Getting Settled In Germany

When I first stepped off the plane in Fankfurt I was a little nervous being in a forign country not knowing the language with no cell phone to call Shawn to determine a meeting point, but it all worked out just fine. It was a miracle that everything went smoothly. I got my luggage right away, waited maybe 10 minutes for Shawn, met the Vetranarian, who looked over the dog's paper work and on our way we went.
We live in the village of Schönenberg-Kübelberg about 30 minutes from Ramstein AFB, where Shawn is currently stationed. I love our house! Shawn has been living in the house since August. It's in a quiet neighborhood, we have all German neighbors with the exception of one American. So far everyone seems to keep to themselves, however, we know that the Germans are all keeping an eye on us, curious of the new Americans and their 2 large dogs. I can't wait to learn German so we can communicate. Most of the elderly Germans (our neighbors) don't know a lot of English. The younger generations know both from what I've been told anyway.
Shawn and I are getting in the habbit of walking the dogs each night after dinner. The weather has been decently warm. It seems like it's colder during the day than it is in the evening, but I stll haven't had to bring out my winter coat yet. It is really neat walking in the neighborhood and looking at all the different styles of houses. The most interesting thing that I've seen so far is that there are cigarrett vending machines on various street corners! You can even swipe a credit card in these machines. There's one on each corner down the street from our house. That's pretty strange to me.
Yesterday, Shawn took me out to the base to do all my "inprocessing." I have 2 weeks to study for a test to get my driver's license. I got a little information about some different jobs to apply for. Not sure exactly what I want to do yet (for a job). I can't believe it's already been a month since I quit at Deaconess. I need to be getting a job here pretty soon.