Sprechen Sie Englisch?

Do you speak English? Words we use on a daily basis while trying to navigate through our new lives. We were in luck this week, we had our first visitor from the US of A! Our friend, James, took a detour from his three city European trip, and spent the day roaming around Bonn with us. It was great to see a friendly face when we met him at, of course, Starbucks. We showed off our future apartment as well as our our soon to be neighborhood full of pubs and ice cream shops.

Out in front of our new pad.

Right before meeting James, we had our first appointment with our OB. She came into the room greeting us in German, and after we pointed to ourselves and said, "English", she commented back, "Well, this is going to be a lot easier then!" We liked her right away....in spite of her NY accent and East Coast manners. Just kidding all you East Coasters out there.

Other happenings this week: Makayla started work and we were given a temporary company car. She was offered a Ford van, but graciously declined opting for the BMW. Unfortunately, that backfired because it ended up in the auto shop less than 24 hours later. The good news is we have our wheels back and are gearing up for a trip to Amsterdam this weekend. We ended our work week filling our bellies with fajitas and enchiladas while watching all the other Americans sitting around us do the same thing. We stumbled upon this restaurant while walking around the city with James, and made sure to remember its location as we have been searching for a Mexican restaurant since we got here!