Work

Started work on Monday December 2nd. Let me first describe the efforts involved by me and those around me in getting me to and from work. Ok, and I should probably also clarify that it isn't really "work" because I don't get paid. It's really more of an internship or from what I keep hearing being said about me in German, a "practicum." Anyways, there are two general methods for how I get to work: 1. I leave the house by 7 am and am dropped off at the house of the pharmacist I work for, I then ride 30-40 mins with him to the pharmacy (aka Apotheke). 2. I walk with the high school age children I live with at 7:10 to catch the public bus to get to the train station so I can be picked up by the pharmacist on his way to work, and ride to the pharmacy. I pay 9 euro for a bus pass that gives me 7 one way rides to the train station and it's less than a 5 minute ride! The school children ride free.
To go home: I nearly always leave with the pharmacist between 6:45 and 7:00 pm. He closes the store at 6:30. Every once in a while we have to do some deliveries before we go home. Then, he either takes me home, or to his house, where I am picked up by car to go back home. I usually make it home between 7:30 and 8:00 pm. Once so far, and 2 more times before I am finished I will have to take the train home, and be picked up by car at the station for the final leg home.
To address the long hours of work; lunch is 2 hours long. I usually walk to the bakery and pick up some fresh bread (whatever looks good to me that day) and come back to the pharmacy and eat. Then I take a nap for about an hour. Oh, yes, I will describe later some of the workings of German pharmacy, but the owner has a good couch for sleeping on because every 9 days he must hold emergency service and keep the store open from 8am one day, to 8am the next, which means sleeping in the store in case anyone rings.
Occasiaonlly when the weather was a little better (not really better, just not freakin cold!) me and the pharmacist would go a on a walk (what he calls it) or hike (what I call it) to see a few things around town. I had planned on walking around the lake, it's about a 4 mile walk, but I don't think that is going to happen now with the cold weather and snow that doesn't go away.
I don't have any pictures of the shop, who I work with, etc yet but they will come before I am done. Keep an eye out.