Saturday, January 17, 2009

Palaces and Kegeln

We are excited to announce that we got jobs. Both of us will be teaching English for a school called Inlingua. We will mainly be teaching business English. Basically, businesses pay the school to send a teacher to their business once or twice a week. The cool thing is that we get to use company cars to get to and from these businesses so we don't have to mess with the bus and it won't cost us anything. Also, we will be making more money than we thought we would. We will be making about 14.5o Euros and hour. We are very excited. Tristan starts teaching his first course on Monday and Sarah probably a week after that.


As far as our recent travel experiences go we were able to visit a palace here in Munster. As with most old European buildings, the architecture was brilliant. Also, it had a huge garden in the shape of a massive star. The garden was surrounded with water and had a big pond in the middle. There were also several botanical gardens. Here are a few pictures.
Kegeln is a game somewhat similar to bowling. It is a little more difficult because the lane starts out very narrow and gets wider towards the pins. Also, there are only nine pins and they are arranged differently so it is nearly impossible to knock down all of the pins in one roll. The ball is much smaller and there are not finger holes. Also, the ball has to be rolled underneath a cord that hangs less than a foot above the lane.

After the kegeln, we ate at La Romantica Italian Restaurant, and it was the best Italian food we have had yet!

1 comment:

B and J said...

I found your blog, you told Chuck your address and it showed up on facebook so I decided to check it out...Wow Germany, what a great adventure for you guys! I am excited to check in now and then and see the places you have been. Best of luck with teaching!
(Oh just so you know Sarah, Tristan live down the street from me growing up, I hate it when people comment on my blog and I don't know who they are)