Audi Museum und Fühlend Krank

The Audi Museum and Feeling Sick

Last night, after talking with Kyle until after one in the morning, I spent my first night in Germany. Woke up around 8:30 in order to get ready for our tour at the Audi museum with some of the other St. Cloud State students that are already here in Ingolstadt. The museum was only a short walk away from where we're staying. Talked with some of the other students on the way there, and apparently they had toured the actual Audi factory before. From what they described, I'll definitely have to get a tour of it, if I can. Otherwise I'll have to make Cameron go when he visits, because he'd probably die in ecstasy, with all the robots and cars, and other assorted engineering stuff.

The tour of the museum was quite interesting. We had a guide, and you're able to get the tour auf Englisch (in English) as well as auf Deutsch (in German). Because the students that are staying here in Ingolstadt have had no experience with German, except what they're learned while living here since January, we had the tour auf Englisch. I'm not much interested in cars, but I thought it was neat to learn that Audi actually formed from four different companies (which is why Audi symbols is four interconnected circles), though the companies have changed throughout the years.

I took some pictures while I was at the museum, which you can see by clicking here. I wasn't too interested in taking pictures, because I had been feeling queasy and sick since I had woken up, but I soon found that squatting down taking pictures was more comfortable for me than standing up. As soon as the tour was over with, we walked back to our room, and I went to sleep. I slept on and off from 11:30 AM until 4:15 PM, and finally felt a little better once I woke up. I managed to eat a little bit, and I've got a carbonated beverage much like Sprite, and a huge bottle of water, so I'm set there. I'm not sure what made me feel so ill, but I hope that I won't feel so bad tomorrow. And that I'll be able to get a decent night's sleep, since I slept so much during the day!

Tomorrow Matt and I set off for Eichstätt to finally get all settled in to our new home. We have a German student who is supposed to meet us at der Bahnhof (the train station) with a van, so that we don't have to worry about walking all the way to our apartments, or having to switch trains. Knowing that there will be someone to meet us at der Bahnhof, and also finally getting a converter for my computer so that I can plug it in has been a huge relief. I can't wait to get to Eichstätt and get all settled in, but it also means that I probably won't be able to connect to the internet from now on as often as I have the past couple days. That will certainly make it more difficult to stay in touch with everyone, but I have every intention of managing just fine! There just might have to be more planning about when I can be online, in case people would like to instant message me, and I will probably start drafting emails and my blogs on my computer while in my apartment, and then sending them off when I'm able to connect to the internet.

Anyway, I promise to update again as soon as I get all settled in in Eichstätt. Hopefully everything will go smoothly. =)

Until later,
Amanda