An American in Heidelberg.

I haven't posted in a while so there will be talk of my test and my trip to Frankfurt. First my test on Thursday night went alright. Not a well as the first one, but I wasn't in the depths of despair after like with the second one. There has been an increase in attempted sexual assaults in Iowa City recently so of course I was super concerned that I would be attack on Thursday (my week has not been the best disaster-wise so I just assumed the worst). But I arrived at the bus-stop with out incident. Then one Friday, I attend a lecture by Andrew Fire who just won the Nobel. I didn't get to actually see him though, because so many people attended, there were two rooms of overflow (and the lecture was broadcast to those two rooms). His lecture was really interesting and he seemed like a really nice guy. After the lecture, I started to do some hard-core packing and cleaning for my week long absence. All I will say about my suitcase is that it was heavy and only 25% clothing. My flight on Saturday wasn't until about 6, so I was able to sleep in a little and watch some of the Purdue-Indiana game (Purdue Won!!) before I drove to Davenport to drop off my car at Sarah's and then have her drive to the airport. I got to visit with her for about an hour which is always fun before I went to the Quad Cities airport. My flight from the Quad city airport to Chicago was fine, we were about 10 minutes early (which was good because I had about 10 minutes to catch my connection) but then we had to wait for a gate. So I was freaked out about catching my connection but I got on at the final boarding call. The flight to Frankfurt wasn't too bad, but I wasn't able to sleep very much because the woman in front of me had to recline her seat and then move around (so she was constantly hitting my knee with her seat). But my luggage wasn't lost and I found Trey without a problem so it was okay. I will be updating through the week about my adventures in Heidelberg.

"Between the drugging and the lying, someone in this family has got to show a little got-dang integrity."- Hank Hill