Sounds of Friedrichshafen - Part 2

So, after talking to Brian about my previous blog post, we came up with a few more "sounds" to include.

Raindrops
This is a sound that we definitely wish we didn't hear as much as we do!  Since we've been here, it's been rainy most days.  We have a few nice days here and there, but mostly it rains at some point during the day.  The rain isn't always very hard, but it is definitely steady.  It was relatively warm at the beginning even when it was raining, but the last couple of days have been in the 60s and rainy.  We are looking forward to heading to Barcelona, Spain tomorrow where it should be in the low 80s and sunny.

Car Engine
Maybe this one is cheating, but this is a sound we have NOT experienced much in the last few weeks!  We do not have a car here (yet!), so we have not heard the sound of a car engine starting for the last two weeks.  Last night we went with a friend out for dinner and he picked us up in his car.  It was strange to get into a car after it has been so long!  We'll see how long we can go without driving a car.  I'm definitely not excited to do that here!

Jingling Coins
 Perhaps this is a sound that we heard in the US, but we definitely hear it with more regularity here!  In the US, we usually bought things with our debit card and rarely had cash.  Since we get hit with the exchange rate and a fee every time we use our debit card, we have been taking out cash to pay for things (plus, many places don't accept a debit card).  Because of this, we have more coins in our pockets and sometimes find it hard to use them up because it is hard to remember to use them.  Plus, they look different and are different denominations than in the US, so sometimes we forget how to use them.  We try our hardest to use them, but sometimes we just want to do things fast and not look dumb looking through the coins to find the ones we need.  :)

We're headed to Barcelona for the next week, so hopefully after that I will have some pictures to post up here.  I had a picture of Brian in the rain to put with this post, but we already packed the camera, so I'll have to put it up later.