You Go Nate!

Journey to the North....

(read this post first and then the one below)

Sometimes you can stew about a decision only to find out that your path can really only go one way.

I emailed the school in Nuremberg and received no response. I even tried telephoning them and it seems they don't have any full-time positions at the moment. That's not what they're website said, but whatever.

So I made a new decision. I'm leaving tomorrow to travel the length of Germany to the city of Hamburg in the north. I will stay there for a few days and get a feel for the city. Then, I hope to travel 100 miles east to the small town of my distance relatives Sybille & Wolfgang and spend some time with them. They have been friends of our family for many years and are wondeful people.

If really feel good about Hamburg then I can see what opportunities are available there. It will be a tough sell after Munich. I've come to really like this city in the week I've been here. I have gotten especially excited about the possibility of taking day-trips to the Alps, Salzburg, and some of the medieval towns in the area.

I went to the train station today and purchased a rail pass that allows me to travel anywhere in Germany for four individual days over one month. I also transfered a bunch of my stuff that I don't need right away into my suitcase and wheeled it over to the LDS meetinghouse. Elder & Sister Williams had told me they would watch after it until I returned. So with my rail pass I have the flexibility to be gone from Munich until March 13. If I decide to return to work in Munich, it will work out nicely to use the days after the 13th to look for a place to live and hopefully start work within a week or two. If I decide to stay in Hamburg I will still have enough travel days on my pass to go to Munich and retrieve my bag.

*phew*