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A Day in Our Life
This is a project for a swap on Swap-bot, but I thought I'd post it here in my nearly defunct blog, on the off chance that someone still reads this thing :) We were asked to photojournal a day in our lives, so here's what our days more or less look like here in Germany!
0700 - Wake up time! We get dressed in nice, warm clothes, and get ready to take Joseph to the bus stop for school!
It is cold and rainy here in the winter, so coats are a must, even when you don't really want to wear them :)
0730 - Time for breakfast! We head over to the bakery in our village for some warm bread. The bakery is right down the street from the bus stop, so it is quite convenient on busy mornings. As you can see, it is still very dark outside. In the winter, we'll only have sun in the middle of the day, so it is dark when Joseph leaves for school, and dark again when he comes home!
Joseph and Ella are very good at paying with Euros. That is what we use here instead of Dollars. One Euro is about $0.70 USD on a good day. See that crescent thing by Joseph's elbow? That's the German version of a croissant. It is less flaky and less buttery, and more like plain German bread.
Showing off our breakfast bags!
We eat our pastries in the car, because it is very cold outside! Today, it was about 35'F and drizzling all morning. 
0800 - The bus is here! Kids in Germany don't ride yellow school buses, they ride big touring buses that are all different colors. Joseph especially likes the blue bus, because it has rainbow seats. 
0830 - Ella helps me make a shopping list, because we really, really need to get some groceries today! I try to write my lists in sections that match the sections of our grocery store. It makes sense to me, but seems to confuse everyone else :)
0900 - We get to drive on the Autobahn here, which is a very well made road that is super smooth, so you can drive very, very fast. This is my speedometer in the slow lane, going about 130k/ or 80m/ph. There were Mercedes and Audis in the fast lane that were flying past me - they can get up to 120mph on these roads!
1000 - I had a doctor's appointment today, and Ella came with me. This is her favourite picture at our ENT office - a picture of a healthy sinus and a picture of a sick one. I'm having surgery next week to fix a lot of the things that are wrong with the sick sinus picture, and she likes to show me what I will look like afterwards :) She knows all of the parts of the nose and sinuses now, because she asks so many questions about this picture. 
She also really likes this ear model. It is missing a few pieces - the eardrums and the small ear bones, but she still loves to show where the blood flows and where the air comes out. She says she wants to be a nurse some day, and I think she's starting already!
1200 - Checking the mail! All of our American mail is shipped to this post room at the hospital. If we have a package that won't fit in our little box, they'll put a special slip in. We take the slip to the window to pick up our packages! Alas, there were no slips in the mail today :(
1230 - Grocery shopping! This is our favourite grocery store: Globus! It is like a little tiny mall, full of different shops selling everything from expensive clothes to flowers to vacations!
There is also a restaurant in the grocery store, and we love to come here for bratwurst mit brotchen (sausages with bread), pommes (french fries) and Cola for lunch. Ella really loves brats!
We get lots of fresh produce from all over Europe, especially Spain and Greece. The grocery store has a huge cheese section, and a full butcher's shop, too. You don't get grocery bags at the stores here, you have to bring your own. We bring reusable bags to the store every time, or else we'd have to carry our food out in our hands!
1400 - We have a waffle from the vendor outside the store - you can see his cart in the first picture. Warm waffles with sugar are one of the best cold-weather treats!
1600 - Time to see Santa! We picked Joseph up from the bus stop (I forgot my camera for that part) and put on our nice clothes, then headed over to the Community Center on base to see St. Nick!
He was super nice, and even though Ella was upset about the other reindeer being mean to Rudolph, Santa assured her that everyone loves Rudolph now, and they are all friends. He promised to bring Rudolph by on Christmas Eve when he brings our presents!
1730 - Dinner time! Homefries, veggies and chicken for dinner - yum! After dinner is bedtime and then mommy can finally take a deep breath and relax :)
0700 - Wake up time! We get dressed in nice, warm clothes, and get ready to take Joseph to the bus stop for school!
It is cold and rainy here in the winter, so coats are a must, even when you don't really want to wear them :)
0730 - Time for breakfast! We head over to the bakery in our village for some warm bread. The bakery is right down the street from the bus stop, so it is quite convenient on busy mornings. As you can see, it is still very dark outside. In the winter, we'll only have sun in the middle of the day, so it is dark when Joseph leaves for school, and dark again when he comes home!
Joseph and Ella are very good at paying with Euros. That is what we use here instead of Dollars. One Euro is about $0.70 USD on a good day. See that crescent thing by Joseph's elbow? That's the German version of a croissant. It is less flaky and less buttery, and more like plain German bread.
Showing off our breakfast bags!
We eat our pastries in the car, because it is very cold outside! Today, it was about 35'F and drizzling all morning. 
0800 - The bus is here! Kids in Germany don't ride yellow school buses, they ride big touring buses that are all different colors. Joseph especially likes the blue bus, because it has rainbow seats. 
0830 - Ella helps me make a shopping list, because we really, really need to get some groceries today! I try to write my lists in sections that match the sections of our grocery store. It makes sense to me, but seems to confuse everyone else :)
0900 - We get to drive on the Autobahn here, which is a very well made road that is super smooth, so you can drive very, very fast. This is my speedometer in the slow lane, going about 130k/ or 80m/ph. There were Mercedes and Audis in the fast lane that were flying past me - they can get up to 120mph on these roads!
1000 - I had a doctor's appointment today, and Ella came with me. This is her favourite picture at our ENT office - a picture of a healthy sinus and a picture of a sick one. I'm having surgery next week to fix a lot of the things that are wrong with the sick sinus picture, and she likes to show me what I will look like afterwards :) She knows all of the parts of the nose and sinuses now, because she asks so many questions about this picture. 
She also really likes this ear model. It is missing a few pieces - the eardrums and the small ear bones, but she still loves to show where the blood flows and where the air comes out. She says she wants to be a nurse some day, and I think she's starting already!
1200 - Checking the mail! All of our American mail is shipped to this post room at the hospital. If we have a package that won't fit in our little box, they'll put a special slip in. We take the slip to the window to pick up our packages! Alas, there were no slips in the mail today :(
1230 - Grocery shopping! This is our favourite grocery store: Globus! It is like a little tiny mall, full of different shops selling everything from expensive clothes to flowers to vacations!
There is also a restaurant in the grocery store, and we love to come here for bratwurst mit brotchen (sausages with bread), pommes (french fries) and Cola for lunch. Ella really loves brats!
We get lots of fresh produce from all over Europe, especially Spain and Greece. The grocery store has a huge cheese section, and a full butcher's shop, too. You don't get grocery bags at the stores here, you have to bring your own. We bring reusable bags to the store every time, or else we'd have to carry our food out in our hands!
1400 - We have a waffle from the vendor outside the store - you can see his cart in the first picture. Warm waffles with sugar are one of the best cold-weather treats!
1600 - Time to see Santa! We picked Joseph up from the bus stop (I forgot my camera for that part) and put on our nice clothes, then headed over to the Community Center on base to see St. Nick!
He was super nice, and even though Ella was upset about the other reindeer being mean to Rudolph, Santa assured her that everyone loves Rudolph now, and they are all friends. He promised to bring Rudolph by on Christmas Eve when he brings our presents!
1730 - Dinner time! Homefries, veggies and chicken for dinner - yum! After dinner is bedtime and then mommy can finally take a deep breath and relax :)
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