Frohe Ostern, or, Germans Are Really Nice!

Happy Easter, everybody! I hope you bit the head off of a delicious chocolate rabbit this morning. I personally did not, but I did have a Kinder Egg, which was almost the same.

I went to church this morning with my friend Philip from my German class. I didn't like the service so much (it was one of those song lyrics projected on a screen/we have a drumset churches), but the people were really amazingly nice. We stayed for probably an hour after the service just talking to everyone, and they were super friendly and were excited that we could speak German so well. Some people even invited us to have lunch with them, so we did - free food is always good!

After I got home, I found two notes on my door - one that I have cleaning duty this week (woohoo!) and that I should ask the girl next door if I have any questions, and the other saying that I should follow the trail of arrows and golden eggs starting at my door to find an Easter surprise! It led to the kitchen, where there was a basket of eggs on the table, each of them decorated like a person on the floor. Super cute! Then I had pancakes with my roommates, who were in the kitchen when I found my egg, and actually had a conversation with them for I think the first time ever. I was never really around my dorm this past month because of my German class, so I never really got to talk to anyone, especially because it's break and most people are gone. It was really good to talk to them today though - they're really nice! We went on a walk after that, and saw lots of neat things, like a double rainbow (worth being poured on for the 10 minutes beforehand) and squirrels (apparently they are not common here) and a 6-inch long slug (one girl said this sort can grow to be 1 meter long? ewwwww).

Later we're gonna watch Matrix: Reloaded cause it's on TV - happy Easter?

So this holiday has been somewhat untraditional, but fun nonetheless.

Also, I just want to say that German children are adorable, and I might have to find one and bring it home as a souvenir. (this statement prompted by how many there were at church this morning)