Friday Night

Fun times tonight at Neckarmüller with friends. A half liter of glorious Hefeweizen and a slab of Flammkuchen really hit the spot.

Tomorrow: library to work on my paper from 10 - 3, and then to Reutlingen to hunt for a full-size American flag that I can drape around myself for the USA-Italy game tomorrow night!

Work for this semester is really starting to pick up pace. I've got one week to finish my paper for Friday, which makes me nervous. Funny, because back home I was lucky if I started a paper more than 5 days in advance - here I freak out if I don't have a good start more than 2 weeks in advance.

I can't believe it's almost July. I'm excited to go home, but the closer the departure date gets the less I enthusiastic I am about leaving Germany.

Funny story. I have noticed that, despite the fact that Tübingen seems to be overrun with Americans, these same Americans all seem to think that no one will understand them if they speak English. This is not only ridiculously foolish considering that many Germans speak at least a little English, it leads to a lot of interesting moments when people say less-than-positive stuff about people that are right next to them thinking that they won't understand.

So anyway, the funny thing: I was sitting in the park reading today and there were these two American girls sitting near me talking about the guys sitting in the park. They were complaining that "none of the German guys around here are good-looking." And then I see one of the girls out of the corner of my eye nod her head toward me and go, "Well, HE'S cute."

I had to fight the temptation to turn and say, "He also speaks English."