Guten Tag!

So I am finally in the right mind set and have seen enough so that I can communicate my expereinces. After a 9.5 hr flight on a small international plane where the audio didnt work for the movie, and there were no games or outlets for us to plug things into, we arrived in Frankfurt. Now I will spare you the details of the next four or five hours, because they are negative and I dont want to remember them if I come back and read this. I will say that the Army is not perfect and I do not like being herded around like a cow. I will also tell you how scarey it is to be affiliated with the United States Army in another country, even if they are our allies. We were escorted from the airport to the Shariton hotel, which is in another part of the air port, and then from the holding station to the private bus to take us to our posts by security. It was fast, we took back elevators and back doors, and there were armed men in our path along the way, and I think at that point I realized that we weren't in Kansas anymore. We were told if we were going to travel we should blend in as much as possible and try not to call any attention to ourselves, especially in affiliation with the Army. It was very frightening and interesting but I will not allow it to ruin my out look. We are currently living in the German countryside. Kaiserslautern...or atleast the Airforce base we are currently living on is fairly cut off from everything else and reminds me of Colorado. We arent very close to anything and so far it seems as though a car is required to do almost everything, even on post we are very spread out. It was not what I was expecting and I was shocked and upset for the first 24ish hours I was here which is why I avoided writing e-mails and on here, I hoped it would pass. I have adjusted my expectations and have exentuated the positives about this place, sometimes out loud, and I am feeling better. Its beautiful and the temperature is perfect, not to hot, not to cold, and nice and cool under the trees. The scenery is breath taking and the trees are a shade of green I have never really experienced in the states. They have trails and side walks all over and I have taken several walks. I really need a folding chair so that I can sit right off my favorite path and read, they have benches but they are old and wood and I would imagine home to creepies and crawlies. Michael says we are going to try  to get off post on saturday, but I'm not getting my hopes up since I havent seen a gate in about a day and a half lol. All in all I think we will be fine as soon as we get our licenses and our cars, but untill then I will use my legs and enjoy the scenery. Who knows, this may turn into a what to do when there is nothing to do blog!