relaxing day

today was spent very relaxing. we slept in until after ten (which is unheard of from me because i normally wake myself up shortly after 06:00) and even on weekend i wake up around 07:30. while i've been here i've slept until around the latter. but, since it was weekend, Hutzi (Miriam's mom) didn't have work, and everyone was just kinda sleeping in and enjoying that.

BUT she spent so much of today working at the house, too, making food and cleaning. her and my mother are so similar, evne on their days off, they spend so much of it cleaning and cooking.

Miriam, scott and I went to Düsseldorf today and went to the IKEA. they kept making fun of me the past few days about how much i like it, and so today we took a trip there. obviously very similar to those in the states, except the one here doesn't smell of cinnamon rolls and unfinished pine. it was slightly depressing, 'cos that's what i thought they would all smell like. Caroline (Miriam's brother's gf) tells me that they don't sell the cinnamon rolls here. unlucky for them!

anyhow, after our little trip, i told miriam i wanted a diet pepsi. it's been so long since i'd had one (since last sunday, almost an entire week!) so we stopped by a grocery and picked some up, with miriam warning me "oh, james, it's SO expensive!" so, i picked up three litters of pepsi light (as it is known here) for 2,20€ which really, when you think about it, isnt more expensive in america, considering we are spending $1,69 on 20oz. (plus, the cost included the deposit for the bottles, which i can get back when i go back to the grocery) the pspsi light tastes SOOOO much different than the regular diet pepsi in the states. it's more of a real pepsi taste. so good. i'll try to bring some back.

for dinner, Hutzi made this casserole with noodles, eggs, cheese, salmon, and asparagus. it was SO delicious! i have GOT to get the recipe for this dish.

the evening, we spent playing fooseball with Samuel, and when he left for fasching events, miriam and i played for a while. they beat me every time. i got like 5 goals in total. then Miriam's sister Rachel came from Trier, and we talked all of us for several hours. ALSO! Rachel brought scott and i two GIANT kinder eggs! i cant wait to see the toy inside!

tomorrow, we leave for köln at like 10ish, and we will see a probably once in a lifetime spectacle!
n8i!