Check it out!

Marty has updated the Postcards page with an account and pictures from his trip up the Zugspitze two weeks ago. This is the highest peak in Germany!

Also, in much less exciting news, I updated the Who I Am page a week or so ago.

Enjoy!

The weather is supposed to go to 100 degrees Fahrenheit today.

Tomorrow, it's supposed to break at last. 87 is predicted for Thursday, and 75 (and thunderstorms) for Friday.

So today, I'm off to the pool.

Stay cool!

HOT!

You may have heard that Europe's having a hot summer. I'm here to tell you that it's true. Munich is in the middle of its hottest summer on record, with temperatures in the high 30s and even the low 40s sometimes (we're talking about mid to high 90s and higher on the Fahrenheit scale). It may seem that a girl from South Georgia (like me) would have no problem with that kind of heat, but what is easy to overlook is that most places in South Georgia are air conditioned, and most places here aren't. In fact, very few places are, and private homes almost never are.

Still, we're having a gorgeous summer. Too many sunny days to count -- in a city that's known for rainy summers -- and I have nothing to complain about. Marty climbed the Zugspitze last Friday (expect some pictures soon!) and I've been busy lately meeting some new friends here in Munich (one of whom found me through this web page!). It's funny how I've been here a year, and now suddenly I'm finding it much easier to get to know people.

I'm planning to take another German class, too, although not until this winter sometime, and so I've been researching different language courses here in Munich. I feel like I could really make progress if I took one more class that was maybe a couple of months long.

The pictures in this entry are from two different day hikes we did in the last month. Above, a self-portrait taken on a chair lift on the way up a mountain in Mittenwald. The thing I love about taking cablecars and lifts is that once they leave the station, and you're sailing out over the mountainside, it's so quiet. You can just look out over the treetops and feel the silence. It's gorgeous.

Marty took the picture below in a cablecar headed back down to Partenkirchen after we hiked up a mountain there. I don't think I will ever get tired of these gorgeous views of the Alps. How could I? Look at that.

More pictures when I can stand to sit in front of the computer for longer than a few minutes (ie, when this heat breaks).