Shoehat Candy!

Meine Damen und Herrn-

I know, I know. This post is late. I apologize for all the distress and confusion I must have certainly caused you. I was at 'Pferd und Jagd' ('Horse and Hunting', a convention in Hannover) last Thursday and I just haven't gotten around to blogging since. This event is something of a von Limburg family tradition and they actually pulled me out of school four hours early in order to make it on time. The convention was interesting but somewhat pointless for me. I don't hunt, so anything I might buy there would be pointless for me to have.

We met up with some of the von Limburg's extended family and watched a miniture dog show (the show was miniture, not the dogs). I thought about buying a new backpack there, seeing as mine had finally fallen apart on the way out of school to the car, but everything there in regards to clothes was green. On the way back home we dropped Annebelle off at a train station (she was returning to Berlin). Heide and I were alone, in the car, for two hours solid. Talk about awkward pauses. Its alright though. By the end half hour or so we finally loosened up and had a very interesting conversation about the terrorist attacks in India, the history of violence in the name of Religion, and my future plans for school, work, ect.

Earlier on in the week I met up with my entire class and Herr Schuster (my German language teacher) in one of the rooms of a local fire department and watched 'Elliot die Schmutzel Monster'- a children's film that was chosen for viewing in my honor. It was a very interesting night. Then again, yesterday, I met up with some schoolmates on my way to Stade from school and they helped me look for a new backpack (to no avail). We later met Herr Schuster in the Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) that takes place every weekend in December until Christmas in Stade. I'll have pictures of it up later. Anyway, Herr Schuster offered to help me find what I needed because the others had to head home. We searched until around five o'clock and found gloves, shaving razors, shaving cream and glühwein (a traditional Christmastime drink) but no backpack. I hate shopping.

Well anyway, I managed to bail on two parties last night and still end up sitting at home doing nothing. Discouraging. One was at a local disco that the girls in my class seem to like but all the guys say is a drag. This one I bailed on in favor of a party with some of my friends in a nearby town. Only too late did I realize that I had no ride and couldn't get there on my own, so it was just a long, lonely night for Elliot. Ugh. I hate that. Oh well. I have a meeting with Max planned for today and I'm gonna try to go to the Baptist Church in Stade tomorrow morning. Then I've got some Gears of War 2 (thank you, Alex) to play on Monday with its lucky recipient. Hopefully Elena will get on the ball and we can finally hang out this week, too. And finally, next weekend, I'm gonna meet with Tjag and Philip to study for an upcoming German test and figure out what we're gonna do in regards to this movie we're making. Tjag says it has to be finished by Christimas. Wish me luck!

-Elliot P.

PS- Oh yes, I woke up this morning and found this in the entry way to the house. Appearently its St. Nikolaus Tag today.


Yes, that is a hat, full of candy, stuffed inside my shoe. I love this place.