Wednesday, July 9

Today we went to the German version of the YMCA (it was the CMJW or something) We taught baseball, did crafts, played piano, talked with the kids and just had a good time. Then after lunch things really started to slow down, and honestly–we all couldn’t wait to leave. The kids were playing baseball on their own now and we were all so pooped. Kristen and I fell asleep on the bench a few times. But we were all looking forward to later tonight, and finally it came. Dinner at a really nice Italian restaurant where the food was soooo good and in very large proportions (something we said goodbye to in the US–Germans eat in small proportions). Then we went last minute shopping in the Altsdadt, and as it started raining, we headed over to the local waffle place (I don’t know what the Germans call it) where Chelsea and I shared a Nutella Waffle–the best dessert in the world. From the end of the YMCA and on, it was a perfect day (except that Chase went to the hospital because he busted his hand playing baseball, but he’s ok–no worries).