Countdown to the End.

This is my last day in Germany. Consequently, this will be the last time I post in my blog whilst in Germany. Hope you enjoy it!

Yesterday, we went to Cologne, or Koeln as the locals call it. We wanted to visit the Chocolate Museum and the Sports Museum, but they're both closed on Mondays. Sad! So instead, we took a boat tour down the Rhein River (and no, it wasn't 3 hours long. And no, we didn't shipwreck on an island. Name that show.)

After the boat tour, we went to the cathedral in Cologne. It took roughly 500 years to complete. No joke. They started building it in the 1300's and didn't complete it until 1880. Crazy, right?

Wilhelm took the boys on a tour in German starting at 2. Alwina and I were going on a tour in English starting at 2:30, so in that 30 minutes, we decided to grab some lunch at McDonald's (her idea, not mine, thank you very much). So there we were, eating and having a grand old time. I went to take a drink of my Coca Cola Light, and all of a sudden, some unknown and UNappreciated object went down my esophagus. Here are my conjectures as to what it was:
40% sure it was a bee stinger. There are bees like crazy in Germany.
30% sure it was a piece of fry or batter from the chicken nuggets.
20% sure it was a a piece of plastic (straw or drink lid).
5% sure it was an actual entire bee.
3% sure it was an extraterrestrial.
2% sure it was a small, extremely angry man with a pick-axe.

So those are my guesses. In any case, it hurt like something that hurts a lot. So Alwina and I were walking around, trying to find a bathroom without a huge line that I could use, even though we had 5 minutes left before the tour started. But we didn't find one. So we took the tour anyway. And I couldn't tell you anything the guide said, because the whole time, I was thinking about how much my throat hurt. It. was. awful. I kept having these visions of my throat swelling up, being unable to breathe, and dying. Which would not be cool. Dying in Germany of a bee sting in my esophagus. So there I was in a beautiful German cathedral dying of a bee sting. It was pretty funny, now that I look back on it. But at the time, I was flipping out. Okay, enough about that. Pictures! That's what you were waiting for, right? Well, here they are:

After the tours had ended, and I was still alive, we walked back to the car and drove home. As we were driving home, we stopped by a futbol stadium so the boys could have a look. Alwina and I stayed in the car, talking about girly things, until the boys came back. Then we finished our long trek. I shot many videos of the boys doing funny things. I have a great game I can't wait to introduce to the college group back in Florida! And on our way home, we stopped by Alwina's parents' house to pick up Levin. We had dinner and tea. What a delightful family. I will really miss them :( We finally made it home around 10 pm, and I went to bed (after Skyping a certain beautiful best friend for a bit!)

Today is a lazy day. I will do laundry, pack, Alwina and I will go shopping later, and I'll try and tie up all my loose ends, so to speak. For breakfast, we had french toast. Alwina said every time they eat it, they will think of me :) For lunch, we will have MANTI!!! My favorite meal here. And that's about it for the day. Pray for me as I make the long and arduous trip home tomorrow. Pray that I will not miss any flights! And pray that I will not get sick on any flights either. God is good. <3

PS: Guess you're celebrating tomorrow!

PSS: Exophagus - the next video game hero, fighting strep throat and other viral infections one throat at a time!!!

Fellow ck-er: Just move to the US already! :D