End of September...

I cannot believe it is the end of September already. Well, in Germany (usually just in the south) the end of September brings a very famous, or should I say infamous, festival: Oktoberfest. Well due to lack of funds and last minute planning some of my friends and I stayed here and celebrated Hannover's Oktoberfest. It began last night and goes until the 10th of October. We had a great time dancing, prosting, and walking around seeing all the crazy games and rides (that may or may not have had many safety inspections..haha).

Plus if I needed a reminder...which I don't really...I work for a very nice and thoughtful family. They all went to the library today (I opted to swim, more on that later..) and Petra came home with three books for me. Recently, well this past week, I have read two books by Cecelia Ahern, P.S. I Love You and Where Rainbows End and I really enjoyed them. She had brought me two of Ms. Ahern's books in German and one in English. She said it wouldn't be very difficult German and she thinks I can do it. I felt very, taken care of. It was really sweet.

Lastly I went swimming today at the Stadionbad (a swimming pool next to the stadium). It was an amazing 50m pool with all the bells and whistles. The only bad part...it is a 35 minute bike ride from my house. Needless to say, it was a long, slow ride home.