German News Stories, and My Day

So, I've been watching a lot of TV in german, and THIS was on the news tonight.

http://hermann.blog.com/4688609/
http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/0,1518,612016,00.html

I don't know which "news source" has better pictures, but the whole thing is rather hilarious.
Made me almost laugh out loud, and get excited for the snow that might happen later this week. So far it's only been cold, and then cold and rainy.

Today I woke up with a very sore throat, and cough, a sinus headache, and congestion, and I decided it would be better for me not to go to my 4 hours intensive german class. I almost made it there, but instead I went to my local Apotheke (drug store), and bought feel-better drugs. By the afternoon I indeed feel better, and so when a very nice kid from my class brought me the papers/worksheets I had missed, we decided to go on a walk before going back to IES headquarters for an orientation at 3:30. We went to checkpoint charlie, and then got some döner (slash I just got a coca-cola), and then headed to the IES center, where I was given a frank talking to about missing class. I should have called IES and emailed the professor! But with the sinus headache, somehow that slipped my mind. I guess absence is really frowned upon, so I shouldn't get sick anymore.
To give myself some credit, I've been taking a multi-vitamin, getting almost 10 hours of sleep every night, and also drinking alcohol to kill the foreign germs... but my "oh-so thought out" plan failed and i got the "you're not familiar with foreign germs" cold.
But it IS better, and now I get to start filling out the 15 worksheets I missed.
I hope my german gets better soon.

That's all for now, check in later for more scandalous german news stories!