Tuesday was busy but good. I got to sleep in. HM, Two and I went to my Ausländersbehörde Termin. Basically, we had to go to the foreigners office with a bunch of paperwork to extend my visa. The whole appointment only lasted about 15 minutes. At one point, she asked for my height in centimeters, which I had no idea of, so she went and got a measuring stick and measured me right then and there. Even though I applied for a visa when I was in the US and also thought that meant I wouldn't have to do it again in Germany, my original visa only lasts until the beginning of November. I have to go back yet again on November 3 to pick up the extended visa. All the paperwork is very frustrating. Afterwards, I came home with a sick Levi. In the afternoon we went over to Maria's. The three of us went for a walk during which we collected chestnuts and went to a little aquarium shop down the street. A lot of the fish were the same as what we had on Kwaj in our fish tank. It was fun to relive such happy memories from my childhood. HD got home with One at the normal time and I had the rest of the day off. Earlier in the day HM had told me a number of things I needed to make sure happened in regards to Two. Since I wasn't going to be around that evening, I wrote them down for HD. One of the items was a treatment for Two's cough in the form of beeswax. The word for bee in German is "Biene," and the word for leg is "Beine." I'm sure you can assume which I wrote. When HD read the list he happened to have Two in his arms. He looked down at Two's legs and said, "Huh, I didn't think your legs were that hairy!" We all had a good laugh about it. As stated in an older post, I joined meetup.com. It's a website where people form groups based on common interests/locations and these groups plan things to do. I'm in the following groups: Discover Nürnberg, Nuremberg International Expat Hub, Nürnberg Outdoor Fitness Meetup, Nürnberg Drinking Meetup, Nürnberg German Learning Stammtisch, and Young People in Nürnberg. Despite having joined so many groups, there aren't that many activities planned and many of the ones planned are at times I can't go. Last night there was a meetup for the Stammtisch group, so I went. Despite there being 70 people in the group and the fact that 9 people were supposed to go, only 5 showed up, including myself. I was the youngest one there. There was a woman from Italy, aged 34, a woman from the Czech Republic, aged 30, a man from Spain, aged 25, and a man from Pakistan, aged 31. They were all very nice and most of their German was about on the same level as mine, some a little better and some a little worse, except the guy from Spain who couldn't speak much at all. The whole thing was a little awkward. When you put people together who basically only share one language (and none speak it natively), it's bound to be a little uncomfortable at the beginning. We did have a few good laughs. We also actually did some grammar. The woman from the Czech Republic is also the group organizer. She brought a worksheet for us to do. It was about separable and inseparable verb. Yep, we did grammar in a bar. Fun, eh? All in all, I'd go back again.
Wednesday I went into town and bought my very own Dirndl!! I had been wanting my own, particularly because the one M lent me is too big. M told me that I needed to bring one this weekend. That was the catalyst to go out and finally buy my own. If I get a photo of me wearing it this weekend, I'll be sure to post it. HM got home with the kids at the usual time, dropped One off with me, and then left with Two for swim lessons. It was a fairly uneventful evening.
Thursday I got up, went for a run, and then went into the city to run some errands. I came home about the same time that HM got back with the kids. The four of us went over to M's for a bit. After dinner, HM went to her dance class and I was left putting both kids to bed. It went surprisingly better than I expected. It was also a test run to be able to do it more in the future, as HD is usually away on business for a couple of days during the week.
Here are some photos from Monday:
Albrecht Dürer House
Nürnberg Castle
Nürnberg Castle
Nürnberg Castle Gardens
Nürnberg Castle Gardens
Just a cool street with neat architecture






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