Plans have changed slightly. I spent that week planning my entire trip for august, but when I had it all finished and came to the money part, I realized that the amount I wanted on loan was just too much. I want to go. But I donät have the money, and I wouldnät borrow that much money from my aunt or uncle, or their friend. My family, as it turns out, is actually going through a big financial problem right now, and the talk with my mom and dad was sobering. But every day here is still beautiful, and in fact, my uncle is now on vacation. Weäve been traveling for the past week, into france and southern Germany. I have seen beautiful things, had amazing days, and am always learning. I wish my camera worked, as Iäve missed some memorable pictures, but Iäll always be ready to regail anybody with random stories in exchange for a beer (or two). Bavarian beer is the original white beer, and that shite is smooooth.
First of all, before I left, I took a train to Köln to get some supplies for our trips around, as we camped to save money. On the train, this old guy next to me stood up too quickly, smashed his head into the luggage rack above, and fell down completely unconscious. The only thing that entire train heard--iäm pretty sure-- was me saying ''OH FUCK!!!!!'' He passed out for a couple minutes, NOBODY got up, and I sat there thinking I was gonna have to go to jail to explain myself. And then, at the next stop, he woke back up, stood up, gave me a terribly dirty look, picked up his luggage, and then got off the train. What the hell?!?!?! hahahahaha. For a couple days we stayed at a family friendäs house in Bavaria, traveled the region, and visited the Bodensee. I thought that place only existed in postcards. Rolling countrysides, storks making big nests on top of houses, everyone relaxing by the river. The house we stayed in was built completely by my familyäs friend, from foundation to finish. Bavarian german sounds funny to me. It has a swedish-ish pattern. On one of the nights, we camped in Freiburg, a very environmental city, with trees and forests everywhere. Iäm starting to think thatäs just what Germany looks like everywhere. Around our camping spot, there was a tent of Italians, a tent of Portuguese, of Netherlands, of English, and a group of people our age from Finland. As we set up our tents (during a rainstorm, which sucked) I noticed that each tent had their car radios on, and here is what I heard: the Italians were playing opera, the Portuguese were playing Bossa Nova, the Netherlandisch..Dutch were playing classical, the English kids were playing rock, and the kids from Finland were playing techno music. haha. The menäs bathroom had a huge calendar of naked women up on it, and when I came out, I told my uncle the bathrooms were pretty nice and clean. When he came back, he pointed at me and said ``CORRECT! those must be the cleanest bathrooms iäve ever seen in all of germany!`` haha. My cousin from Boston is coming on Thursday, and when he comes, weäre heading to Paris, Amsterdam, Bremin, and around the Northern of Germany. I wish I could have used this month to travel by myself, but circumstances have arisen, and Iäm making the most of what I got--which is not bad at all. Iäm going to save up money so when you come, Chris, we can head around for a while. When I come back iäm going to save money, plan again, and head out to go backpacking. So please, save up money and join me, because happiness truly is only real when shared. By the way chaozy, I donät know if you know this, but those two CDäs you put in my car a long time ago, I burned, and have been listening to them all the time since iäve been here. Good luck on your tournament mang! Try to get a video, I want to see you dominate.
Kölner phrase of the day: dreiß der jet (driss dey-ehr yet). it means fuck off in kölner. germans wonät understand it unless theyäre from köln, so if ya feeling like swearing in angry german and donät want anybody to understand, then fire away!
shitty european fashion of the day: white jean capri pants on men paired with euro trash mullets.
