Ich Habe in Deutschland Angekommen

Hey everyone,

I forgot to mention that later Tuesday night as I was looking for my gate in Chicago O'Hare, I am almost certain I saw Viggo Mortensen. Since it was late, there weren't very many people anywhere, so the few people that came along were naturally ones that I glanced at. Well, I thought from farther away, "He kinda looks like Viggo Mortensen." Then he got closer and closer and finally he was almost a foot away and it just HAD to be him. (I didn't really consider that I was staring, but he was looking at me too, which helped me figure out it was him).
I thought about stammering out something but he had already passed and I guess I get kind of shy. Not to mention, he didn't look like he was in the mood to talk to anyone. Anyway, that was pretty cool. I found this pic of him dated last week and his hair was almost exactly that length and color. If it wasn't him, man, I bet that guy gets a lot of LOTR fans after him.

I noticed this visit that Germans really have a tendency to stare. Sometimes just feel it when I walk by. I guess I don't normally dress in the way that girls here dress (I've been told before that people can immediately tell that I'm American, though I have no idea how!), but we were just walking down the street and just glancing at people, I felt like they were staring. I asked Christian if that is common and he said yeah, especially in smaller towns... though I didn't experience it as much as I did last night in Berlin. I felt like I had something on my shirt, or on my face.




On another note, while I was in London, I was killing time in a duty-free shop and they had a huge display of "Crunchie" packages, with mini Crunchie candy bars inside. Crunchie is my absolute favorite candy ever. It's made with seafoam toffee in the middle, man it's great. The only place I could get it was World Market, and about a year ago, they stopped getting them, then World Market closed a couple months ago. But hurrah! I purchased a package (not cheaply! 6 pounds, roughly 12 USD) and am happily enjoying them from time to time. Gotta make em last!