I'll catch you up on my recent events.My trip to Dortmund was quick and maybe slightly dangerous. I went online to find someone driving to Dortmund and saves 25 euro by doing so. I took my chances with the crazy lady. She talked a lot and only looked at the highway 50% of the time. The man in the passenger seat quickly grabbed the door handle and held on for dear life as we just about collide with a truck. ops. Jan met me there So I wouldn't have to find his apartment in the dark. We drank some wine and played old school Nintendo. Dortmund was a terribly industrialized city and not worth visiting.
After I questioned why the hell I was staying there(which unfortunately took me 4 days)I realized mistake and immediately took the first train to Bonn. Sarah and Sebastian (the newly weds) took me in and were extremely hospitable. Sarah took me out to lunch and showed me around town. Sebastian helped me with trains and such. I had half an our to catch my train to the airport and Sebastian insisted that I eat lunch. So we inhaled lunch and had to run to the train station. My train was already there when we arrived and I still had to print a ticket Sebastian told me to get in the train. so I did. He ran to the train threw me my bag and ticket and gave me a hug as the doors were closing. It was the most thrilling good bey I ever had. haha.
I stopped in cologne to see the cathedral on my way to Wheeze. It was Beautiful and massive. The largest in the world I was told. After my hour was up I hopped on another train to Dusseldorf where I had 6 minutes to catch my next train. I jumped aboard and the door closed right behind me. Yet another close call. I got to Weeze and had 5 minutes to catch the bus. In time again!. Then to the airport where I boarded a 40 minute flight to London. The woman at customs had lots of time and decided to use it to hassle me. I had 15 minutes to catch the bus. She wanted to know why I wasn't in school, how my parents met, why we moved why I was born in Germany why was I in Germany, Why was my hair brown why was my shirt green etc.I luckily made the buss and exhaled and was relieved that that was my last mode of transportation for the day Yipppi. Kalyn greeted me at the post office on old Harlow road and we went to the pub for a pint Where we met some of her friends.
My first day in London consisted of a morning venture through the streets and a an afternoon at the theater watching the musical "Les Miserables" It was a lovely theater, dome shaped and painted ceilings. After the show We had dinner at an Italian restaurant. Every bar we went to was full to the door. The food wasn't so great but the Service was superb. waiters coming from every direction one with forks one with knives another with a bread basket and butter. Even though to food wasn't so great I have to say that the terimissu was the best I've ever had.
Now we are attempting to find some hostels in Amsterdam but no luck every one is full or a a required 3 nights have to be spent there. Looks like park benches?..
Enjoy the pictures There will be more.
I just finnished a conversation with a girl and this is how it went.
girl:my mom paid for me to take 2 suitcases back from dublin!!
me:how long are you going for?
Girl: one week
me: holy hanna!
Girl: what its Dublin!!
girl sits down next to friend and sais: I so excited to shop.
me: .............................?
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
First week with the relatives!
OK The computer decided to have a heart attack and kill my previous note that, I will add, was finished. After many deep breaths and a sleepless night (ok exaggeration) I will try it again and succeed.
Germany has been wonderful so far. The relatives once again have been extremely hospitable. Feeding me and liquoring me, taking me out sight seeing. With the one exception.
My Omsi (grand ma ma) And uncle Martin were having some difficulties finding me at the airport. I arrived at 5 am and waited for 3 hours (good thing I didn't just have a 14 hour flight across the Atlantic)(short story cheep ticket). At approximately 8:30 I heard "would Rebecca South please come to information". I decided to forgive them because the Frankfurt airport is much to big to find one person annnnd..... They would be the ones who feed me and give me a place to sleep for the next week. So we had a good laugh.
On my First day I went dancing with Omi. No, real Dance lessons. The average age was 75 but with me there I think average age plummeted to 65. It was very entertaining. I can tell you I was not the best. We danced for 2 hours had tea and cake then danced for another hour. I'll confess that when I got home I had a nap which is terrible because one lady was 96. I do have jet leg on my side. My body still thinks that I am in 5 hours ago.
Peter and Omsi took me sightseeing on Friday which turned out to be an absolutely stunning day all and all. We visited 2 castle one being the highlight. Unfortunately I can not remember the name. I know ,some highlight eh?. But I do know that it was one town past Bad Nauheim. Some fun facts for you--- Elvis presly was stationed in Bad Nauheim in 1977 . That's not the cool part, he was also stationed In Friedburg where my pops was. (Elvis and I are practically related)
Last night Martin took me to experience some true German Culture. It was great! way too many people and all dressed in traditional cloths. It was a beer festival funny enough Martin and I made it into the one and only WINE tent. I mean I love wine but the beer drinkers know how to sing. After convincing Martin that it is not a good idea to bribe security guards that are 3 times the size of you, we settled with the wine tent. There were 8 beer tents and each one had about 2 thousand people. Shocking enough they wer all full at 15:00. As the evening progressed the wine tent became more interesting. I learned the words and actions to many traditional German songs. But my all time favourite was
" Heyyy heyy babe who ha I wanna a knoww ooo ooo will you be my girl"
but more like....
"Ehhhh ehhhh bebe uuuu ahhhh I vonnna knoww ooo oooo vill you be ma girl"
I'm sure I sounded much the same in my attempts with the German songs. All I can say at the end of the night everyone was merry,clinking,drinking,singing and dancing the Polonaise which was my favorite part.
Next on whats-in-it-becca
perhaps Dartmund on monday or London on the 20th
The picture are slow ut I'll get some up soon.
Germany has been wonderful so far. The relatives once again have been extremely hospitable. Feeding me and liquoring me, taking me out sight seeing. With the one exception.
My Omsi (grand ma ma) And uncle Martin were having some difficulties finding me at the airport. I arrived at 5 am and waited for 3 hours (good thing I didn't just have a 14 hour flight across the Atlantic)(short story cheep ticket). At approximately 8:30 I heard "would Rebecca South please come to information". I decided to forgive them because the Frankfurt airport is much to big to find one person annnnd..... They would be the ones who feed me and give me a place to sleep for the next week. So we had a good laugh.
On my First day I went dancing with Omi. No, real Dance lessons. The average age was 75 but with me there I think average age plummeted to 65. It was very entertaining. I can tell you I was not the best. We danced for 2 hours had tea and cake then danced for another hour. I'll confess that when I got home I had a nap which is terrible because one lady was 96. I do have jet leg on my side. My body still thinks that I am in 5 hours ago.
Peter and Omsi took me sightseeing on Friday which turned out to be an absolutely stunning day all and all. We visited 2 castle one being the highlight. Unfortunately I can not remember the name. I know ,some highlight eh?. But I do know that it was one town past Bad Nauheim. Some fun facts for you--- Elvis presly was stationed in Bad Nauheim in 1977 . That's not the cool part, he was also stationed In Friedburg where my pops was. (Elvis and I are practically related)
Last night Martin took me to experience some true German Culture. It was great! way too many people and all dressed in traditional cloths. It was a beer festival funny enough Martin and I made it into the one and only WINE tent. I mean I love wine but the beer drinkers know how to sing. After convincing Martin that it is not a good idea to bribe security guards that are 3 times the size of you, we settled with the wine tent. There were 8 beer tents and each one had about 2 thousand people. Shocking enough they wer all full at 15:00. As the evening progressed the wine tent became more interesting. I learned the words and actions to many traditional German songs. But my all time favourite was
" Heyyy heyy babe who ha I wanna a knoww ooo ooo will you be my girl"
but more like....
"Ehhhh ehhhh bebe uuuu ahhhh I vonnna knoww ooo oooo vill you be ma girl"
I'm sure I sounded much the same in my attempts with the German songs. All I can say at the end of the night everyone was merry,clinking,drinking,singing and dancing the Polonaise which was my favorite part.
Next on whats-in-it-becca
perhaps Dartmund on monday or London on the 20th
The picture are slow ut I'll get some up soon.
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