting at each other in the dark of night. it's amazing we made it back to our rooms.
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