Last weekend, Jenna, Terry, and I went to Rudesheim am Rhein (Roodis Heim). It is a "romantic" town along the Rhine River. We had a bit of trouble getting off to a start. Terry overslept a bit, then we stopped at McDonald's right before they quit serving breakfast, Hans (the GPS) was acting up because the cord to connect it to the cigarette lighter wouldn't stay in very well. Then the piece completely broke and we had to go to Power Zone on base (where there's electronics) and pray they'd be open on a Saturday. They were. Whew!
So we found a cord that fit and seemed to work when the woman working let us test it out in the car. She said sometimes they'll fit, but won't work. So Terry purchased the cord so we could have Hans's help at every turn and roundabout for the hour and a half journey. Off we were to Rudesheim!
Hans must not have liked the new cord because he would spontaneously turn off... and always right when we'd get to a tricky place! It would take a long time to turn back on and then we'd have to reenter the destination.
We finally made it to Rudesheim and had to pull the car onto a ferry to take it across the Rhine to the town. Once we got there, we paid for parking and bought tickets to take a boat cruise down the river. We had a little less than an hour to kill before our boat ride, so we got ice cream.. naturally.
The boat cruise was so relaxing. It was beautiful scenery of little towns, vineyards on the hills, and castles. The day was gorgeous. It had to have been close to 80 degrees. The sun was out and it was beautiful.
After the boat cruise we went into town to get some lunch. We ate at an Italian place and sat outside on a veranda-type porch. After that we went into the cute, Germany part of town and did some shopping. We walked around and then decided to get some more ice cream. We went to a nice shop and sat in a courtyard that was lovely. I had a scoop of yogurt and a scoop of lemon (yum!). Also got a latte macciato. Delicsh.
After that we decided to mosey back to the car where Terry of course had a parking ticket. There were no empty spaces when we got there around 12:30, so she had to park in a bus space since SO many were open. That poor lady always gets parking tickets. Haha... story of her trip.
We went back to Baumholder and made the healthy decision to get McDonald's for dinner. We brought it back to the apartment and ate it. Just a few minutes after we'd gotten back, Jenna's teacher called to invite Jenna, Terry, and me to an Easter brunch the next day.
Earlier in the week, Jenna and I painted Easter eggs. My dad sent me an Easter box with candy and an Easter egg coloring kit earlier in the month. So the week of Easter, Jenna and I colored eggs. It wasn't the traditional, pastel-colored, dipping of eggs. Instead, it was a metallic egg color kit. And you paint the eggs, rather than dip them. It was so fun and definitely stained our fingers. We made some pretty cool eggs.
On Sunday around 11, the three of us met Mrs. Braddish, her husband, and her daughter at The Rheinlander, which is a banquet hall type place on base. They were having an Easter brunch from 10-2. It was nice to do something for Easter and get kind of dressed up in one of my new dresses purchased the day before.
A lot of my students were there with their families, so that was cool to see them dressed up. We had a fun time just eating and chitchatting. But we were so full and it was getting so very warm in there that we all ended up being complete bores.
After lunch we went to the Commissary to try to find some staples to last us for the next week and a half until we leave. Terry dropped Jenna and me off at the apartment... I ended up falling asleep for two hours. And I slept hard. I decided to get out of my bed and go lay on the couch and pop a movie in. I thought watching a movie would help wake me up so I could get something accomplished. Wrong. I fell asleep for another two hours almost. But when I woke up, I felt great. I needed that sleep--I was still exhausted from spring break.
It was a nice last weekend in Baumholder since my dad would be coming the next weekend (for the official last weekend in Germany).
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