For those that check regularly, you might be confused, as there are suddenly three new posts. Yay post dating! I wrote the other two in my notebook but wasn't able to get them online until now. You may also notice new pictures. It's amazing what I get done when I'm procrastinating packing :) . It's ok, I have just under eight hours left in Heidelberg. Since I was traveling, I forgot to call the shuttle service before today, so instead of leaving on the 7 a.m. shuttle, I have to leave on the 5:30 a.m. shuttle. JOY. Lord knows I love waiting around airports. At any rate, my last day in Germany (excluding traveling tomorrow) pretty much consisted of me sweating and sweating some more. Apparently today was the hottest day this summer in Heidelberg. I'm craving air conditioning like no other. On the plus side, I have a lot of crap that I need to pack, well repack, and then I'll be home, kinda. Today I hung out with my host sister. She's so cute I just want to take her with me. We went shopping and then grabbed some ice cream. She asked me if I really couldn't stay with them longer. I told her I didn't have enough money to stay any longer, and my flight was already booked. I'm sure she'll have plenty of fun this summer anyway; she's going to a camp in Croatia. Well, I suppose, I should actually do something productive, especially since I'm coming home with one more bag than I left with. Hope you all like your souvenirs!

Well, I thought today would be a nice relaxing day. I was wrong. Around 9:30 I heard someone open the door and say “Bitte einsteigen” (please get up). Screw that noise, I thought. Around 10, I was sitting in bed and the cleaning lady came in. We muddled through her Austrian-German and my American-German and figured out I was staying in the room. At least, I thought I was, since I had paid for two nights and had only made it through one. Having settled that, at least in theory, I hopped in the shower. I had just finished up and was reorganizing my stuff when the one owner of the hostel came in. She told me that the room as reserved and I couldn’t stay there. I was flabbergasted. I had to pack up my stuff and head downstairs. I received another room, located in the back house, which would require a 10 Euro deposit for the key. I moved into my new room, reorganized my stuff and steamed about what had just gone down. I calmed myself down by going to the grocery store and getting my food for the rest of my travels. I splurged and bought cherries. I like cherries. I came back and met one of my roommates, who is Australian. I later met the other one, an American , and we were joined by an Austrian who speaks excellent English. The day ended on a happy note, so I guess that’s all I can ask for.