I realized it has been almost 3 weeks...

I am a bad blogger. Patrick and I have been busy trying to explore around Stuttgart before his break ends. So far we have been to Wurtzburg (for work, but it was still cool), the Ritter Sport Chocolate Factory, the gorgeous church/duck pond that is really close to our house, and the English movie theater.
Patrick's friend owns a DJ/entertainment company, so he helps him out sometimes. The other day we went up to Wurtzburg to drop off/pick up something. They have this giant fortress/castle looking thing that is built into the side of a hill. My pictures just don't do it justice, but it was hard to work around the busy street/trees that were in the way.

The day before yesterday, Patrick told me that we had to get up earlyish on Monday because he had a surprise for me. Tadaa! We wound up at the Ritter Sport Chocolate Factory. For those of you who have never had this chocolate, it is absolutely amazing. They sell certain kinds in America, but nothing to compare to what they have over here! Sadly, the museum was closed, but we were able to go into the chocolate shop. For those of you that know me pretty well, this was my own, personal version of heaven. Patrick and I have been eating healthy and working out lately (trying to look good in my wedding dress), so chocolate has been a no-no for the past 2 weeks. Needless to say, we bought too much. That is an understatement, we bought like 2lbs. of the stuff.

We chose the perfect day to go to the church/duck pond. It was definitely the best weather we have had in awhile. It was nice to just walk around and sit down and look at the duckies. You are not allowed to feed them, they get sick. Apparently American duckies have far stronger stomachs than German duckies.

It was awesome to find a movie theater that shows original movies in English. It is really really small, and only shows 2 different movies each night, but it works. We went to see Safe House last week, and this week we saw This Means War. Since Safe House is newer or more popular, it was in the big room with the big screen. This Means War was in a room that probably only sat 50 people, with a screen that was pretty tiny. Both movies are great. There is one big difference between movie theaters in Germany and those in America, they sell alcohol in German ones.

Oh, and you can drink in the car if you aren't driving. The crazy part about this is, Germany has half as many alcohol-related car accidents than we do (I read a study about it), even though you are allowed open containers and you are allowed to drink (beer and wine) at 16.

Cheers :)

We are going to be heading up to Cologne and Gerolstein in the next couple weeks. Cologne has his awesome bridge where couples put their names on padlocks and throw the keys into the river. I have been waiting to do that since I decided to move here. Gerolstein is where my ancestors came from. There used to be a castle names Burg Gerhardstein, but it was mostly destroyed. Patrick read a story about my ancestors, apparently they were not well liked people. It should be a fun 4.5 hour road trip in the smart car though!