When In Rome...

Jimmy and I went to Rome Tuesday -Friday. It was pretty amazing. We saw all the main sights even in such a short amount of time. (Collisuem, Forums, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Pantheon, Vatican ect...) We were walking and I turned and saw my first sight of the Collisuem and literally stoped in the middle of my sentence. I was so amazed. Everything we saw was so big. We only paid for tours of the Collisuem and the Vatican. Everything else we just kinda saw and read for our selves. There is so much history there is it so cool to learn about it all. I think we did pretty good traveling together, despite the fact that Jimmy is scared of flying...ha! It is kinda surreal to think we really went there!

We took over 1000 pics while he was here, so many! I have added some to online albums on the right hand side. Check them out!

Jimmy's Visit

So last week Jimmy came and visited me. We had so much fun. The first day he was here we toured downtown Munich (Marienplatz area). We went up Alte Peter for a great view, visited the Frauen Kirche, and took pictures in front of the Rathaus (town hall). We went home and had dinner with my hosts and just hung out because he was so tired from jet lag. Saturday was a pretty day so we went to the English Garden and walked around and got Ice Cream. That night we meet up with other pplers at Hofbraühas.

Sunday we went to Dachau (the Concentration camp). And Wow It was an experience. It was huge and to see all that history, and the memorals and stuff. At the cerematory u can still smell the burned body smell. It gave me chills and i did tear up at some point...

Monday we went to Neuschwanstein, the Castle Walt Disney modeled Cinderalla's Castle after. It was Georgous. It was built by King Ludwig II. It was raining when we first got there, We went thru his parents castle first and then Neuschwanstein. When we came out it had begun snowing! It was just like a fairy tale!

Tuesday Through Friday we were in Rome. The next entry will be about that trip! The last night he was here we went to Hard Rock Cafe and ate dinner. It was so much fun! He left Saturday morning :(

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!!