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I am back from Germany, regrettably. I didn't want to get on the plane. I wish I could learn German in my sleep one night and go back and live there forever. (well, I would still go to Holden this summer of course) I really can't even begin to explain my time there. I had such an amazing experience, it is beyond words. Here is something I wrote one day while i was waiting for Anna to come home from school. It doesn't really sum up more than one night, but it is better than nothing! (I am bad at recording my experiences)
*This trip has been pretty amazing so far. Coming into it, I was thinking that the main reason to come to Europe is to see Anna, but it has been so much more than that. I have met so many people that have opened my eyes to the kind of people I want to surround myself with. All of Anna’s friends are so genuinely real. They are completely bull shit free. They don’t have any hidden agenda, or shifty intentions that I feel that so many of the people I am normally around have. There really isn’t anyone that I hang out with at home or call my friends that I can say that about, and that is pretty shitty.
I went to a bar called Pacos last night. It was superfluous. Even though I couldn’t understand anything anyone was saying I still had so much fun. Anna’s friends Mascha, Jonas, Chris, Marie, Dora, and some others I didn’t meet were all drinking, smoking and talking. Anyway, so we went to Pacos, and I had a Pina Colada ("I’ll have a lemonade, actually...make that a Pina Colada - not virgin, wanna see my ID, totally have it!") after having 2 beers at dinner at Geli’s apartment. So I was feeling pretty chipper - I am a lightweight, and barely ever drink, so I get tipsy pretty quickly. So here comes my Pina Colada, after everyone else has ordered another beer or a glass of whiskey. My drink is so extravagant with a flashy, frilly, blue drink stirrer and two cherries and a bit of pineapple skewered on it. I felt a little foolish - an obvious rookie to the drinking in a bar scene. Oh well, I enjoyed my drink with all the trimmings and ordered an apple martini, which came in a tall skinny glass and tasted like apple juice with a sprinkle of oregano. Oh, well. Though I paid almost 7 Eros for it, it wasn’t all that bad. Jonas was especially helpful to me. He would make sure I knew what everyone else was talking about, especially when everyone but I would suddenly crack up laughing. He reminds me of Michael Thompson a lot. He is an awesome person and I am glad (and slightly jealous) that Anna has such a great best friend.
I bought “European shoes” down town. They are the kind that everyone has here, but only the people that have been to Europe have back at home. I love them. They are black and pink and perfect. They are also so comfortable. It is like walking on clouds! I want to get some other stuff, like perhaps a shirt with German writing on it. But everything is in English! It is so annoying. There was this one shirt that Daniel bought that said 'beautiful women and world peace' but I didn’t really think that was the right shirt for me. However, I really do want world peace.
The people that I miss aren’t the people back home. I don’t miss anyone from back home. Well, yeah, my family...but nobody else. If I never went back to Kennewick, I don’t think I would shed one tear, or loose one minute sleep. That is sad.
Anna pointed out that school for us would be done in two months. Thank the Lord! That means only two months till I go to Holden. I can’t believe it is already April. I totally missed April Fool’s Day. I guess they don’t do that here.
OK, that wasn't that great of a depiction of my time there, but that was a really fun night! I will post some pictures in a minute - I was really sick when they were taken, so that is why I look nasty.
In New News, I feel fat and ugly. Living "outside" has really taken a shit on my self esteem.
*This trip has been pretty amazing so far. Coming into it, I was thinking that the main reason to come to Europe is to see Anna, but it has been so much more than that. I have met so many people that have opened my eyes to the kind of people I want to surround myself with. All of Anna’s friends are so genuinely real. They are completely bull shit free. They don’t have any hidden agenda, or shifty intentions that I feel that so many of the people I am normally around have. There really isn’t anyone that I hang out with at home or call my friends that I can say that about, and that is pretty shitty.
I went to a bar called Pacos last night. It was superfluous. Even though I couldn’t understand anything anyone was saying I still had so much fun. Anna’s friends Mascha, Jonas, Chris, Marie, Dora, and some others I didn’t meet were all drinking, smoking and talking. Anyway, so we went to Pacos, and I had a Pina Colada ("I’ll have a lemonade, actually...make that a Pina Colada - not virgin, wanna see my ID, totally have it!") after having 2 beers at dinner at Geli’s apartment. So I was feeling pretty chipper - I am a lightweight, and barely ever drink, so I get tipsy pretty quickly. So here comes my Pina Colada, after everyone else has ordered another beer or a glass of whiskey. My drink is so extravagant with a flashy, frilly, blue drink stirrer and two cherries and a bit of pineapple skewered on it. I felt a little foolish - an obvious rookie to the drinking in a bar scene. Oh well, I enjoyed my drink with all the trimmings and ordered an apple martini, which came in a tall skinny glass and tasted like apple juice with a sprinkle of oregano. Oh, well. Though I paid almost 7 Eros for it, it wasn’t all that bad. Jonas was especially helpful to me. He would make sure I knew what everyone else was talking about, especially when everyone but I would suddenly crack up laughing. He reminds me of Michael Thompson a lot. He is an awesome person and I am glad (and slightly jealous) that Anna has such a great best friend.
I bought “European shoes” down town. They are the kind that everyone has here, but only the people that have been to Europe have back at home. I love them. They are black and pink and perfect. They are also so comfortable. It is like walking on clouds! I want to get some other stuff, like perhaps a shirt with German writing on it. But everything is in English! It is so annoying. There was this one shirt that Daniel bought that said 'beautiful women and world peace' but I didn’t really think that was the right shirt for me. However, I really do want world peace.
The people that I miss aren’t the people back home. I don’t miss anyone from back home. Well, yeah, my family...but nobody else. If I never went back to Kennewick, I don’t think I would shed one tear, or loose one minute sleep. That is sad.
Anna pointed out that school for us would be done in two months. Thank the Lord! That means only two months till I go to Holden. I can’t believe it is already April. I totally missed April Fool’s Day. I guess they don’t do that here.
OK, that wasn't that great of a depiction of my time there, but that was a really fun night! I will post some pictures in a minute - I was really sick when they were taken, so that is why I look nasty.
In New News, I feel fat and ugly. Living "outside" has really taken a shit on my self esteem.