GEORGIAN ESSEN UND LAGAAN

A few nights ago about 15 people descended on my apartment turning it into something resembling a war zone (I have pics to prove it). A real Georgian from Georgia (that would be the Russian country not the American state) fixed us real Georgian food, and it was yummy. Then we watched a few movies, one in German and one in Hindi. Watching the guys watch the singing and dancing in the Hindi movie was actually more entertaining than the movie itself (see picture 4 from the top). I would include their attempts to recreate the beautiful combination of music and dance, but...ahem...this is not that kindove blog. Don't want to scare the kiddies.

Jogging in Germany

I have taken up jogging again lately. It has been such a fantastic stress reliever as well as it seems to be helping me take weight off as well. However I realized last evening as I was running, just how much I must stand out to the other joggers here in Germany. Is it ok to label oneself as a "low-maintenance" jogger? It is a bit scary out there sometimes. Here I am in my sweatshirt and warm up pants with a huge rip in the knee (I think of it as ventilation) because of a bike wreck , and I am surrounded by spandexy, wind breaker people who wear green reflective vests, WITH reflective tape on top, blinking red arm bands, and those cool lights that fit around your head. (kindove like what miners wear). I can sortove relate to the "deer" caught in the headlights now. Not too mention those lights bobbing toward you kindove messes with your depth perception. Did you know that they even hold classes for proper jogging technique. I got a good laugh at the instructor herding a gaggle of about 10 joggers very slowly around the pond I was running at. They were all practicing the latest technique of jogging on the balls of their feet. They looked like they were tip-toeing. It was sortove sweet.