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The windows are impeccably well-engineered. You can either turn the handle so that it is positioned horizontally and swing the window open like a door, or you can turn it 180 degrees, and tilt the upper side of the window in. How cool is that?!

The trails that surround the little towns. There are a lot, too. Hopefully the weather will stay relatively mild, because I´d like to get a couple more hikes in before the weather gets cold. A full day´s hike is a great way to see so much, and to get some much needed exercise (More and more I´m starting to look a little like Plumpy from Candyland-especially when I wear that bright green jacket).

Milka chocolate. Mmmm. Hershey´s got nothing on this baby. Plus they have this one kind of candy bar that´s milk chocolate and has a little picture made out of white chocolate of a landscape and a cow (Milka´s logo) fused across half of the top of the candy bar.

Unlike in the states, you can bring your pets pretty much anywhere. I can´t imagine the problems you´d have trying to bring your dog into the mall, but here it´s no big deal. And everytime I´m like "whoa! you can bring your pet in here?!" Somebody replies with, "Why not?" My sentiments exactly.

In Thüringen right now there´s something going on called the Jazzmeile. In all the cities in the area there are tons of jazz concerts until the end of November. I´ve bookmarked a couple I´d like to try and see. The one I think would be the coolest is kind of far away so I don´t think I can make it, but it´s a group from Ghana. If you´d like to try your hand at Deutsch or if you are one of those people reading this that can actually understand it, check out this site: www.jazzmeile.org