Outside the gates...

A brief summary (with photos) of our Sunday outings...

A Morning Jog with Meatloaf...

Please notice Chad's warm(est) clothing.

Since Amy doesn't run, she'll just pose next to the dog and look her best.

And play in the snow...

After we're done with our morning jog/snow fun/posing, we drop Meatloaf off at our hotel and head out for a three mile trek to find.... Doner Kebabs! I'd like to take this opportunity to explain a little bit about a Doner Kebab with the help of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. =)

By definition: Döner kebab (Turkish döner kebap, literally "rotating roast"), is a Turkish national dish made of meat cooked on a vertical spit and sliced off to order. The meat may be lamb, mutton, beef, goat, or chicken. Alternative names include kebab, donair, döner, ντονερ, doner or donner. Döner Kebab is the origin of other similar Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes such as shawarma and gyros.

Great! Now let me share with you a little about what I know... a large slab or rotating meat (we can't say for sure what type since we don't know any Germany but I KNOW it wasn't chicken), sliced thinly and in long strips (reminiscent of crunchy turkey skin), stuffed into a large roll (think New Orleans Muffaletta) with onions, peppers, tomatoes, lettuce and a t angy sauce (sorta like a peppery mayo). The first bite was different, the second bite, which included little to no meat was pretty damn good, but the third bite did me in with a mouthful of mystery meat that I couldn't handle. The meat tasted like... something I can't put into words... and the texture... well, back to that turkey skin thing... felt like thin pieces of what I would imagine shaved skin to feel like (ew). Although Chad loves them, I won't be ordering any doner kebobs in the near future.

First German/Turkish ( can't really blame the Germans too much) experience outside the protective gates... not so delectable.

It gets better....

Chad thought it would be "fun" to take a short cut across a snow covered hill to our hotel...
That building in front of me is the hotel.... where the dead grass ends.... a steep slope begins... yeah, I think you can use your imaginations from here.

Anyways, the day ended with a trip to the Dog Park, which left Meatloaf with his best Dumb & Dumber impression (i.e. the frozen snot scene... I know my mom won't know what I'm talking about but it's okay Mom.)
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Yes... that's dog snot at its best.

Anyways, besides SUNDAY'S events... Chad picked up his truck yesterday (his DL was still valid) and we were mobile. Our first trip.... THE CX! Stuttgart has the only CX in Europe and for you civilians out there, it's the military's grocery store/ furniture outlet. Weird combo right?

We also checked out our temporary housing situation... which we will move into within the next few days... give Meatloaf a little more room.

I'll keep everyone posted.

Bye!