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[10 Jul 2003|10:23am] |
i am now in munich...or, to us americans who cannot seem to get the cities right, MUNCHEN.
lovely town and i have not even seen much of it.
i honestly cannot recall what i last wrote so i will give a synopsis of the past few days.
left prague yesterday morning, thinking my train left from one station, only to get there and find that it actually left from their main station...
yes, i was a little perturbed, but my own fault...
i made it anyhow.
i was bummed to see prague slip away into the morning horizon as it was probably the most beautiful city ive seen yet...
i think only venice could compete with the romantic nature of prague.
so, i get here to munich, search out my hostel which ends up being more like a cheap hotel.
32 euro-ouch...but we had a private bath for only 3 chicks, and breakfast. needless to say, i switched to the cheaper accomodations this morning.
random note: the germans really seem to like the color orange...they paint large wall areas, elevators, etc., in bright orange...i like this, as i am on an orange kick lately.
last night was nice, funny.
i met a couple guys from seattle in my hostel and we agreed to meet later on.
the 3 of us headed down to the famous Hofbrauhaus beer garden for some good 'ol LITERS of beer...yes, that is liters...and they all drank about FOUR. more of their friends came so it ended up being myself, along with 5 recent college grads from seattle, or meatheads rather...
yes, i know i must sound pretentious and rude, but they really were the epitome of meathead...probably the last type of people i'd be seen hanging out with in the states...tall, very preppy (all abercrombie), talk about girls in the same vernacular that they talk about cars and sports, and seem to be more impressed with the great amounts of money they'll be making as financial consultants than about the fact that they're only 23 and will probably end up living low before they get to live so high.
but they were fun, don't get me wrong...
as i dont drink, it was great barrels of laughs watching them make complete fools of themselves in front of the german public.
not something i would do every night, but i guess one has to get out of their element once and a while.
hey, they told me i was cute, that i looked good with glasses, and that they respected me more for hanging out with a bunch of drunk americans in spite of the fact that i DON't drink...not all bad :)
i'm so mean.
agenda today:
walking tour, art museums, ice cream, and....i don't know.
in a few days, i should have some very interesting things to say about my experiences...and if any of you (CHRISTIAN) know what I'm talking about, keep your mouth shut...i like to leave people hanging...
let's just say i'm gonna get daring.
it's only been 2 weeks since i've arrived in europe, but it feels like months...i am having fun, but be sure that i am truly yearning for home...yes, mom and dad, i am finally beginning to appreciate the american ways a little more, but not all of them.
today, i shall leave you with a little quote from my journal after seeing the concentration camp last week...it struck me this morning as i heard some 15 year old american girl say, "are we going to that museum today with the dead people?", and then giggling and saying how cool that was...what a sad state that we have become so distant:
just as the wind and rain quickly come and go, so do these shades history. in another 60 years, there maybe something else here, maybe bad, maybe good, or neither. But also like the wind and rain, it's very dependable (wind and rain that is), as is the evil of human nature."
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