The day after our trip to Oberstdorf, my mom and I woke up feeling active so we took a long walk down the path she used to walk when she was a kid. It was really awesome getting to see everything that she grew up living around and hearing her stories another time but being able to see the aspects of her stories. So, we walked down a long path into the next town over and I got to see the lake she would sneak into to swim in with her friends and the field that let up to the house her dad bought. While we were on our walk, we stumbled upon a farm with a massive flock of sheep out front. It was really cool we walked up to the the edge of the flock that was not fenced in and saw the herding dogs keeping them on the property. When we walked back, we went with Sina to "der Stall" to feed the horse she takes care of. We got to brush, feed and pet the two horses and also see the other animals on the man's farm. He had a number of cows including one baby that was especially fond of sucking on my fingers.
After visiting the barn, we had a family dinner and then Sina and I went to a bar with France where we relaxed and had some drinks. We sat and talked for a while and my German was getting better, especially listening to it and picking up what the conversations were about. Sina and her friends thought it was funny to give me words and phrases to say out loud and then laugh when I said them in my American accent.
