Jana and her window.

Jana and me and her window.

Timothy, really really focusing on the prof’s lecture. This was a class on American Literature.

English Conversation in Action!

The Goerings’ backyard.

Jana & I took a walk last night, and risked our lives sneaking over the tracks, and I got this picture right before we crossed…

We also snuck through a cornfield and somebody’s garden…but Jana only fell and bit it once, and so we were pretty proud of ourselves.

Okay, I’m just a bad influence on Jana.

All right people, it`s been decided.

I am officially leaving to come back to the “oooo ss ahh” next Wednesday the 3 of May. I don`t really know how to feel about it, but those are the facts.

And I am going to Paris on Friday and will be back Monday.

I will be coming back broke.

The last few days have kind of been a whirlwind of nothing and something at the same time. Just having to make big decisions.

In case you haven’t heard, I am going to be coming back to the USA soon, I just have to make a decision on the day, but it might even be as soon as this coming week or the next. It’s such a difficult decision, but it seems to be the right one for now. It’s such a difficult decision, but I know that it’s the right one for now. There are some things I need to be back home for right now.

I feel so tired the last few days and really strange, I guess trying to process everything. It’s almost like a twilight zone, because I’ve only been gone almost 2 months, which doesn’t seem that long, probably especially to everyone else, but to me it’s been a lifetime, it’s hard to explain. It’ll be difficult to return to where I was 2 months ago when I feel like a lot has changed, at least internally. I’ve never been so challeneged in my entire life in almost every way possible….it’s been great.

Next time you have a chance to take a walk at sunset in Europe, do it. It’s pretty fantastic, I must say. Especially when you have Dave Matthew’s “Stay or Leave”, Jack Johnson’s “Cocoon,” and some Madonna techno music (i’m sorry, it’s good).

I just really like the image of this bench, in the middle of a small German cemetary. This cemetary is about 5 minutes from where I’m living.

This is a view of the chapel in that cemetary.

A backlit self-portrait in said cemetary.

A church down the road from the castle.

Yesterday I went to Westfalen Park with Tabea, downtown Dortmund. It was a beautiful day, and here are some quite lovely pictures for you lovely people.

In the new Boutique, “Feminine Mode,” owned by a lovely lady from their church. She gave me a free ring! And I bought some earrings.

Some of the coolest shoes I’ve ever seen. I might have to purchase these.

Me & Tabea, at Westfalen Park, enjoying the beautiful Spring weather!

A nice older German couple, conversing on a bench, watching the birds fly slowly over the blooming tulips…it’s a nice image, isn’t it? Yes…until Tabea suggested that perhaps they were father/daughter, and that just ruined the whole thing.

We took turns chilling in the hammocks.

Strolling…

A view of Dortmund. Where I live is out toward the upper left hand corner of the screen (not in the sky, people).

Another view of Dortmund. Here you can see the Stadium, where I got to see the USA vs. Deutschland game last month, and where World Cup Games will be held. The Uni of Dortmund is to the right (notice there is no American University-ish architecture in German U’s).

Okay! That’s all for now…