for real.

Yesterday I actually expereinced Garmisch as someone who lives here would :)

I woke up and headed out on a fabulously, beautiful day dressed up in my snow and ski gear and waited for the bus, which was late. I met up with Rene and we walked about a mile to the Hausberg to ski. When we got up on the bunny hill it was beautiful!! We were the only two up there so I was able to walk her through the steps of skiing that I knew. By the end of our time there we had both gone on the bigger lift and survived the ride down.

We walked back into town ( I was still carrying all my stuff). Stopped and had luch at La Baita's and had pizza and pesto pasta. We then stopped at Norma's the German grocery store and bakery. I bought a poppy seed loaf and it is so yummy. I walked the rest of the mile back to base and took a bath and then a nap.

I decided I had not walked enough, so I headed downtown in hopes of finding something to do. When I got downtown there was a lot of music and even more people. I went into the main park, and it was ridiculously full of people, almost all German and Turkish, typically when I go out here, it ends up being a lot of Americans. It was fun watching them sing at the top of their lungs along to their German favorites accompanied by the fist pumping and jumping. Of course they played everyone's favorite, Bryan Adam's Summer of '69, I think I have heard that song more since I have been here than I ever have back in the states, they love it!

They kept talking about a DJ Bubu, I asked a bilingual German and they told me that he was a great DJ who held concerts and thing like that... interesting. He came out and reminded me of a Vegas show. He had backup dancers and lip syncers. He was not that great, it was kind of disappointing.

So it turns out that this entire town party was to give awards to the skiers from the World Cup. Lindsey Vonn won overall. Pretty cool.... Anywho, it just went to show Germans know how to party and celebrate :):)