Hello all!
I know I have been slacking on this but I forget that I have this sometimes!
Last week was good. I turned 22 and celebrated with great friends! Wendy bought me a brownie at the bakery in the morning. We went out to dinner and after dinner decided to go for drinks at the bar on campus. When I got there my friend Johanna had made me a cake! It was a great surprise! Claire and Sam made me chocolate mousse which was delicious. Sam also bought me this cute little Disney Princess chocolate which had a ring inside. We had a great time!
The rest of the week was filled with classes and maybe going out and getting a drink with friends.
On Thursday I really started to get sick. I had a cough, stuffy nose, sore throat, and clogged ear. It is so hard to find medicine here, they have a lot of herbal medicines which is fine but I prefer my chemical filled cold medicine! :) I am finally starting to feel better but it will take time. The worst of it is my cough and my ear. My cough gets bad at night so when I am trying to sleep it keeps me up. The cough medicine I bought at the store is DISGUSTING! I almost threw up the first time I took it.
As many of you know I have problems with my right ear. My eustachian tube does not drain fluid properly so it just sits in there and causes hearing problems. I have had 7 surgeries to put a "tube" in my eardrum to help drain it but so far none have been sucessful. The minute the tube comes out my hearing goes again. I had my last tube taken out two days before I left for Germany. This wouldn't be such a big deal if it didn't cause problems when flying. When you have a fluid buildup in your ear it causes pressure to build. When flying the pressure is increased and is very painful. It is very easy to burst your eardrum with this condition. So I have to be very careful while flying! Okay on to more exciting things...
Saturday we took the train to Cologne and went to the chocolate museum there! It was really cool! You could watch the process of chocolate being made. It was very interesting and I would go back in a heartbeat.
Sunday I made homemade salsa and guacamole for the Bills game! What a game that was! We went to our friends to watch it just like we do every other week and when we finally got the game on the score was 14-0 and everyone said "looks like your not winning this week." I said right then "you watch we will come back in the second half and win it." Looks like I know what I am talking about! That was such an exciting game! I am so excited for this season! Its too bad I am not in Buffalo to experience it!
This weekend we are going to Munich for Oktoberfest! :) We are leaving Saturday morning at 8 and getting there around 1 p.m. We will have until midnight to explore Munich and hopefully get into a tent for Oktoberfest! It should be a lot of fun! I will take lots of pictures and put them up next week!
Sam and I are flying to Berlin next Friday Oct. 7th!! We will be visiting friends and going to see the Buffalo Sabres play at O2 Arena! I am SO excited to see them play over here! It will be the only game I see all season so it will be fun! We will fly back to Cologne on the 9th in time to see the Bills game. If anyone has been to Berlin and has suggestions on what to see or do there please let me know! I would love some comments on it!
That is all for today! :) Keep in touch with emails, letters, and skype calls! I love hearing from everyone!
Oh and a big shout out to my cousin Courtney! She is getting married this Saturday. I wish I could be there Court! I love you! Congratulations!! :)
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