Life: my brother has no sympathy - "at least you don't have a summer trig course"

[neveralarch]

I'm flying out of Germany in about a week. I'm stressed out with finals at the moment, but I'll be more or less done on Friday. I get to spend a few days in Italy with some friends, and the I really have to leave, all the way back to America

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[bagheera_san]

Sinalco Cola?! But it's terrible!

It's a pity we weren't really in Germany at the same time because we could have babbled about fannish things :) And I would have understood ren faires (I'm surprised people don't understand them, though, because we have Mittelaltermarkt which is sort of similar...)

[neveralarch]

Noooo, Sinalco Cola is the only thing getting me through finals. It's amazing. But I also drink Dr. Pepper and lime Pepsi when I'm in the US, so I'm used to my cola choices being looked at with skepticism.

Aw, babbling would have been cool - it's really too bad the timing didn't work out. We could try and have a last-ditch meet-up if you were interested, but I'm sure you're pretty busy (and I know I am).

In any case, I think the deal with the ren faires was really more about trying to explain them as a lifestyle, rather than just a once-a-year deal. Once I hit on the Mittelaltermarkt, the festivals themselves made a lot more sense to people, but I don't think very many people got what I was trying to explain about how my family and I fit into a whole community. Though I did get better as time went on and more people asked, so... maybe this is just another example of needing more language skills.

[bagheera_san]

I'm not busy at all right now, and I've never been to Tübingen - it really depends on how busy you are!

[neveralarch]

Okay, than we should totally make this happen! Hm. Unfortunately, this was just my last weekend - I'm traveling next weekend, and then flying out the weekend after, so it'd have to be on a week day, if that's cool. I'm mostly free on Wednesday, except for one class during the late afternoon. And I'm free both this Friday and next Friday, except for the packing I should do on both those days. I could probably push things out of this Thursday, if that's the best option. Basically, I am pretty busy, but I'm totally willing to clear one day and just do all of the work during the rest of the week.