After we dropped her off, we were off. It was finally my turn to drive (driving a stick in germany on the autobahn.... FUN!) Supy and Leanne had to repeatedly remind me that we were not in a racecar... Ooops! So we drove for an hour or two and finally found Cologne. We

Now German Matt was the one who told us to go to Dusseldorf to go see the old section of town and to see a shopping area called King's Alley. Needless to say, we successfully got lost as soon as we arrived, and got frustrated and left without seeing anything except the downtown streets. :)
We finally arrived in Essen around 4:45, and met Matt in the Burger King parking lot like he told us to. We met his girlfriend, Ella, who was very nice, and they both met Supy and Leanne. We followed Matt to his house and said hello to his Mom and Dad, and pretty much had dinner right away. After dinner, I watched the recent episode of Family Guy with Martin, Matt's brother, and then we all went downstairs to watch Matt smoke his hookah!

When we got back to the Schroeders house, Leanne happened to mention that she wasn't feeling well, so Mr. Schroder fixed her up a hot rum and sugar drink. It was hilarious. Leanne just sipped away at it. But then, he offered Supy and I brandy and coke! After a drink or two with Mr. Schroder, we all watched his fishing video from this year (he goes on an annual fishing trip with his buddies, and every year, they make a movie out of it!).
We headed upstairs for bed, but before going to sleep, we called Meghann real quick to wish her a happy birthday back in New Mexico.