Busy, Busy

As you can see I have not posted in a few days. This is due to my incredibly busy schedule....

Sunday: Game Day
   On Sunday, I had to be at the field at 10 for our doubleheader that started at 1. We have to set up everything like the fence, concession stand, etc.  The games themselves were a bit disappointing. Personally, I didn't do as well as I would have liked. I even struck out my first at bat. OYE!  We lost both to Manheim, the best team in the league. I was really hoping to get a sweep because the Disciples have only swept them once in twelve years (Niagara and Canisius all over again!). The day did get better though! After our games, the first and second team along with other members of the club went to an Asparagus buffet in downtown Munich. First of all, I walked through my first beer garden in order to get to the buffet. It is hard to describe but basically its just very fancy beer tent without the tent. Anyway, at this buffet there were nearly foot long, white asparagus. They are different but very tasty. I also had schnitzel (pork ) with this special butter based sauce. It was amazing!!  Another highlight of the night was getting to know some of the girls better :-) I hope they like me as much as I like them!

Monday: Back to school
     I woke up exhausted Monday morning. I didn't realize how physically and emotionally draining those games were. After I snoozed my alarm literally 20 times, I went upstairs to eat breakfast. Mascha is always up and wanting to feed me! I obviously don't complain. After my breakfast, I packed  my backpack and headed to central station to meet with Ingo so he could show me where my German class was. We walked through central station and then through the streets in downtown Munich.
    My class was very difficult!  The teacher only speaks in German, enough said. It also didn't help that I missed the first week of class. After my class, I had to navigate through the busy streets and find my way back to central station and then to the right S train. Luckily I did. I took the S train all the way to Haar (about 25 minutes) just in time for the second team practice.
    I help coach the second team and in fact, I run the practices myself. I was a little nervous at first but once I started some drills I could tell that the girls liked what I was doing so it made me feel more comfortable.  I worked them hard for two hours. Afterwards, they seem to be in good spirits and I even asked a few what they thought about the practice and they said they liked it because it was more structured then what they have had. This made me happy. Coaching will definitely be a challenge especially because some of the younger girls cannot understand English to well. This Saturday I will go with the team on their road trip to help coach.
   My host family waited for me to get home before eating! We (Mascha, Franky, Lisa, Anton, and I)  ate outside on the terrace. Afterwards, Lisa helped me with my homework. She is a very good teacher and it helped me a lot!

Tuesday
    I woke up and had breakfast with Anton and Mascha. I then went to the train station at 1:15 to catch the 1:20 train to central station. This did not happen. The stupid train was delayed or something ( I couldn't read what the board was saying) and it did not come till 1:40. After I arrived at central station, I took two wrong escalators but finally found my way through central station and onto the streets. I finally arrived at my class 15 minutes late. After class, which was just as hard as the first day, I went straight to Haar for practice.  However, it started to rain and thunderstorm so we just had a team meeting at restaurant that was close to the field. The meeting lasted 2 1/2 hours and I enjoyed a little pan pizza along with my new favorite drink, bubby water with Apple juice (I think its called appel spezl). When I got home, the family was waiting again for me so we could all eat together :-) Franky who is an engineer told me about his workday and how he met with Russian planners to talk about an entire train system. It was very interesting but I was a little confused. Naturally.

That is all for now.