Round Two

Today I woke up at 11ish and had a family breakfast outside with the Stoeckels. It was sunny and just the right temperature to sit and eat outside.  It was a traditional German and Russian breakfast (Mascha is Russian). There were a lot of different breads, croissants, and pretzels. They also made eggs for me! Today I tried the croissant which was delicious. After taking a couple of bites I realized that the croissant had something in the middle. I was a little nervous to try what it was but I'm very happy I did because it was chocolate :-) !!!! We had good conversations at breakfast. Although at times they have no clue what I am saying. When this happens they all ask each other in German or Russian what I said but usually end up asking me to repeat myself. It is quite entertaining. During one of our conversations, I learned that they collect rain water. Under their grass in the backyard there are water collectors ( sorry don't know the correct word) . This rain water is then used when you flush the toilets. Very interesting indeed.
     As soon as breakfast ended Ingo came to pick me up. We went to the double header of two teams in my league.   It was an hour train ride to Gauting, a pretty upscale town. After that we had a 20 minute walk from the train station to the field. I did not mind because we walked down a pretty, winding street with cute little shops everywhere.
     Watching the level of play of these two teams was like watching a game of mine six years ago! It was totally different from D1 which I already knew but it finally hit me after watching it. I sat next to Mandy and we talked about the level of play and joked that LKPs (long knee pads, which they wear) were way outdated. It was nice to get to know her a little better.
    After the games, Ingo rode back with me to the Central Station and I went back the rest of the way by myself. I had to change trains because they do not run from Gronsdorf to Gauting directly.
    While waiting for the train from Central Station to Gronsdorf, Ingo took me outside to see a little of the downtown Munich area.  We were only up there for five minutes but what I saw was beautiful. We went back down  to catch the train  to Gronsdorf. This is where I left Ingo and traveled by myself. Surprise, Surprise I did not get lost!
    Lisa was home along with Anton, the nephew, who I had never met before because he had been celebrating his graduation (I believe in Spain). It was a quiet evening, Lisa and I watched a movie and showed each other pictures of our friends and talked about various things. She is coming to the US in August and is very very excited. They love America! haha  After that I talked to some peeps and ended up in my bed writing to the world.
    I need to get some good sleep tonight because I play my first games tomorrow against the best team in the league. I'll will finish studying the signs and go to sleep soon! Chao.