I'm sitting in the living room of the family Andy knows in Germany right now. They're a really nice family and have welcomed me into their home knowing next to nothing about me which just goes to show their generosity!
Fortunately they make up for me not knowing a single word of German. I can count to four, ask if someone can speak German, say yes, no, please and thank you.. that's it... Everyone in the family is almost totally fluent in English so I'm safe on that front!
Kolja (17) and his older brother Tim (22) are taking me into Münster today to have a look around. We're riding bikes into the city as, apparently, Münster is the bike capital of Germany. I'm told there are nearly as many bikes in Münster as there are cars. That could mean there are an awfully large number of bicycles or just not many cars... I think it's probably the former though.
As a total sidetrack, Gotye has just started playing on the radio and The Phoenix Foundation was on before. Interesting hearing NZ and Australian music on the other side of the world.
I haven't experienced any German traditions yet but I'm sure Kolja and Tim will enlighten me today. I've been told about Currywurst (Curry Sausage) and that I have to try it. I'll let you know how that gets on, but apparently Andy loved the stuff when he was here, and everyone else is quite fond of it too...
Seb is visiting on Wednesday - the first time I would have seen him in nearly a year so I'm looking forward to that. Hopefully he'll still be full of his slightly inappropriate double entendres!
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