a la compagne

I am definitely diggin being in the country. Last sunday I flew from Stuttgart to Paris then took a train Monday from Paris to a town just south of lyon with a nice little organic farm that has lots of good people, animals, fruit, vegetables, and beautiful scenery! I really wish I could post some pictures, but my pc is in Paris and well, itll just have to wait.

Germany was great! I didnt really go in with any expectations because really i just wanted to see my friends while experiencing another culture. I got to do much more than that I think. Steffi and I decided the first day that we were going to try to do as many free things as possible. those included: getting a free soda, one of the mawe (wall) museums, another exhibit on the holocost, getting a grand tour of the Reighstag (German Parliment), and hooking up with a pub crawl Friday night. I dug Steffis roomate Laura too who took me up to the roof of an abandoned warehouse one rainy day while steffi had to work to see the view of Berlin. We had some good life philisophy talks too. Steffis other friend Lena was the one who gave us the tour. she was working as an intern in the parliment and had access to places where normal tourists cant go. my favorite part was getting caught using the microphones (which had been left on) in one of the main political party rooms. i was just in my first line of the corus to billy jean when another group of people walked in. nobody cared, they just went on with whatever they were doing. I could go on and on about Berlin, but I cant handle this french keyboard, so just a bit about the rest of the trip so far and then more later.

Basically, I got to see not just Timo, but Hannes and Connie too, who I had also worked with in Oregon. They had just got back from Corvallis last month. I had so much fun hanging with them! They are just really good people. We bummed around Berlin another day then stayed with Hannes family in Liepsigh. After we went to Stuttgart and I stayed with Timo the rest of the time. Such a great place! Came back to Paris then hung out with steffi again because she was visiting her old family. Finally after getting to bed at 4, i had to catch at train at 7. Basically missed my train because I didnt hear my alarm obviously, but made it to the farm where I am happily picking plums, seeding lettuce, weeding, eating fresh bread and vegetables, and hanging with the dogs, cats, and chickens. More on that later. Cheers!