The Germans are here!

So it's Saturday. Yesterday, I went to the airport with my brother Sean, and my exchange student Paul to pick up Paul's parents and brother from the airport. It seemed like forever but they finally came. Then, it took an eternity for the baggage to start going around the carousel. Then, we took all the baggage out to the car and Sean and Paul's brother, Stefan, drove home. Meanwhile, Paul, his parents, and I went back to the terminal to the Alamo-Rent-a-Car counter to pick up their van that they had rented. That line took forever because there was only one person working and it was a Friday afternoon so all the tourists were arriving into San Antonio. Finally we got all the paperwork completed and we went to catch the rental car shuttle bus. When we were approaching the bus, Paul's dad thought that it was the van he had rented. . .It was funny. We finally got their car and drove home. . .With his dad driving. That was a bit scary because in Germany, the traffic lights are before the intersection, not across them like they are here. We managed to get home in one piece where fresh Two Peppers pizza was waiting for consumption. After dinner, Sean, Paul, Stefan and I went to the Quarry to Amy's Ice Cream, which is quite delicious. After that, we ran into Alex and Brandon, friends from high school who I haven't seen in ages. After catching up with them. We proceeded on to the parking lot next to Alamo Stadium where one can get a seemingly spectacular view of downtown. After the downtown photography was complete, we continued on to WAL*MART, because, for our foreign visitors, this was a destination in itself. You see, in Germany, stores like WAL*MART are only starting to appear in the market. The quaint mom and pop stores still dominate Saturday's shopping, hopping from store to store to pick up the necessities. WAL*MART, however, is a on-stop shop for everything. Some say that if it ain't at WAL*MART, then it doesn't exist. Well, now I must go because I am at work and our IT person has just arrived to repair our server. More later.