Saturday morning I was greeted with an amazing box of American-ness from my very good friend Molly. I knew what some of the contents were, but I was surprised by a lot of it. I felt like a kid at Christmas opening the box! I had requested crunchy JIF peanut butter (the absolute best peanut butter. EVER.), chips, Oreo's, and real taco seasoning! But Molly is the best; she sent me all kinds of yummy American candy that I can't get here, KRAFT macaroni & cheese (I don't know about you, but when I say that in my head I sing it to the tune of the old commercials: "Kraft macaroni & cheese, the blue box blues!" hahahaha.), double chocolate brownie mix (yummm), magazines (in ENGLISH!!! I almost forgot those existed..) Nerf guns for J & L, and a Texas cookie cutter and a Texas cup! One of my favorite things she sent me (yes it is almost impossible to pick one favorite) were mixed CD's she made me! One is a mix of Texas Country and the other is probably the best CD of chopped and screwed Houston rap. I haven't stopped listening to it since I got it. So if you're reading this Molly, Thank you (for the 298374091273490172390471920374th time)!!! Best. Mail. Ever.
america!
So for lunch I shared my peanut butter with the boys (I was so surprised that they liked it!!!). We had peanut butter and nutella sandwiches and Doritos. It was such a great day and it was only the afternoon!!
That evening I took a train into Frankfurt where one of my mom's best friends, D, and her husband R picked me up and we went to stay with R's son C who is stationed in Bavaria with his wife and daughter, C & M. (I know that's a lot of letters and is possibly confusing, but I try to be courteous :) ). So anyway, I was so excited to see D!! She reminds me of my mom, so seeing her was almost as good as being able to see my mom. From Frankfurt it was only 1.5 hours until we got to the base where CC&M live (thank you autobahn!). I got to watch American TV..wait, what?!?! M is probably one of the cutest 2 year olds I've ever met. She is precious. And she has so.much.energy. Haha. But I loved playing with her; I think she has the best laugh ever. No lie. I am so thankful C&C invited me to come see them, it was like spending time with my family.
In the morning I had some coffee with Coffeemate creamer. This might not seem like a big deal, but until I actually drank the coffee, I forgot how much I missed it! I've been drinking coffee with just sugar, which I do enjoy, but the coffee creamer tasted like home. And I got to read the Sunday comics while I drank my 4 cups of coffee (don't judge. It was the best coffee I have had in 3 months)! I must admit, they weren't nearly as funny as they were when I was 12.
After our breakfast, we went to another military base in Schweinfurt for some lunch and shopping. Their base is really small, so there wasn't much to see there. It was so weird to be in Germany but to be surrounded by Americans. The PX was like a Walmart; they had everything from American that I know and miss. Maybe I could move there? Anyways, I found this lotion there that I absolutely love and miss so much, so when I saw it, I had to get it!! One of the highlights of my day was lunch. As a Texan, I love Mexican food. And I miss it dearly. Very dearly. I would do almost anything to get some Gringo's or Lupe Tortilla or Luna's or La Casita or Papasitios or Mamacitas...get the idea? I wish I could say I got to eat one of those, but I didn't. I did eat Taco Bell (not real tex-mex, but I do love me some TB). And it was 100000000x better than it has ever been. It. Was. Amazing. (Not an exaggeration).
After lunch we spent the day at an animal park in Schweinfurt. It was a bigger, nicer version of the one we have in Groß-Gerau. The only problem is it was FREEZING. I say that based on scientific fact, not just the fact that my toes were like ice. Some of the bigger animals came so close to the fences, that we got to feed them, which was super cool! Then we went to Würzburg to walk around and wait for my train to take me back home. We had a bit of a hard time finding the city center and a parking garage; we actually ended up driving on the road that is used by the street trains...something I don't think we were supposed to do, since we were the only car on the road... Oops. Our dinner was the most German part of our weekend; we ate at a pretty traditional German restaurant that served things like schnitzel and wurst. It was so yummy. I let M try a bite of my wurst (I told her it was a hotdog) but she didn't like it. In fact, she was so kind as to spit it back on my plate. It was pretty hilarious! After dinner D dropped me off at the train station and I waited for my train to bring me back to home.
It was so great to spend the weekend with not only some fellow Texans, but some familiar faces. In a couple of weeks I am going to meet D in London for a few days and I will probably see CC&M in the near future. They told me if I ever need to get away that I'm always welcome to see them! All in all my American weekend was a great success!! Thanks again D&R and CC&M!!!!
*Technically, I was on American soil but I never left Germany. Awesome? Yes.
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