Pictures

So I havent posted any pictures in my blog lately so I am adding some now. These are just random fun pictures. Mainly for Aunt Vicki who can't access my photo albums on facebook! Ha! This weekend we had bad weather. But it was relaxing to just stay at home and watch TV and stuff. Work makes me soo tired! Also check out my new Random album on the right!

Its soo pretty!

Sorry it has been a while since I have written. I have finished my first 3 weeks of my internship. Its going pretty well. Alot of paper work, but that is normal. I am usually very tired when I get home for having to concentrate all day to understand German. I think my German has all ready gotten better tho, and it should just keep improving. My hosts are still awesome. I have made friends with my neighbors too!

I went today and played Ultimate Frisbee with the team in Munich. Soo much fun. I always seem to forget how much I love playing this sport. We played for like 3 hours in shorts and t shirts and were sweating. Its like 70 degrees here. Amazing weather!! I almost forgot It was only Feb and I was still in Germany, because it feels like May at home...

Jimmy is coming to visit March 14-22nd. I am soo excited. We are going to visit Rome! It will be so much fun. How are you doing? Let me know, I would love to hear from you all!!

New Hosts, New Hause, New Job

So the past few days have been crazy. I moved on Friday. My new hosts Silke and Sigi are AMAZING!! Just a married couple in their 40s, and super nice. Completely awesome personality, and I think we are gonna get a long sooooo good the next 5 months. My room is huge and I have my own bathroom on the 3rd floor of the house. The only downside is they only have dail up internet. Thas right folks I am writing this blogg on dail up...

My new internship. It is good. I am a 'quality engineer' If u have worked a Chromalloy u will understand why this is funny.Yes everyday everbods speaks GERMAN all day long. But what is cool is my German is gonna get 100x better. Alot of their customers are American tho, ie GE, PW, Boeing, ect.. As a matter of fact GE is coming to do an audit on Friday and I am gonna be the main on talking to them since I speak English the best...Downside to work, Google is blocked. Almost the whole internet is blocked, so no checking email or goofing off at work... :(

I met our neighbors and they had kids my age and I am excited I get to hang out with them. I think the next 5 months are gonna be really good!

BTW sorry if I have typos or dont put of pics alot, its because I dont have my laptop and am on someone elses comp and trying to hurry.

let me know how your doing!!

New Address

So I am moving tomorrow and I am super excited! It is so much closer to the city and where I am gonna be working! Here is my new address incase you want to send me something snail mail:

Elizabeth Barrett
c/o Silke and Sigi Lochner
LohmeierWeg 13
81245 München
Germany

I start my internship on Monday! I am super excited!!

(s)He went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him(her) so...

Well, not really. I did go to Paris tho and I always think of that song when I hear Paris...

I spent Friday thru monday in Lille, France with my Friend from Saarbrücken. She goes to school there. Lille is about 45 mins above Paris, close to Brussels. We had so much fun. Her friends are so nice! We toured and hung out. Then I spent Monday in Paris before heading back to Munich. I only go to see the Effel Tower and Notre Dome, because of time. Paris was really dirty and not quite as exciting as I thought it would be. I would like to go back and go to the Louve if I get the chance.

Check out the new pics on the side!!

Mid Year

So I am back in Germany. Things are going really good. I just came back from Bonn/Cologne and our mid-year Seminar. It was really good. I enjoyed seeing all my friends I haven't seen in 4 months or more. It was also encouraging to hear everyone's experiences and to be reminded about the reasons I wanted to come here.

I toured Cologne and Bonn. It was awesome. We went to the Haus die Geschichte (house of History) in Bonn. It gave the history of Germany from the end of WWII up till the present. It was really interesting learning more about the Cold War and the effects it had on Germany. I also learned alot about the division between East and West Germany and the unification process. In Cologne we toured the Dome (its the 3rd largest Cathedral in the world) and went to the EL DE Haus (headquarters of the Gestapo for Cologne in the war). Again all is very interesting. I guess I am more like my dad than I like to admit when it comes to liking History :) Check out my new pics on the right hand side :)

I will find out next week exactly where I move next (still in Munich, just another house). I am really excited about my new internship! And I am going to visit my neighbor from Saarbrucken in Lilles/Paris France next weekend! Oh and I found out I can fly home from NYC July 17th after 4pm... So I'll be home that night sometime!

I also thinks it is really messed up that its pretty warm here and snowing right now in Alabama... not fair!! :)

Long time..

So it's been a while since I wrote. I went home for two weeks for Christmas/New Years. It was good despite having to stay in the hospital with Kevin over Christmas. I don't think I will ever take America for granted. It's funny how your view changes, even after only being gone 5 months. I am sure my view will still grow and change the next 6 months while I am still here.

The next few weeks are kinda laid back. Next week I go to Bonn/Cologne for a Seminar with about 1/3rd of the other ppplers. Then the week after that I mover to another housing situation. On Feb 4th I start my internship with MTU Aero Engines. Should be exciting! I will let everyone know when my address changes in the next couple of weeks!

Oh one more exciting thing happened over my Christmas break, I started dating Jimmy Rape. He is an awesome guy and as hard as the whole long distance thing is, we are gonna try to make it work. Skpe and web chatting are awesome!! Hopefully he will come visit me in Marchish sometime! Anyways the next 6months should be as exciting and intersting as the first were!!

Love you all! :)