Speaking of Miracles, we're hoping for some Divine intervention with Vader. He's been sick for a couple of weeks, so we are hoping a cure is coming soon! In the meantime, however, he has been eating like royalty: home-cooked chicken with rice and carrots! He is going to be one sad doggie when he's back on dry food!
So, as has been the norm here, there have been additional festivals since the Apfelweinfest and the Museumsuferfest. Dippemess was last weekend. It is the largest autumn festival in the Rhein-Main region! It's basically a big carnival, but with better food, rides and alcohol.
There are many creepy things here in Germany. This kite at Dippemess is one:
This creepy doll with the dead eye is another:
Back to Dippemess......Even though it was a cold night, Olga decided we HAD to go on a water ride called Poseidon. This was Olga, Adam and Susanne after we got off:
Adam had some ice-cream:
on our way to the best named ride EVER:
Yes, that is really called the BEACH POLYP. It sounds like the name of a cancerous growth you get in your ass after getting too much sand where the sun don't shine.
But, it was really this:
Notice, however, that they spelled Amerikan so that it's all Foreign Like. Strange......
Not pictured here is the BEST RIDE EVER. It was called Air Crash and had super heroes pictured all over it. Despite all of that, it was seriously the best ride. Check it out here.
We ended the evening at Dippemess on 1001 Nachts. But, we had a moment to pose for a picture with this camel before boarding. Look out, they spit!
In other news, I finally bought a bicycle, though it has not yet arrived. It is supposed to look like this:
I guess we'll see when it actually gets here. Now, Adam and I can be like Real Germans with our Fahrrader. Being an American, however, the thought of actually riding a bike on the streets here terrifies me. German motorists actually respect bicyclists, but I'm used to US roads where bicyclists have the same status as small rodents when it comes to Right of Way. Now that we will have bikes, there is no longer any good excuse to keep us from joining the gym.... I have to try harder to come up with one.
German lessons are going relatively well. I am scared of our teacher a bit. I feel like if I don't do well enough she is going to get mad at me. Maybe it's the German. She only speaks German to us, and if you haven't noticed, it's a pretty harsh sounding language even when saying something nice! Also, some German words are just plain weird and/or funny. The word for Exit on the Autobahn is AUSFAHRT. Pronounced like it sounds....kinda like ASS FART. Also, the word for Jewelry is SCHMUCK. The word for "walking speed" is SCRITTTEMPO. Yes, there are THREE T's in that word. That should be illegal or something. And then, we saw this at Der Home Depot:
RAUS DAMIT apparently means Out With It! This was a clearance item. But it looks like Raus, Damn it! Also, strange German factoid for telling time....If the Little hand is between the 5 and the 6 and the Big hand is on the 5, we would say, "It's 5:25." Clear enough, but no...they do it better here. They would say "It's 5 before half before 6," or, "Es ist funf vor halb sechs."
Because THAT makes sense......
OK, that's all for now....I'm getting sleepy and I have to get up EXTRA early tomorrow to pick up a friend at the airport (flughafen) on the way to work. I will shoot for less than three weeks this time before I post again......
