Tuesday, July 10, 2007

A great weekend and a productive day

Last weekend we had really good weather (was amazing- on Saturday and on Sunday there was lots of sun- and the next day it was all gone). On Saturday we went for a bicycle ride, and after 2.5 hours came back home- 1 normal person and 1 dead person (guess who was the dead one). I'll spare you the details- but lets put it this way- it was hard to sit down for a day after that... LOL... I got so tired from the ride... we probably rode about 10 km - and for me that's a lot!!! we went from home to the Grosser Garten- which is the big park, and then a bit on to find the school I'm going to this summer. It wasn't as close as we though it'll be- and on the way there I already had to stop and take a real break... Stupid me- I didn't take any water with me, and we had no money to buy water as well... When we finally got home I crashed in the entrance, and wasn't able to move... But I slept great that night!
The next day we went for a jog in the Grosser Garten, and then for ice-cream and a walk to the Elbe- which is the river that flows right through Dresden. Walking there from home was about 20-25 min- which on a good weather day is really nice. With the bicycle it's prob really fast- just I still have to get used to the roads here, and to finding my way- so I wont hesitate taking the bike to places.
Yesterday, Monday, we got most of the things done: I got a bank account, I registered to the language course in October, registered at the city of Dresden (in Germany you have to register where you live, as soon as you moved there), ordered a SIM card online, and now all I have to do is get a health insurance, and go apply for the resident permit.
Tonight we're going to the Arctic Monkeys concert! (the tickets that Rob bought me for my birthday) will tell you all about it afterwords!

2 comments:

Maya said...

Sounds very productive indeed...
Opened up the blog at:
http://www.mussya.blogspot.com/
you're more than welcome :)
Have fun at the concert!

Dorian Gray said...

Hey!

First, for some reason I cannot see you on my MSN anymore!
Second, try the insurance I recommended din the Forum. It's great!

Good luck with your new city. I heard horror stories about Dresden from almost every one I talked to here (Mmmm... will write you en email about it) and I also read Slaughterhouse 5 (Venngot's) now which is all about the bombing of Dresden!

Goooooooooooooood Luck and welcome to Deutschland!