Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost Fotoapperat

Well, I was wrestling idealism last night, because I realized that too much is happening for me keep everyone updated about everything. Therefore, I am no longer going to try and include every single experience ever in this blog. Sorry.
Wenn ich alles schreibe, mache ich nichts. If I write everything, I'll do nothing.


That said, another sage. This I have entitled,

'never leave your camera in a restaurant, especially when you are in a country where you barely speak the language.'

So about halfway through last week, a couple of my fellow BCA Studenten and I went to a little Pizza place called Maxx. It was delish, but unfortunately, I forgot my camera there. Even MORE unfortunately, I didn't realize that I'd left my camera there until two days later, because I didn't have time to take any pictures, and I thought it was just in the bottom of my backpack.

So I retraced my steps, and decided that the only place I could have left it was Maxx. So I had to go back (which took some finding) and try and ask (in German) if anyone had left a camera there that week. Thanks to Alex Becker, I was armed with the necessary vocabulary, and actually was able to communicate very clearly with the lady at the counter. 'hat jemand hier eine Camera verlassen?' said I, 'Ja, vor drei Tage?' said she...etc.

Anyway, she had found my camera (it was the same lady who had served us) and put it in a safe place, telling her fellow workers that if anyone came in looking for a camera, that it was there.

You can imagine our shared chagrin when the camera WASN'T there.

She looked frantically around, and called a couple of people who weren't working that day, and finally told me sorry, and that I should come back that evening, when the other girl would be in, who might know where the camera had been moved to.

So I came back, and it was a repeat of the first time, only this time, they said to come back the next day. Saturday morning, I went, did some shopping a lovely open air market, and then went to Maxx. I wondered if I would be considered a regular after this adventure, even though I'd only bought anything once.

Finally, the clouds parted, heaven smiled upon the little Pizza place, and she beaming gave me my lost coin. I called all my neighbors, we slaughtered the fattened calf, and all was once again joy and merriment.

so now I have my camera back, no worse for wear other than that one of the rechargeable batteries must have fallen out, so now I only have one pair, which take a day to charge, so I have to plan ahead so I have batteries for important photo ops.

Speaking of which, it is beautiful outside today, so I am going to go get some sweet pics of the Schloß while I can, and hopefully I can upload them in the near future.

Viel Glück!