Fall is here :)

Hello everyone! I know it has been a while since I last posted...sorry! It is just that time has been flying by!  In the past couple of weeks, Zach and I have been exploring around Hannover, and visiting near by towns.  Recently we went to a town that is less than an hour away called Braunschweig.  This town had lots of Medieval influence and architecture.  I took lots of pictures.  You can find most of them on my Facebook page.

The Mall in Braunschweig...Pretty Snazzy!!

We also went back to the garden here in Hannover.  I put up pics from that a few post back, but they were only from the botanical garden.  That day, the main garden was closed for a firework display.  I am sure you will just love the pictures from that day too!

Golden Gates at the Garden

The main garden, so beautiful! 

Another view of the main garden

Also, last week, Zach and I went with the other teammates to an event with Go Karts...It was pretty extreme!  The point of us going was to drive the cars with people who are handicapped.  The drivers that we were competing against use wheelchairs, so the cars were hand operated.  This was no easy task, but it was lots of fun.

 Hockey has been going a little rough lately, but I have hope that the guys will turn things around.  The fans are still behind them, and it is still unreal to go to the games and hear them chant and cheer the entire time.  Last week, Zach and I had dinner with a couple of the fans.  They had us over to their house.  Thomas and his wife were very inviting, and it meant a lot to us that they wanted us to come over :) Thomas is a geriatric nurse here in Hannover, and is possibly going to have me come to work with him one day!  This will be very interesting to see what the health care systems are like over here.  I start my geriatric clinical in January!! 

Zach and I have also been taking walks by the river.  Instead of going our normal route, we opted for the other way.  We came across a large community of ducks!! So, since we have found them, we have been going down there with some bread and feeding them.  We try to go everyday, and each time we go more and more of the ducks trust us and fly up onto the path.  They are pretty funny, and they like to compete for the food :)  Zach took a video of them the other day...I will try to put it up too.

Well, things are going good here!  Thanks for reading, and I will hopefully keep up with the blog for all of ya'll back home :)

-Tschussy!

I can't believe it's OKTOBER!!!!

Hallo! Is it really October?! So, I have been in Germany for a month now and I just started to drive by myself!!! This is a major accomplishment, just so you know... I am mainly just sticking around the neighborhood, but trust me that is a good start! Enough about that, This week Zach and I were able to go to a city two hours north of us called Hamburg.  Hannover is pretty big, but Hamburg is double if not more the size of Hannover! City Hall in Hamburg is gorgeous, and the city is right on the water.  Seriously, the buildings foundations are under the water! The architecture is a lot more European too, because there are more buildings that were saved from WWII.  I hope you enjoy the beautiful pictures that I got!

City Hall

Inside City Hall

A fountain in the courtyard of City Hall

The main train station downtown Hamburg

The buildings along the river literally go into the water

This past week has just been quiet and relaxing.  Zach and I try to go on a walk as much as possible, and recently we have been walking along the river near our house.  There is a huge lock system that allows bigger boats and barges to pass through the river.  It is neat seeing the boats rise and fall 49m at a time!  I started back with Yoga!!! YAY!!! I'm not gonna lie, after the first session back I was super sore the next day, but it felt great! I didn't realize how much I missed doing it! Zach has been doing it with me, and can tell a major difference in the way he feels :) It's amazing how Yoga can change you!

Oktoberfest is also going on now :) We live too far away to go to the real one, but we stopped by the festival here in town.  It reminded me of the state fair back home.  I hope that one year Zach will be playing closer to Munich so we can go to the real Oktoberfest!!

Us at our local Hannover Oktoberfest

I am trying to paint while I am over here...mainly to keep creative  :) The walls of our apartment are so bare so painting also helps this :)                                                    

Owl painting that I did, it's one of three

Well, the weather here is starting to get a lot cooler, and the rain comes and goes throughout the day...Believe it or not, it makes me miss the hot weather back home! It is October though so it is time for Fall :) Well, I love and miss everyone back home and I hope that all is well :)  Thank you for reading and I will have more for you next week!

-Tschuss!