I had a nice letter all written out to you and then the computer browser crashed. It's already almost 10:00 PM here so please forgive me because this second letter isn't as nice as the first one.
Today I hung out while Jamie packed up things for the move. I haven't told you yet but it's much more common for people to live in apartments in this region of Germany than houses partially due to cost and mostly due to space. The two southern-most states of Germany are called Baden-Württemberg and Bayern. Together they are slightly smaller than Kansas but have 25 Million inhabitants as opposed to the 2.5 million in Kansas (at least according to what Jamie told me). I was truly fascinated. We talked while she worked and I used the time to also think about things in the region I want to see. I'm making a list of places I want to go during my visit.
Today about 3:00 PM - Andy's aunt and uncle came and picked us up and we went to a high design furniture house called Schweigert so they could look at kitchens. After that we went and visited the new apartment in Schopfheim so they could see it. I will post some pictures here so you can see it too. One of the pictures is of a canal which runs right in front of the apartment. These canals run all over the city and are created by water being diverted into them from the Wiese (the river we talked about yesterday). The last picture is of the kitchen which is still not quite finished yet: at least this picture will give you a sort of idea.
For dinner we went to a restaurant called Ott's Leopoldhöhe in Weil am Rhein. They have really great food. Here is their web address if you want to take a look: http://www.ottshotel.de/.
Tomorrow Jamie and I are meeting a couple of her friends in the city of Lörrach (pronounced Lur-uh). We're not sure yet what we'll be doing but I'll be sure to take more pictures.
I hope you had a good day at school and I'll talk to you again tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Stanley
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