Greetings and salutations from the land of chocolate. I arrived here safely on Monday morning, after a very long trip. After a brief one hour night of sleep, I was off to O'Hare and on my plane at 8:00 am Sunday. I got to Philadelphia at about 10:30 am only to find that I was evidently the only customer at the time in the entire airport, or so it seemed. I was able to get some well earned sleep there, and then got on the plane to Frankfurt. The ride went quickly and I got a solid three hours of sleep in, but the only downside was the video system, which decided to crap out on me, yet everyone around was enjoying their choice in movies and TV shows. I got to Germany at 6:45 am on Monday and while waiting to talk with Daniela at the airport, I had to evacuate the area because of a suspicious package. Fun stuff. I caught the train to Erfurt, and met up with Daniela and her Dad, and then I was off to Horba once more.

My first day back, yesterday, was indeed a surprising one. I woke up at 8:00 am only to discover that I was going to be involved in a potato harvest. This was a first for me, but it went all right, as myself and eightish others were bent over in a field for two and half hours seperating good potatoes from rotten/too small ones. I was then back at the house unloading our share, and other random veggies, and then went for a bike ride. All in all, I was busy for about twelve hours.

Last night Daniela and I went to her friend Ronnie's house with her friend Maria and Ronnie's boyfriend. We had pasta and sausages and chatted about all kinds of stuff. Good times.

Off to Cottbus tomorrow morning!