July 29th, 2004 Thursday We arrived in Wiesbaden after getting lost and having to get directions from an Englishman at a gas station, where me and Brett complained about the two and a half weeks ahead of us and worried that the Europeans would treat us horribly because we are American. I think it may have been partly because none of us had any sleep (except for brett) throughout the entire flight and we were all tired and crabby, because now that we are in our hotel in Wiesbaden and I look out the window to see the people picnicking and sunbathing and the beautiful architecture and the tiny European cars, i think i really like it here. We saw the kind of car that Brittany Murphy (sp?) and Ashton Kutcher (sp?) rented in Just Married. Its called a smart. The cars here are so weird looking, especially that one. Every now and then someone has an American sports car, which I suppose are very expensive because of them being imports and all, but not very often at all. I don't know why the sheet said we were staying in Frankfurt, since we are staying in Wiesbaden. It is beautiful here in this city, I can imagine myself living here. We had to go to a neighborhood and ask a German woman for help, and she was very nice; she even drew us a map of how to get to our hotel. So here we are. I guess the culture here is different, but there seems to be a lot more nudity on TV than in America. On a late night Jay Leno type show, they had a couple having sex in the shower. The glass was fogged butit was still quite obvious what was going on. I shall sleep on the couch tonight. I guess I was pretty damn tired the night when I got things together to pack, because I forgot pjs, my good hairbrush, and other important things. So now I must sleep in jeans. I am an idiot and I feel like smacking myself. I will write more tomorrow night. Love, Becca