Waldhotel Mangold Bergisch Gladbach

So...sorry I'm really really bad about updating this. It will probably only get less frequent as time goes on because I really have nothing new and exciting to report. I've basically fallen into routine here and most of the stuff that seemed interesting at first has become normal to me. I will say that this week has been pretty fun. Tanya took me shopping and bought me a new bag and a dress which was pretty freakin' awesome of ...

В 8-25 поезд в Кельн. Как же давно я не ездил на поезд 77;! Ух! Все самол 77;ты да самол 77;ты.

А поез ...

... Catholic, every wall of the house was covered in Madonnas, Jesus and the saints. Sarah's brothers were even better. Their accents were so thick, Jeff and I could understand almost nothing they said. They would start off with a gruff and loud syllable, that often sounded like "Well!" or "Ah!" and then quickly descend in both pitch and volume into something of a mumble. I spent a lot of time laughing and nodding, praying they weren't discussing the death of a beloved ...

Another early start for our walking tour of Cologne. We started at the ship and walked through the Old Town to the cathedral. The Old Town isn’t really old. It was completely destroyed during WWII. It was slowly rebuilt to look like the original. The cathedral was badly damaged during the bombing but the structure remained standing. The construction of the cathedral was started in 1248 but not finished until 1880. At ...

... awed. The church did have a 'sanctified' feeling, and I was asked to remove my hat inside the building.

We took a few tasty and large pretzels and apfel strudels for lunch, once again enjoying the delights of German pastry shops. Unfortunately we did not have the time to visit the German-Roman museum, but we did manage to buy a few things at their gift shop.

... Okay, die meisten Leute sitzen im alten oder neuen Verwaltungsgebäude, aber selbst diese Gebäude kommen einem nach dem sechsten Termin ziemlich groß vor. Und die Neuigkeit: Aus dem mittelalten Verwaltungsgebäude (jahaa, Verwaltungsgebäude gibt's reichlich) wurde eine ...

... my Oma's father had lived in. We got some pictures for Oma and next time I think we're going to her house. When I got back to Dusseldorf I decided to switch trains at the Hauptbanhof (main station) and got to witness a huge free concert going on in the middle of the station. This was pretty amazing and I was really regretting not having a camera, but hopefully I'll have other opportunities. I did manage to get some pictures of the castle and the bridge so I will try to post them soon.

... Loads of tourists (national and foreign).

Anyways, after about two or so hours, I hopped back on the train to Ruth's house, since I was supposed to get ready and meet up with a lady to carpool to Freiburg, in the South. In Freiburg I was to meet with my friend Sebastian, who I met last year in Perú. Unfortunately, the lady called and cancelled about 40 minutes before 12, so Ruth helped me to figure out a train route ...

... man knew I was freaking out, he spoke English and explained what she was telling me...she could accept my American money but could only give me francs in return...duh. Anyway, he felt so bad that he bought my coffee for me! On the flight from Zurich to Dusseldorf, I sat next to couple on the plane who didn't speak English. The flight was only an hour and after half of it, I finally worked up enough courage to practice ...

... mostly redundant it seemed. Had a lot of people coming into our carriage, having a fag then going back to their own where it was obviously more pleasant. The info display at the end of the carriage has a speedometer the most it showed was 199kph, these are slow tracks apparently. Hanover station was rammed full of German fans all meeting to watch the game on a large screen.