Wednesday, July 30, 2008

What to do with German

OK, well today my mom and I went to Nuremberg. It was cool. I totally saw the same restaurant that I went to on study abroad in 2006 and had my first taste of "Chinese food" in Germany. It involved schnitzel. I also saw that they have Vapiano in places other than Berlin which made me happy. (Faap-ianoo) Oh, and tons of Nazi architecture courtesy of Albert Speer. And all these protesters out in front of the church that were protesting German troops in Afghanistan. Every like 15 minutes they played air raid sirens which was kind of annoying and made me want to duck for cover. Plus they were tons of police.

But the real story begins when my mom and I were coming back. We got back to Ansbach and went to dinner at this place my mom had seen. I got 2 Ansbacher Bratwurst with Saurkraut. It was sooo good. Better than the wurst I had in Nuremberg today. So we walked back to the Bahnhof because that's where all the taxis congregate. Along the way we met some missionaries and talked to them for a few minutes. They generally get confused when you call out "Hey Elders." We asked if they knew Jason Henderson, but they didn't. It's not surprising because the Munich Austria mission is HUGE!

Skipping ahead, there were no taxis at the Bahnhof so we called one. As we're driving to the post, a phone starts ringing with this way stereotypical German umpa music. I figured that it was the driver's phone until after it started ringing and he said someone left it in the Taxi. So they called again and my mom silenced it. Then they called a third time. I told my mom they were probably trying to find their phone so she hands it to me and I answer it.

It was totally random but followed pretty much like it would in English. I answered and the guy was like "Hello?" and so I was like "Hello" and then it went to the "you have my phone" to which I responded, "No, you left your phone in a taxi." So then I gave the guy the number of the taxi service but then the driver told me to have the guy call back in 5 minutes.

So what new and exciting things have I done with my sweet skillz now? I helped some random German get his handy back. Oh and the picture is like the same kind of phone that the guy had. Crazy what you can find on google images these days.

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