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October 6th 2005
Mid Atlantic. Not sleeping very well even with two seats, but at least we have plenty of room this time. Breakfast not a moment too early, but again Kate's lactose free meal is better... I think I've got to come up with a better dietary requirement. Low carb just isn't getting me anywhere. ~ an hour to land there is no avoiding it, I'm going to have to do battle with my mortal enemy - the aircraft toilet. Yet again the toilet wins 8-( Arr. Frankfurt Main. Landed in short order, through customs in minutes and then to collect our bags. A short wait (OK a long one) then into the main terminal. Now what? Umm straight to Munich or stay in Frankfurt tonight? We take a vote on it and both decide that exhaustion is ... read more
October 6th 2005
I now have access to the internet!!!!! =) =) Yesterday while I was walking around campus I found the library, but I couldn't find the entrance (they're remodeling so it's a little confusing). Today, however, I found it (or rather it was shown to me). I checked into my international student orientation this morning. I got the password and everything for me to log onto the internet around campus. The library is practically right next to where I'm living, so it's not going to be any problem to check my mail regularly. This morning I also ran into Matt and Jaime from Hamline. Matt lives in one of the other Tarforst (my Wohnheim) buildings and Jaime lives on the floor below mine (in fact, we can see into eachothers rooms) =). We had lunch together (first ... read more
October 6th 2005
We arrived in Germany in the afternoon (I think!) and made the decision to stay in Frankfurt that day. We were a little EXHAUSTED! We found a hotel using the hotel reservation service they had in the airport (very simple - but probably not the cheapest option). The room was nice - very modern looking. Showered and changed, we went out looking for trouble! Of course the Australian cafe was the first place we had a drink! I became very good at saying (and excuse the spelling) sprechenzie English! On all but one occasion the answer was "A little bit", their a little bit was quite a lot really! We walked around a bit, but couldn't stay up very long, so back we went to the Hamburger Hotel! ... read more
October 5th 2005
Hey hey, On Sat the 24th Sept a bunch of us made our way to Munich to indulge in the madness that is Oktoberfest. The crew was myself, Kristin, Ostrich, John "Raw" Calland, Grunta, Shano, Az, Sam, Elley and Eden. We had four nights in Munich, staying at the tent city Wies'n'Camp. As soon as we made it to the camp site we found a stein in our hands and enjoyed a cool litre in the sun. Some of the lads cut a fast track straight to the fest, whilst the rest of us headed into the center of town to the Marien Platz in search of the more traditional (and permanent) Hoftbrau House. As luck would have it we managed to get ourselves a few seats at a table in the garden at the Hoftbrau ... read more
October 4th 2005
(typing this on Oct. 6th) I've never felt so overwhelmed and lonely in my entire life. The drive down to Trier was wonderful. The area is goregeous. We visited a town along the Mosel (don't remember the name, I'll have to get it from my room). It was absolutely gorgeous! The houses were all sooooo old. I have some really nice pics, but as of yet can't put them online. I'm working on that though and will hopefully have some pictures up soon. We walked around the town for awhile and then found a place to have lunch. I got to try Federweisse for the first time. (It's kind of like grape juice but with some alchohol in it. We then walked around some more and just enjoyed looking at all the old buildings. Some ... read more
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October 2nd 2005
It's been a fun last few days. Fri. I spent the day doing pretty much nothing. =) Was kinda nice. Fri. evening a bunch of us went to Bochum to hang out with Marina. We were at Marina's place till about 12:30 or so just drinking and hanging out. I got to meet Katrin (one of Marina's friends that goes to the University of Trier). She's driving down to Trier with us tomorrow. I now know someone that'll also be there =) =) I'll also have someone to ride with when I come home for Christmas break. That'll be quite nice. Anyways, we had a good time just chilling. Then, a couple people drove us all to a club in Bochum. The club was called Riff. It wasn't a club like you're probably thinking. It ... read more
October 2nd 2005
Since we had hired a car for the weekend, we thought it would be great to swing by the historic city of Aachen, which was a principle city of Charlemagne. It is also one of the possible second semester cities for our program. We stopped by the city hall, Charlemagne’s cathedral, and the town center. After which, we all unanimously voted to spend our second semester elsewhere and were in the car within three hours of arriving! ... read more
October 2nd 2005
Hey folks! Had a comparatively late start today - so far our usual slobby ways have been left in Harrogate - but we still managed to get into the centre before midday though. We ended up having ham and salami baguettes for brekky again..we're practically Germans now! Had a wander past the gold statue which acts as the centre of the lurve parade. We were pleasantly surprised to discover a huge fair-shindig thingy going down by the Reichstag and Brandenburg gate, with groovy 60s (Doo wah diddy was a personal fave!- sam) cover band. As today is the 15th anniversary of the reunification of Berlin, we did our bit by having some Bratwurst. Then we went to the new Jewish memorial by Brandenburg gate- we wer'e a little unsure of what it was at first as ... read more
October 1st 2005
Hey guys! Thanks for all the comments, keep 'em coming! Spent all of yesterday in a small place outside of Hamburg called Lübeck. Was really cool, Sam got to wear her flip-flops for the first time outdoors (exciting stuff indeed: Dan). Awesome pictures but no one seems to have discovered USB ports so we still cant post them. We really recommend Lübeck, very pretty and easy to find your way around and everyone seemed really friendly. However Dan now has two diseased elbows, and its no coincidence that the day after he showed them to me (sam) i started with an itchy hand! Im all for sharing but there has to be a line you know?! Anyway...Now in Berlin after a stupidly rammed train, in which we spent most of the time sat near the toilet-was ... read more
October 1st 2005
Since I haven't been keeping up with this thing at all, I'm just gonna stick a bunch of pictures I took in September in this entry, and tell you a bit about the people I've met. In the first picture are some women from the German American Women's Club of Berlin, and Jana, the other American exchange student with the program. We had a really nice brunch at Frau Grospitsch's house, and since then I've seen them at various events. They're all really nice and helpful. The captions should explain the rest of the pictures.... read more
