Willkommen. Bienvenue. Welcome. C'mon in. - Lili Von Schutpp in Blazing Saddles

My next level of German class started today.  Overall, Im in the same class of as before with some of my friends but with the addition of 4 new students - Japan, Mallorca, Bulgaria and Russia.  No Americans.  It's like looking for the White Whale in Moby Dick...call me Ismael...ANYWAY, B came home today but had to leave for London and will be back tomorrow evening.  We saw each other for 5 minutes (on my way in the door, he, on his way out - direct from the airport).  The weather is COLD and Halloween is this Friday.  We are not going to the Halloween Party previously mentioned in my other post.  Instead we will drive (meaning I will drive) to Wiesbaden to visit our friends Anders and Anastasia for a long weekend.  Its another holiday here in Germany this Saturday, which means, all stores will be closed Saturday AND Sunday which means there will be a mad dash of people trying to get their shopping done on Friday...time to get the hell out of Dodge.  It wont be any different being in Wiesbaden as it is still in Germany but perhaps we can go to the outlet mall in Metzingen...I will have to check the internet...