Hamburg

Iäm in Hamburg, and Iäm staying at a family friendäs house with my cousin shawn who has just come to visit. We sleep in a small house in the backyard, and the dad is a military man, so he let us RAISE THE AMERICAN FLAG ON A FLAGPOLE OUTSIDE OUR LITTLE HOUSE. Shawn and I have a little embassy here, and it was tight raising an american flag in the middle of Germany, or in the north for the matter, hahaha. Iäm having a great time this weekend getting to know my cousin; this is the third time iäve ever seen him. Heäs 19 and goes to MIT. Iäll write more when we come back home, but we did have a big karaoke competition here and I beat the shit out of my drunk ass uncle, we sang Take on Me. and numerous other funny songs. The family weäre staying with here is awesome, and theyäre very good friends with my own parents when they were here. Before we left here, I had the most miserable two days working in the garden. I removed 40 x 85 cubic cm of dirt one day, and then the next day i mixed over 30 bags of concrete, which added up to about 5,000 lbs of concrete, literally. My hands feel like sandpaper and creaky bones. I worked over 10 hours each of those days, but it was worth it because this trip has been one of the most fun; itäs mostly because I have somebody to speak English too, and heäs also my cousin. There were two HUGE traffic accidents on the autobahn that made them shut off all lanes, so I got to get out of the car and run up and down the German freeways hahaha. Shawn took a picture so Iäll try to get that up soon. My camera is shite broken right now; the lens wonät focus for some reason :( funk. on top of that, shawn and I woke up this morning and had to run 5 miles with Christian (family friend, dad) and Uncle Herbert. Now my tendonitis is really bad in my left ankle and behind my right knee. i walk like an idiot. i been using shawnäs shoulder as a good brace hah. peas you guys. keep the fucking fire.

CORNEELTRON AUS!