Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 18:04:24 +0200
Subject: "The Periodic Adventures and the Adventurous Periodical of Marleigh," 
 Issue 22

Hello!

This is the last issue.  I think I said everything that needed saying in
the issue before this, but I figured I'd send this anyway.  I lose my
laptop tomorrow morning, and then have only telnet until I leave work,
which will probably be early afternoon, before any of you are on line.=20
If someone wishes to chat with me, my telephone still works.  The number
is (whatever the German junk is) + [**********].  Remember that Ulm
time = US time + 6 hours.

I went to the IAESTE meeting Tuesday night.  It was ok.  There's lots of
new people there I hadn't met, including this guy Lidvar from Norway,
who Emma really likes.  I sort of like him too.  It's funny to hear him
talking about what he likes about "Yermany."

The details for the trip with Tom is shaping up.  I reserved us a hotel
room in Berlin for August 11-16 at the Hotel Crystal Garni (tel. 
[**********], reservation is under "Norton," in case you need to get a hold
of us.)  The guy who booked my reservation was named Glasgow Flascher,
and he was really funny, making lots of jokes and stuff on the phone.
He's nuts.

Tom has also reserved us a car to wander around in, so we'll be able to
haul all of my 6 months worth of stuff with us.  Now all we need are
directions to Laurant's place in Spa (Belgium) and Juergen's house in
Muenster (they're both Tom's friends that we're staying with) and we'll
be all set, I think.

I'm thinking of going to Tuebingen on Saturday with the IAESTE folks.  I
won't have much better to do this weekend, and I hear Tuebingen's a fun
place to visit.  Besides, it'll keep me from wandering around, staring
at the walls and driving myself crazy trying to think of what I could
have forgotten to do to prepare to leave Ulm.

German Word of the Week:
Flenne = whiner, person who complains a lot

Bettina, one of the girls who comes to IAESTE, was arguing with this guy
in German.  Afterwards, she said to Emma and I that he was a "Flenne"
and not worth arguing with.  We didn't know what a flenne was, so Betti
told us to ask the guy.  We thought about it, and then decided to ask.
I was sort of disappointed, with the way Betti said it, I was expecting
it to be much more interesting.  I've been here six months, and I still
can't swear properly.

Honor and Glory...
	to Mom and Ginny, for mail
	to Frau Albrecht, for driving all the way out to Ulm to ask for
	   suggestions on how to improve the MIT-Germany Program
Dishonor and Notoriety...
	to not being able to find Ulm soccer jerseys
	to banks open at really inconvenient hours

This is the last periodical.  Remember, don't send email to
wohnheim.uni-ulm.de or daimlerchrysler.com any more.  Use
[*************] or [*****************].

See you in the States!

Marleigh