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So. Thursday Martin and I took some ridiculous number of buses and trains to get from Heidelberg to Frankfurt (although its less than an hour on the train). We check into this... shady... hotel in a shady area (there was some confusion about us checking in early or something but we managed). So then we decide to walk to some kirche (church) and it was gray and ugly everywhere and i was like crap, frankfurt sucks! So we go to the kirche, and there was some sort of museum that was all in german and i understood nothing. Then we walked to the main square and talked to people in the info center about a bus tour, which was leaving in an hour and a half, so we decided to come back for it. In the meantime we went to the film museum on the other side of the river, and it was actually really fun. It was all interactive and shit. I have some photos. They had blue screen stuff to make it look like you were on a magic carpet and stuff. So anyway, then we go back to the tourist center and get on a big coach bus with the awesomest tour guide ever, he was SO GERMAN in the best way possible!!! I think his name was Yentz or something. Anyway he would say everything in german and then in english but with the same inflections so it was hilarious. the tour was 2 and a half hours, we saw pretty much everything there is to see in frankfurt, and martin and i couldnt stop laughing at the poor guide. We even took videos with our cameras to try to catch it but i am not sure how successful it will be when i get them loaded on a computer.
I think after the tour we went back to the hotel and took a nap, and then we decided to go to this area where they make apfelwein (apple wine, its like cider but not as sweet and not bubbly), and we went to this really REALLY local bar for dinner, we were so out of place.... there were like 4 older men in there watching soccer and then it was martin and me... oh man... awkward! But we drank 2 apfelweins each and decided to get the hell out of there. I think from there we went to some other sorta local place but there were more people in there. We sat at one of those big tables that everyone shares and we started talking to these 3 germans who were around our age. They were very nice and gave us some pointers about tipping and stuff. Martin and I had some local beer which was pretty good. Oh wait we might have been to another bar before this, i cant remember. Anyway my memory gets increasingly hazy as the night goes on... I also had more apfelwein at this place. And then a bunch of japanese people walked in and sat down behind us, which wasnt too strange (there are asians everywhere in germany) except that one of them was dressed as a vampire, and a few of the others were filming him! So martin and i kept looking over and trying to figure it out, and eventually i went over and asked what was going on. The guy didnt speak much english but said they were making a movie. I tried to ask some more questions, like why in germany? why eating bratwurst? WhYYY? he didnt get it. Then he said i should talk to the vampire guy while they filmed, and that i should talk in german... so i did the best i could. Sooo i might be in a japanese vampire movie. We'll see...
So then martin and i were pretty drunk, and we went to an irish pub and talked to the bartender for a long time, he was pretty cool. We had a few more drinks and then moved on to some other sorta shady bar with lots of lights in it. 5 americans walked in, 2 of whom are from chicago, they were all like 30 something, and so we all started talking and at some point the bartender lady decided we should be doing shots of cherry and vodka stuff.... i think we mighta had like 6 or 7 rounds of this.... omg.... i was so fucking 'bluttered' as the irish say..... i dont remember much. but martin and i decided to leave at some point, walked in some random direction, and somehow i ended up asking some guy in his car where the street our hotel was on, but i got it wrong and the guy didnt speak english so he was confused. martin talked to him in german and figured out we had gone in the wrong direction. so we got a cab and made it to the hotel somehow.
i am not sure that story sounds as funny as it really was, you might have had to experience the tour guide and the film museum first hand. so fun. and then the random people we talked to and the japanese vampire.... so good! anyway, needless to say we were pretty hung over yesterday.
Today I walked around berlin and saw actually a lot of stuff. I didnt go in to any museums cuz it was a bit late in the afternoon, but i have my bearings a bit now. I will update more on berlin in a few days. I am a little confused about what to do in the evenings since i am all alone. Any suggestions??? Let me know. I can read and make plans but... i dunno. 2 weeks of that at night?? I will try to meet some people here and in morocco but if that doesnt happen i guess i should just be a loser.
ok bye for now!