Guten Tag!
Alright, people. This entry's going to be kinda short and the reason for this is that I wrote a really LONG one this afternoon but I accidentally deleted the whole thing. I was so pissed (yes, my friends, pissed). So I walked away from the dissapointment of my life that is "time in the library" so that I could start afresh this evening hopefully a little less angry. So let me fill you in with a few bullet points:
-Last week went to Paris and Rome(will write about these in sequence. Paris tomorrow, Rome Wednesday and my recent trip today)
-Was in Lippstadt(sp?), Germany this weekend visiting my flatmate Matt's family
-Thursday will go to Dublin, Ireland with my flatmates and Ben
-I am tired, I am doing too many things too quickly
-have lots of reading to do and papers to write
-have turned bullet points into petty complaints
Okay, now for the next round of bullet points (I really do apologize, people, but there's no way I'm going to try and write a detailed entry after I just got screwed out of my hard work this afternoon so please bear with me). ::Ahem:: In Germany:
-Was not allowed to pay for anything. All of our meals/accommodation/travel expenses were provided by Matt's family
-Matt's grandma who paid for his flight over (and Ben's and mine as well but I'll explain that in the next point) thought I was his British, harlot girlfriend and I was almost not allowed to go. But we worked it out seeing as how I'm not British, or Matt's harlot girlfriend. Or am I? No, just kidding, I'm not.
-Matt is not going to tell his grandma that the total price for the 3 of us to fly to Germany was $300 but is instead going to tell her that that was the price for his ticket alone. This provides both Ben and I with a free flight to Germany. I don't feel bad about the deception because who was just accused of being a British harlot? Also, no one likes Matt's grandma. Not even Matt.
-Had lunch at Tanta Mia's, Matt's Opa's brother's wife, where she kept repeating the only English word she knew, "Eat!"
-I was then laughed at by Tanta Mia because I only took a little bit of food because I really didn't want to eat most of it because I don't really like food that fried or swimming in gravy. So I was laughed at.
-Went to a castle in Padderborn with almost all of Matt's family where we had coffee from a picnic basket right outside. It was bitter cold in Germany and kind of foggy. Really mystic and pretty.
-Had dinner with the whole of Matt's family at a pub. My food was huge and I think that everyone was watching me to see how I reacted because they all laughed at me when the plate was put down in front of me and my eyes got as wide as saucers. One of his cousins jokingly said to me, "that's not much food, is it?" to which I replied in an equally joking manner, "Pshaw! Of course not!" and then proceeded to stare at my enormous plate in horror.
-Went bar crawling with Matt's cousins Olie and Marian. We went to 7 different bars and had 5 drinks. After each one Olie would say, "On to the next?" I had a beer with diced peaches at the bottom of it. It was most heavenly.
-I should point out that everyone there thought that at least one of us would be able to speak German and we had thought that at least one of them would be able to speak English. It was kind of awkward at times, but we made it through. Fortunately most of them knew a little bit of English, and we were able to pick up on certain words in German so as to get the gist of it.
-Was asked several times by most of the family if I spoke German. Olie asked me 3 times almost in a row(but he had been drinking so he probably didn't remember) he kept repeating, "You DON'T speak German?". Just because I happen to fit Hitler's ideal of the perfect German does not mean that I know the first thing about the language.
-I fit in sooo well there! Everyone else is pallid and anglo-looking like me!
-All in all had a blast and have determined that Matt's family is the cutest family ever!
Okay, that's all, my lovelies. I must be off to do some reading and other stuff. Love ya!
-Last week went to Paris and Rome(will write about these in sequence. Paris tomorrow, Rome Wednesday and my recent trip today)
-Was in Lippstadt(sp?), Germany this weekend visiting my flatmate Matt's family
-Thursday will go to Dublin, Ireland with my flatmates and Ben
-I am tired, I am doing too many things too quickly
-have lots of reading to do and papers to write
-have turned bullet points into petty complaints
Okay, now for the next round of bullet points (I really do apologize, people, but there's no way I'm going to try and write a detailed entry after I just got screwed out of my hard work this afternoon so please bear with me). ::Ahem:: In Germany:
-Was not allowed to pay for anything. All of our meals/accommodation/travel expenses were provided by Matt's family
-Matt's grandma who paid for his flight over (and Ben's and mine as well but I'll explain that in the next point) thought I was his British, harlot girlfriend and I was almost not allowed to go. But we worked it out seeing as how I'm not British, or Matt's harlot girlfriend. Or am I? No, just kidding, I'm not.
-Matt is not going to tell his grandma that the total price for the 3 of us to fly to Germany was $300 but is instead going to tell her that that was the price for his ticket alone. This provides both Ben and I with a free flight to Germany. I don't feel bad about the deception because who was just accused of being a British harlot? Also, no one likes Matt's grandma. Not even Matt.
-Had lunch at Tanta Mia's, Matt's Opa's brother's wife, where she kept repeating the only English word she knew, "Eat!"
-I was then laughed at by Tanta Mia because I only took a little bit of food because I really didn't want to eat most of it because I don't really like food that fried or swimming in gravy. So I was laughed at.
-Went to a castle in Padderborn with almost all of Matt's family where we had coffee from a picnic basket right outside. It was bitter cold in Germany and kind of foggy. Really mystic and pretty.
-Had dinner with the whole of Matt's family at a pub. My food was huge and I think that everyone was watching me to see how I reacted because they all laughed at me when the plate was put down in front of me and my eyes got as wide as saucers. One of his cousins jokingly said to me, "that's not much food, is it?" to which I replied in an equally joking manner, "Pshaw! Of course not!" and then proceeded to stare at my enormous plate in horror.
-Went bar crawling with Matt's cousins Olie and Marian. We went to 7 different bars and had 5 drinks. After each one Olie would say, "On to the next?" I had a beer with diced peaches at the bottom of it. It was most heavenly.
-I should point out that everyone there thought that at least one of us would be able to speak German and we had thought that at least one of them would be able to speak English. It was kind of awkward at times, but we made it through. Fortunately most of them knew a little bit of English, and we were able to pick up on certain words in German so as to get the gist of it.
-Was asked several times by most of the family if I spoke German. Olie asked me 3 times almost in a row(but he had been drinking so he probably didn't remember) he kept repeating, "You DON'T speak German?". Just because I happen to fit Hitler's ideal of the perfect German does not mean that I know the first thing about the language.
-I fit in sooo well there! Everyone else is pallid and anglo-looking like me!
-All in all had a blast and have determined that Matt's family is the cutest family ever!
Okay, that's all, my lovelies. I must be off to do some reading and other stuff. Love ya!