time flies by...

Well I've been here a second whole week now, and it's flown by. We went to Marksburg this past Friday which was a lot of fun. The Burg (fort/castle) was cool to see, it's the oldest origonal castle in Rheinland because it was never destroyed in bombing so the entire building is exactly as it was when it was built. After that trip we went to a Vineyard nearby called Mayschoss. This is apparently the largest vineyard in Germany, and while they're most famous for their white wines, they actually produce more red wine than anything else. Interesting. After seven or so glasses of wine, life was good haha. The wine wasn't all great, but we bought a bottle of the Mayschosser Riesling Spaetlese which was the first and best wine of the evening. Florian, a French guy in my class guided me through my first real wine tasting, instructing me on exactly how I was to swich my glass, sniff, taste, and either drink or toss out the rest of my wine glass, and which foods to eat with which wine. It was a lot of fun.

Last night I went to Cologne for dinner and hang around in the downtown Altstadt. It was a lot of fun, although sadly sleep was a mutually exclusive option. And I forgot to bring my camera! I'm bad at that I know.

I managed to get my laundry done today and do a little more exploring in my neighborhood here. This evening I think I'm headed in the city to watch a couple of American football games with some of the other exchange students and a couple of German students. We watched soccer games with them yesterday afternoon so fair's fair! haha. All is going well otherwise. I will try to keep you all better updated. Check out my pictures from Marksburg in the links to the right. Much love to all!