A funny story

Okay, so funny might not be the appropriate adjective.  It is more of an "oh my, who does this happen to" kind of funny.  For example, when I was taking a cab in Chicago from Beth's (thanks again for letting me stay at your place) to visit my dear friends Craig and Laura (love you both) my cab hit a deer; yes in the urban area known as the Windy City.  Anyway, this story is that kind of funny.

Picture it, Freiburg, Germany, Saturday, November 22nd.  Carsten and I have looked at five apartments and we are about to see the last one of the day.  We are exhausted, cold, hungry and just want to find a place to live.  As we are waiting at a stop light to turn yellow then green (yes, it goes yellow twice here in Germany) a car is backing up toward our car from the passenger side.  Carsten notices it and makes an off-the-cuff comment.  My reply is "No one is in that car!"  Carsten not being a native English speaker did not exactly understand what I meant by this and then the car hit our car.  Thankfully no major damage was done to either car; however, we did have to phone the police since their was no second driver and we couldn't just leave the scene.  In the end, we decided against the apartment because it is too expensive and doesn't exactly fit our needs.