Ever Present Past

I took this from my hotel window at sunset on Wednesday night.

Last night I went to a girls night at this woman's house in Mainz. She made this wonderful Mexican food, white and red sangria, and margaritas. I tried both white and red (I didn't want to be rude), but stuck to red the rest of the night. I pigged out on the food too. It's hard to find Mexican food over here and if you do, something is usually just a bit off. So I was thrilled when I walked in and found out there were enchilladas and fixin's for nachos. After some talking, we watched the Sex in the City movie.

Today I'm a year older and no longer on the cusp of my 20s. I had nothing planned and I almost up and left for Tongeren, Belgium this morning. It's the oldest city in Belgium, but on Sundays starting aroudn 6am or something, they have an outdoor antique market and you can apparently find some really great stuff. I saw a couple things at the house I was at last night and I've heard other people say they've bought some great stuff. Without my GPS and with no other map than the Wiesbaden and surrounding areas, I decided against it. Plus, if I bought something I didn't want to have it in my hotel room. So I've saved that for another weekend when I have GPS and a place to put stuff. Plus there were a few women last night who said they'd go back any time.

Instead, I wandered through the city today. Stopped and got a hot bread thing from the bakery topped with mozerella and tomato and kept wandering. I walked up to the street where I'm going to be living to the apartment, then down to the park directly in front of my place.

My place is the second balcony from the right on the first floor. I have a garage too. It's a shared garage for the building, but I get a space for my car. I couldn't imagine leaving Rouble (that's her name--Trouble without the T) out on the street.

I think I'm headed out to dinner soon, which you can bet will include a big birthday beer!