Paperwork, paperwork, and a tour

Thank you jetlag! I woke up at 4:30 this morning, fell back asleep till 5 and finally got out of bed at 6 to get ready for the day. At 730 I met the other new employees: James, James (Jimmy), Kane, and Ally. We met our guide for the day, Niel...an interesting Irish man, that seems to be more American and German than anything. He drove us to the lodge where we ate a delicious breakfast and then began the dreaded paperwork. Right before the paperwork began, the General Manager came in to meet us all and tell us a little bit about the lodge and it's purpose. After that: paperwork, paperwork, lunch, paperwork, and then we took a tour of the lodge. This was not the most helpful tour. Brad, showed us around and told us the story of the paintings on the outside of the buildings: a love story between a young couple. All of us felt like we would most likely get lost in the lodge because of all the possible ways to move from one section to another.

After the lodge all of us decided that we wanted to go for a hike, but during the time we returned and wanted to go, 4 out of the 5 had fallen asleep. Ally said she knocked on our doors, but jetlag had us again. Later that evening, we all decided to go out to dinner. Ally's roommate, Amanda, told us about a great burger place called the Lodge. It was "supposedly" near Peaches, the bar we had been the night before. So we walked to the Lodge, which turned out to be a half-an-hour walk and way past Peaches, but so worth it. Our waitress barely spoke English, so we played charades to order our food. I had my first beer in Germany and it was delicious. It was a hellis, or a light beer. After dinner, we all walked back in the pouring rain and I tried to sleep, but thankfully I awoke at 430 again for the second day in a row....great!