So Germany is definitely the land of festivals. People love celebrating, drinking, and partying when they have reason to do so. Germans are very good at separating their personal and professional life and living in the moment. When it is appropriate to party, they party hard. Saturday evening around 9 pm, a group of 12 of us went out for live music during the Polar Nacht music festival. There were 18 bands playing in 17 music venues, which were restaurants and bars in Boeblingen. We made it to hear 3 bands before people started heading home around midnight.
They had a huge variety of musicians and styles, everything ranging from djs, cover bands, original musicians, large bands, solo musicians, rock, pop, jazz, blues, etc. The venues were also absolutely packed with people and a slightly older crowd than we are used to in the US. The average age of Germans is 44 making Germany the second oldest country in the world, after Japan. But regardless of age, people like to drink and sing to classic hits in English and the handful of popular songs in German. Ryan and I were out until 1 am and between the four German beers and one shot of Polish vodka that I consumed I was done for the night. Sadly my days of drinking like a college student are over and I swear there is extra alcohol in German hefeweizen.
Sunday was a nice relaxing day of leftovers and chatting with family. Although the sun was out it was quite cold as I walked to the train in the early afternoon for Ladies Night at another couples apartment. Four of the five of us ladies got together for wine, cookie baking and a movie. From a social perspective, Ryan and I do a lot with the American trainees here.
Fun German Fact of the Day: Germans pretty much never eat with their hands and they hold silverware differently. Finger food does not exist and even pizza is consumed with knife and fork. The fork remains in the left hand and the knife in the right to cut and push each bite on the fork. When pausing between bites the fork and knife rest of the edge of the plate at 7 and 4 respectively. Unfortunately for me, Germans consider it improper to cut their food and then use the fork in the right hand.
Well now it is Monday and much to my disappointment, I woke up to find snow on the ground at 5 this morning. Here is a view of the street from the apartment where I watch Ladell in Stuttgart. Ladell will be 6 months old on April 13th and was particularly sleepy this morning. He has already napped over an hour today but not in his crib because he doesn't like his crib for naps. What a stinker!
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