Special for you Bean :-p

So it will be a rough translation because I' m sick and feeling blah ;-P but here goes. Basically the ICE train didn't come because there was some issue with it but they sent a replacement train and the seats were more-spaced apart and wider than in a "normal" second class wagon, which led me to conclude that it was probably normally a first class wagon...but I had no problems travelling in this train. Then my stress at the Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof was finding the S-bahn, which is on an underground track for the part of the route the goes to the station...but I know some German and so I found out where the stairs were. Thus, I arrived safely at my destination in Erdmannhausen. We went to a church service in a nice old church and then came home to make raclette--this dish comes from Switzerland or France (they both claim it) and it was super tasty. We ate it with meat, several veggies and cheese then put it over our potatoes...I ate way too much :-p To bring in the new year we had sekt, watched the fire works and lit our sparklers (much less dangerous than having fireworks if you ask me). We also played a couple board games and stayed up until 3 am...and I wondered how people can do that often. I did it once and now I am sick :-( And that's pretty much the gist of the New Years *excitement*. Feel special.