day 2

today i got to experience some of hildesheim.  L and i took the kids by bus to the main pedestrian street downtown.  the downtown area is fairly busy, but by no means a large city.  it reminds me somewhat of the size and scale of greenville. the city was bombed during WWII so many of the buildings are reconstructions of the old, or new buildings. we visited C's pharmacy and ate some ice cream at an italian place.  we also went into the old butcher's guild building for an exhibit with 3D pictures of hildesheim.  it was interesting to see the old photos and the 3D aspect was cool. afterwards we took the bus home and had dinner where i tasted my first german white wine. D, who is 5, speaks really good english.  he tends to only speak it when he is only with me. he usually prefaces everything with 'shall i tell you something.' it's funny. i gave him where the wild things are. we read it twice tonight. A, who is 2, babbles in english.  she understands a lot though.  she loves her baby doll, also called A. baby E mostly sleeps and is a fairly quiet baby.  L speaks to the kids in french and C speaks to the kids in german.  they all speak in english to me, for the time being.  needless to say, i've heard a lot of different languages. many french words are beginning to come back to me.  i keep wanting to speak in spanish because it's the language i associate with being in europe. ok, that's it for now. i'm still quite tired from the trip and the jetlag hasn't worn off. until tomorrow!