A few weekends I met up with my friend Olivia at the town centre. Soldes (the end of season sale) was going on and we were ready to shop! I was able to find some great deals on boots, clothes, and even got a great running outfit for really cheap! Olivia and I decided to grab some food at Subway. The bread offered here in subway is different in the states, and they don't have my favorite, Italian Herbs and Cheese. But when the lady asked me "Quel pain?" I forgot all about the fact they don't have the same breads. Thanks to Duo Lingo I was able to understand the question and responded with what bread I wanted. I felt pretty good about myself. The next weekend Olivia and I hung out at my place Friday night then on Saturday we went with her family to Little Britain, which is an english/american store. Most of the things are english, but there are a few american items such as nerds, runts, and pop-tarts. Since Olivia is from England she was pointing out all the things I had to try. After we loaded up on crisps and chocolate we went back to Olivia's. This is were I found the smallest lift I have ever seen. There were four of us and we had to take go up in two separate turns.
We hung out at the apartment for a while and then decided to go out to eat. Olivia and Mathew really wanted to show me this mexican restaurant called Coyote Grill. The theme of the place is the cinema, probably becuase it is located in the same building as the cinema. Because of the theme the restaurant is very unusually decorated. Such as aliens, monsters, pieces of airplanes, etc. They have two very long tables each with a coffin shape glass on the surface and a monster inside. At the bar you are stared at by many movie characters such as Yoda and Superman. The food was really good but much sweeter than I was expecting. Just another thing to add to the list off differences between the U.S. and Luxembourg! It is becoming a very long and interesting list. Then this weekend Olivia and I met up with Luisa, who is from Spain and working over here as an au pair as well. We went to a bakery at the town centre and then up to Cactus (a mall near my home) to take advantage of Soldes. I was finally able to find a couple pairs of nice pants, both under 20 euros. After Cactus we introduced Luisa to Little Britain. She was really excited about all the english chocolate! That night I went out with Tracey, Sue and Becky to an indian restaurant. While we were leaving I realized that over here I am practically supermodel tall. Which is extremely different compared to back home where I am often teased about being the shortest in the family. Tracey and I went to the cinema afterwards to see 007, which I loved. The only thing that would have made the movie better was if James Bond wasn't so stinking old! On the way home from the movies it started to snow, and over here they don't exactly know how to take care of the roads when it snows. So we weren't sure if the roads would be clear enough to get to church the next morning. Then it rained and everything froze.
Scott and Tracey accidentally slept in Sunday morning until 8:45, so the kids and I didn't know if we were going to church or not since it starts at 9:30. It was pure madness rushing around getting ready for church and scraping the thick ice of the windshields, but we made it with about 30 minutes left in Sacrament Meeting. We were a bit unprepared with things to help the kids stay quiet and the girls ended up being unusually loud. I was relieved when Sacrament was over. The ward in Luxembourg is french speaking. We just barely got an english sunday school, but Relief Society is still an french. For some reason this Sunday in Relief Society they handed out the dreadful translator headphones to the three of us who spoke english. We tend to avoid these as much as possible because they are very heavy and uncomfortable. Because the earbuds are so big and the whole contraption is huge it actually hurts to wear them. As if that isn't enough, they look ridiculous! But I think Olivia and I pull them off pretty well.
A few weekends I met up with my friend Olivia at the town centre. Soldes (the end of season sale) was going on and we were ready to shop! I was able to find some great deals on boots, clothes, and even got a great running outfit for really cheap! Olivia and I decided to grab some food at Subway. The bread offered here in subway is different in the states, and they don't have my favorite, Italian Herbs and Cheese. But when the lady asked me "Quel pain?" I forgot all about the fact they don't have the same breads. Thanks to Duo Lingo I was able to understand the question and responded with what bread I wanted. I felt pretty good about myself. The next weekend Olivia and I hung out at my place Friday night then on Saturday we went with her family to Little Britain, which is an english/american store. Most of the things are english, but there are a few american items such as nerds, runts, and pop-tarts. Since Olivia is from England she was pointing out all the things I had to try. After we loaded up on crisps and chocolate we went back to Olivia's. This is were I found the smallest lift I have ever seen. There were four of us and we had to take go up in two separate turns.
We hung out at the apartment for a while and then decided to go out to eat. Olivia and Mathew really wanted to show me this mexican restaurant called Coyote Grill. The theme of the place is the cinema, probably becuase it is located in the same building as the cinema. Because of the theme the restaurant is very unusually decorated. Such as aliens, monsters, pieces of airplanes, etc. They have two very long tables each with a coffin shape glass on the surface and a monster inside. At the bar you are stared at by many movie characters such as Yoda and Superman. The food was really good but much sweeter than I was expecting. Just another thing to add to the list off differences between the U.S. and Luxembourg! It is becoming a very long and interesting list. Then this weekend Olivia and I met up with Luisa, who is from Spain and working over here as an au pair as well. We went to a bakery at the town centre and then up to Cactus (a mall near my home) to take advantage of Soldes. I was finally able to find a couple pairs of nice pants, both under 20 euros. After Cactus we introduced Luisa to Little Britain. She was really excited about all the english chocolate! That night I went out with Tracey, Sue and Becky to an indian restaurant. While we were leaving I realized that over here I am practically supermodel tall. Which is extremely different compared to back home where I am often teased about being the shortest in the family. Tracey and I went to the cinema afterwards to see 007, which I loved. The only thing that would have made the movie better was if James Bond wasn't so stinking old! On the way home from the movies it started to snow, and over here they don't exactly know how to take care of the roads when it snows. So we weren't sure if the roads would be clear enough to get to church the next morning. Then it rained and everything froze. 
Scott and Tracey accidentally slept in Sunday morning until 8:45, so the kids and I didn't know if we were going to church or not since it starts at 9:30. It was pure madness rushing around getting ready for church and scraping the thick ice of the windshields, but we made it with about 30 minutes left in Sacrament Meeting. We were a bit unprepared with things to help the kids stay quiet and the girls ended up being unusually loud. I was relieved when Sacrament was over. The ward in Luxembourg is french speaking. We just barely got an english sunday school, but Relief Society is still an french. For some reason this Sunday in Relief Society they handed out the dreadful translator headphones to the three of us who spoke english. We tend to avoid these as much as possible because they are very heavy and uncomfortable. Because the earbuds are so big and the whole contraption is huge it actually hurts to wear them. As if that isn't enough, they look ridiculous! But I think Olivia and I pull them off pretty well. 
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