I executed a will yesterday. It was pretty straight forward, but I gotta admit, it felt good preparing documents for my own signature after years of passing things off at the conclusion. The bulk of my clients so far are wills, separation agreements, and immigration issues (although pretty much all the immigration issues in the office get funneled to me now; we had a day-long seminar on immigration and I told the scheduling paralegals to send those my way because that was where I felt most prepared...)
Heidelberg Herbst was this past weekend--all autumn long the German cities celebrate the harvest with various festivals, and this was Heidelberg's. They close the Aldstadt (Old Town) to vehicles and the whole area is swarming with people. Near the main Platzes (Squares) you could barely walk through. It was a lot of fun -- street vendors everywhere, some fun local art, and of course lots of beer, wine, brats.
Notre Dame won another close one. The game didn't start till 8pm EST (thats 2am CET!) but I woke up to watch the 4th quarter on my iPhone via the slingbox. I turned the game on just as Purdue scored their go ahead touchdown, and had enough battery on my phone to watch through the end of the game, including Jimmy Clausen's late game heroics -- not quite what Farve did for the Vikes, but close.
This week I'll have appointments again today and tomorrow. Then Thursday we have our monthly Leadership Development Program training -- not sure what that entails yet. Friday we have an office trip to Stuttgart for its harvest festival. It's supposed to be a lot like Oktoberfest, but a tiny bit smaller -- it's only the second largest harvest festival in Germany.
I'm loving Germany.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest this past weekend -- an absolute blast. We drove down to Ansbach on Friday (1.5 hrs from Heidelberg) and crashed at a friend's house. Then to Munich early Saturday morning -- this took another couple of hours. We arrived at the Fest-grounds (a local park) around 9am and it was already very crowded, so much so that we could not sit inside at any of the the Bier-tents. We did manage to find a table for the 7 of us outside -- which is good because you can't get served beer/food unless you're "seated."
At noon they start serving Bier and lunch/dinner. The Bier comes in liter mugs -- ridiculous. The food was great too -- very traditional German food -- we had sausages, kraut, sweet mustard for lunch and meat, potatoes and veggies for dinner. Definitely a great time -- everyone should experience it. Hopefully next time 'round we'll make it inside. It looked like it was even more fun in there.
I missed the ND game, but found out the next morning that we won thanks to a game-saving interception.
Sunday saw the assembly of furniture -- I bought a buffet table / bar kind a thing, a coffee table, and a couple cabinet things for the bathroom. They were all from Ikea style places so that means lots of assembly time. The place is coming together nicely -- still waiting on the household goods shipment to arrive though.
Had my "first day of work" today. Sat in a few legal assistance client appointments with another attorney. He has a lot more law to spit to clients needing information than I will -- I think for the time being my success will be determined on my organization and ability to look up answers quickly. It will certainly be a steep learning curve.
At noon they start serving Bier and lunch/dinner. The Bier comes in liter mugs -- ridiculous. The food was great too -- very traditional German food -- we had sausages, kraut, sweet mustard for lunch and meat, potatoes and veggies for dinner. Definitely a great time -- everyone should experience it. Hopefully next time 'round we'll make it inside. It looked like it was even more fun in there.
I missed the ND game, but found out the next morning that we won thanks to a game-saving interception.
Sunday saw the assembly of furniture -- I bought a buffet table / bar kind a thing, a coffee table, and a couple cabinet things for the bathroom. They were all from Ikea style places so that means lots of assembly time. The place is coming together nicely -- still waiting on the household goods shipment to arrive though.
Had my "first day of work" today. Sat in a few legal assistance client appointments with another attorney. He has a lot more law to spit to clients needing information than I will -- I think for the time being my success will be determined on my organization and ability to look up answers quickly. It will certainly be a steep learning curve.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Hittin' the Autobahn in a Mini
Last week I finally got my driver's license and promptly went to the nearest rental car agency. I got a Mini Clubman -- lots of fun.
The first night with the car, Courtney and I drove to the top of the Philosopher's Way to the ruins of an abbey from the 11th century.
From here you have a great view of the Heidelberg Schloss.
Watched the Notre Dame game last night -- it's tough to lose like that. Hopefully the Cowboys will do better -- we're off to The Dubliner to watch the NFL games soon.
Three more days of in-processing activities -- Thursday may be my first day in the office, although more than likely it will be next Monday. Some of my stuff will get delivered Friday, with the rest hopefully not too far behind.
The first night with the car, Courtney and I drove to the top of the Philosopher's Way to the ruins of an abbey from the 11th century.
From here you have a great view of the Heidelberg Schloss.
Watched the Notre Dame game last night -- it's tough to lose like that. Hopefully the Cowboys will do better -- we're off to The Dubliner to watch the NFL games soon.
Three more days of in-processing activities -- Thursday may be my first day in the office, although more than likely it will be next Monday. Some of my stuff will get delivered Friday, with the rest hopefully not too far behind.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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