Yesterday we took Sam out to the park. It was only about 78, perfect weather for sitting on a bench and drinking a beer while watching my dog sniff romantically into the green fields. There is a part of my Louisiana heritage that says it's completely acceptable to drink beer out of a plastic cup in public places. I don't actually know if this is legal in Indiana but when you've just bought a 6-pack of Pyramid Apricot Ale (which is really good, if you haven't tried it) it calls for breaking out the Mardi Gras cups and a little sneaky open container hijinx.
After about half an hour of throwing the ball around, Sam pooped out and just flopped down in the grass. I love those summer days. That's all I want to do today. Flop down in the grass and read Harry Potter in German (with the handy dandy Harper/Collins dictionary by my side, of course) and sip fizzy water with lime - I know Cristi will appreciate this. As soon as I went to Europe, fizzy water seemed like the part of my diet that was missing all this time.
That and it's really hard to get flat tap water in Germany. They look at you like you're nuts and then bring you a liter of Gerolsteiner anyway. Apparently, you're going to drink that fizzy water whether you like it or not. (insert really bad Mr. Hart German joke here)
Tomorrow, ich gehe aus Middlebury so I can learn to sprech better Deutsch. Cross your fingers I won't go completely verruckt.
2 comments:
fizzy water with lime is one true love
in switzerland it is so hard to get decent flat water (it is usually french)
also, in the german part of switzerland, you can walk around with a beer can, have a little brusskie on the train home and generally get your beer on.
My German lessons start soon. Can't wait for cases!
emily,
sorry that i missed you on your trip to the south.....i am getting ready to move to new orleans...so perhaps on your next visit this way we can catch up. hope that you enjoy that lovely midwestern weather...while we are baking here in south la :o) take care....sheralyn
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