Arrived in Heidelberg yesterday. The flights were uneventful, and somehow I managed to sleep for the enough of the overseas leg to make it pass relatively quickly. Courtney and I watched a movie, then listened to music and rode the line of consciousness until landing. We breezed through customs, grabbed our bags, and located our sponsor with the help of the official USAEUR greeter (an SSG, probably bored out of his mind). Our sponsor then drove us the hour or so to Heidelberg. When we arrived there, we did some initial in-processing -- updated our CAC cards so we could get on and off post, scheduled appointments for lodging, set up a post office box (address below) and figured out our schedule for next week. Today we are heading over to HHC for 5th Corps to do some company level in-processing. Hopefully we'll also get a chance to get cell phones, and maybe even have our official promotion ceremony. Monday we're meeting with housing to start the apartment search. Tuesday we start the rest of the in-processing -- I think that involves finance, driving, health, dental, etc.

Haven't had much of a chance to see Heidelberg yet, but what I have seen looks great. Ate a bratwurst for lunch and everything...

My sponsor lives in a reasonable 2 bedroom flat with internet, washer-dryer, etc. Because crazy germans take everything with them when they move (all appliances, even the cabinetry) it is necessary to build most of that into the lease. Shouldn't be a big deal with the people at housing helping us.

Anyways, that's all for now. love.
patrick

Patrick Robinson
CMR 419, Box 473
APO AE 09102