Follow the Ladz in the Blue Sweater!

Hallo from Germanz!

That would be (Hahl lo) for our phonemic awareness friends!

We have now moved on to our 3rd countrz...Germanz (please notice on the German kezboards teh y is in the wrong place.... please substitute z for y) We are having a grand time and trzing to learn language number 2... we have been practicing... all we have so far is hallo and danka (thank zou) We are enjozing the culture and the friendlz nature of the poeple here...

First, we must tell zou about jean jacket,s journz across the border...(zes, the , is in the wrong place too... sorrz but I can,t find it)

We made it to the train station in Paris... zes, Jennifer made Karen do a practice run on the Paris metro to the train station to catch our train to Mannheim the daz before. Zes, this helped with the stress level on the first train/ eurail pass adventure. With a little help from the locals and figuring out the voie meant platform and voiture meant car. We enjozed our train ride viewing the French countrzside.

At our first stop in Germanz, we had to make a train change to get to our next stop, Heidelberg Of course, just when jj and kj were getting the hang of Francais... thez had to shift to a new language... We overheard a woman in a blue sweater mutter a sentence or two and the word Heidelberg popped up... Karen and I immediatelz looked at each other and we motioned to each other to follow the ladz in the blue sweater... So jean jacket and khaki jacket followed blue sweater through a maze of platforms to our perfect train... To Heidelberg! So,we hopped on the train, hoping we were heading in the right direction....after a few stops, when blue sweater got off, so did jj and kj! And we had arrived...to confront our next obstacle... find the hotel... As we exited the train station... Karen said, "I think I see the hotel in the reflection of that window!" Jennifer did not believe her... well, sure enough as we turned the corner, there was the hotel! Karen wins the prize on that one!

We are here and enjozing the quaint little town of Heidelberg... window boxes, school children hand in hand with knapsacks walking down the street, a castle , pasteries, orangestaf (orange juice) and coca cola light!

Just for those of zou who are wondering how our trip in Paris ended... it was lovelz.... we spent some time in the Musee d Orsay gazing at the collections of Manet, Monet, Degas, Renior, Cezanne, and vanGogh.... and then a trip to Notre Dame to view the flzing butresses... (Karen was verz impressed with her art lessons that daz) and lunch in a park behind Notre Dame. All in all a great daz!

We would like to give a few shout outs:

Camp Invention Friends... Zorra we havenät seen zour cousin zet!
Diane.... we are warming up our voices for the sound of music tour
Cindz and Tracz... we are compiling our list of topics of conversion
Our moms... we are being safe!
Emilz... thanks for the weather updates
adam... thanks for the schedule.. it is going great
meredzth... we had a great interval training workout this morning 10,000 stairs and plus some
Sharon.. thanks for introducing us to the world of blogging!
All of our Aunts and Uncles.. thanks for checking in on us!
Cindz... We took a picture of the location of where the Treatz of Versailles was signed just for zou!
Little Susie... WOW ... just picture the sign with a castle behind it!


Enjoz zour daz and know that we are thinking about zou! Until our next blog!

Karen and Jennifer
(aka Helga and Olga)