...always amazes me! A friend of the people whose upstairs I'm renting was cleaning out their rain gutters yesterday, and today he was back and offered to take me to the Altstadtfest in Saarbrücken. We had Kuchen und Kaffee at the Catholic Church, Basilika Sankt Johann, and then we walked along the Saar where he was telling me all of the names of the trees. I wish I would have had a notebook and camera with me! Anyway it was kind of funny because right now in my hometown they have the Strawberry Festival going on and the churches usually have their little tents set up where you can buy strawberry shortcake and other good treats. Today was very much like being at home, except I fortunately didn't have to deal with all of the little middle school kids pushing their way through the crowds to get to the carnival rides.
Another little thing I discovered was that if you order a package in Germany and you're not at home to get it, they will leave it at the neighbor's house! I've never had that happen in the USA - we would always have to drive out to FedEx or UPS at the airport or to the post office in our town to pick up a missed delivery. Nothing too exciting in the packages - just a couple of German books for my thesis work and a GRE test prep book. I just made myself sound like the most boring person in the world; to counter that, I present... photos from Paris! Disclaimer: I am not and I do not claim to be a photographer; furthermore, I am discovering that my camera is not a fan of situations where there isn't a great deal of light. Please enjoy the pictures despite these two factors, and know that I have great memories of Paris beyond these photos.
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