My first long weekend

Well, I took some pictures for everyone. Actually, some is more of an understatement. I took so many that I'm having to link to them instead of having them here.

I finally got off the base Friday night! First a bunch of us from shift went to the Belgian Bar and I finally drank more than a sip of beer. They have this cherry beer that's really good. It's sweet, but it's still good. Better than the regular flavored stuff. I had some of the regular stuff too. After that we went into K-town and went to a bar called Havana. It was salsa night so we just danced for about 3 hours. Soooo much fun.
We weren't out too late thankfully. We got back to base around 1:30 am. I really like the people I work with. It's going to be hard leaving everyone in February.

Yesterday I went with a couple of people to a little town called Speyer. They have a cathedral there where a bunch of kings and emperors buried in the crypt below. It was a gorgeous cathedral. I didn't take too many pictures, but there are a bunch from the crypts and a few of the cathedral itself. After that we walked around the town. It was a beautiful place. I still get a kick out of how many flowers are in bloom. I've forgotten that flowers will thrive in the cold. I can't even keep my begonias alive when the temperature drops below 70 degrees! Anyways, we saw a couple more churches and we walked along the Rhine River for a while too. It was all so beautiful!!!!

Last night it was good to just hang out with some people from my unit and a few others too. We just ate and drank wine for a couple of hours.

Here are some pictures of my room. For some reason I didn't take a picture of my bed. Oh well, it's not that interesting.

Well I guess that's it for now. I have to go hunt down food.

Love you all!

Cristina