I've been extremely busy with basketball, grad school, and teaching. I realize that I'm just as busy here in Germany as I was in the US. Not much as changed except I can't communicate as well. I'm still living in a hotel; it's a nice hotel, and they've put me up in one of their apartments, so I have a little kitchen and a couch. It has decent internet, but I have to say, Germany's internet is not that great. I don't know what we've done in the US, but we have the patent on quick internet and access to quick internet. I thought my iPad would be able to get online some more places here, but unless I'm in a hotel or the library, there aren't a lot of place with Wifi here. It's kind of interesting, but it makes me appreciate home.
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[/caption]Basketball is a bit disappointing. We haven't won a game yet, and I just can't believe how little experience these kids have. I thought it couldn't get worse after our first loss, but guess what? I. was. wrong. Way wrong. It got way worse! I just can't believe it. I have no ballhandlers. As soon as I find one, she will never come off the court!
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[/caption]I went with Jordan, Sara, and Kathy to the Nuremberg Christmas Market. It's a nice town; I wish our post was there. I had fun being in a city again. Schweinfurt is pretty small. The Christmas markets here are cool. I'm a little uncomfortable with the one in Schweinfurt because sometimes I could see students walking around with bottles of gluhwein (hot, mulled wine) getting drunk. I don't think that's cool, so I avoid ours as much as possible.
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