whoooo hooooo i made it to Germany!

let me start off by saying the german key boards are very different and its gonna take me some getting used to! ha ha this whole country is gonna take some getting used to but its amazing so far and i love the culture shock!
but first we have a little catching up to do!
so here we go bare with me!
Leaving Seans yesterday morning was a nice mellow morning! we ended up leaving around 10:30 because we had to drop misty off at the groomers in macroom witch is a little town on the way to Cork! it was a sigh of relief when the dog got out of the car becuase it mad seans smelly farmed out car not as smelly ha ha, yea misty stunk horribly! but shes a farm dog and a farm dog is allowed to smell!
Sean bought me a full irish breakfast in macroom and it was my first time trying a thing called black pudding! its hard to explain what it taste like but it wasnt to bad! and for sure taste much better than it looked.. all in all the breakfast was a bit salty but good! and filled the belly!
i mailed somethin at the post office ab´nd then we made our way into Cork! it felt good to see busy streets, people shopping, a guy playing the bag pipes and just a crowd and people and no goats ha ha!
i had a good time with sean he treated me well and i learned quite a bit!
so i said by to him and was just in time for my bus ride back to Dublin! it was the same bus driver that i had coming down and he kinda smiled and laughed! This i time i brought my pillow on board so i was happy to get two hours of sleep! then i was woken up at the half way point, and i grabbed a bannana and a donut! idk why but it hit the spot!
When we got into Dublin is was getting dark and i knew i had a little bit of a treck ahead of me! i knew stearts address and that is was kind of near the guinness factory! i was looking at a two mile walk with my pack and side bag i finally found it after asking many people for directions and luckily not listening to some and going with my instincts! gotta love that jimminy cricket! hes knows best! id say after about 50 minutes of walking and finding my way i found the steet Stuart lived on which was a off street and not many people actually knew about.. but they knew the cross street rialto! so i made it work!
(by the way no body in Ireland knows what a cross street is! seriously nobody!)
I found the door that had the number 72 on it crossed my fingers and gave it a knock! Stuart anwsered the door and seemed just as cool as he did on line ha ha! i was freeying and he said my hands felt frozen! so he told me to make a cup of tea before they fell off! he had to finish a phone call down in his studio so i sat there and drank my tea and De-thawed! he came back into the kitchen to make sure i was doing ok and then gave me some brown bread! brown bread is like a heavy nut bread tha the irish love and so do i! its soooo good! when he finished his phone call we sat in the living room and stated chatting away, and got to know each other a little bit! i asked if i could take pictures of his paintings beacuase they are flat out amazing and can be sold for thousands of dollars! or be hung in a museum for people to stare at! if you get the chance check out his website its http://stuartmorle.com/
click the tabs along the top and those are some of his paintings! but all bring home pictures! stuart put all my pics onto a cd so i hope to be able to post some pics for ýou guys, but might just make you wait... ha ha ! hope you like surprises!
about 11:30 came around and we decided to go down to the pub! i wanted to buy him a guinness any way because he was so welcoming and helped me out a lot! oh yea and he cooked an awesome rice meal shortly after the girl that was living with him came home! she was very sweet and was going to school for arts! she couldnt of chose a better of person to live with, thats for sure!
so the pub came along and it was just a short little walk down! we started off with two guinness that i bought and stuart bought the next round which defeated the purpose of me buying him a Guinness! so i still owe him something! i told him i got the rounds when i make it back on st patties day! which i still really hope to do!
we were about to leave the pub and this guy named quinton came by and loved my irish hat that Susan gave me and just kept going on about it! ha ha he wanted a picture so i told him only if he weres it! (he had a little down syndrom but was still a smart guy) anyways it made his night to put that hat on and he insisted that stuart and i sit down with his buddz brandon from scotland and chat for a while! so we did and things got loud! ha ha too loud for stuart and im not gonna lie quintons laugh was kind of out ragous and scared most people at the bar! quinton liked me a lot... probably a little to much and wouldnt let me go! stuart thought he was gay and the bar tenders were laughing there ass off! if i get hit on by one more f"§$!/%$ gay guy i swear!! ha ha jk but seriously he was a little to close at the end for my liking.. but i have a heart for those people and did y best to go with it to a certian extent! he wanted my number so i just gave him a face book link! stuart made a break for it and i followed right after! ha ha people were laughing and telling us to have a good night possibly understanding what we just went thru.. it was kinda rediculous lol! but fun what can i say!
we got back around 1:30 and talked a little bit more and stuart showed me pics of girls hes met and places hes been!
then i had to be up to catch a flight to germay in four hours so we both went to bed!
the bed was super cumfy, it was a little pull out sofa thing! anywazs i got in the morning at 5:30 and so did stuart and he made coffee and toasted some brown bread! mmmmmmm it was good! i took a shower and we headed out! stuart came across the street to the tram station with me and payed for my ticket! the bus came we shook hands and off i went!
when i made it to o connel street i got hassled by this bum and bla bla bla zyou know the speel! after his whole story i offered him six cents and he said that wouldnt do anything lol! so i said ok then later bro! he followed me and i turned back and said what did you change your mind ha ha and he said well... im thinkin about it.. and i sai no man sorry you rejected my offer that not polite! lol he started apologizing it was just to funny! but any ways i found the bus station for the 16a and waited seriously 35 minutes for a bus that is supposed to come every 15.. finally i had to change plans it was already 7:35! my plane left at 8:35 and the gates closed at 8:05! ughhh yea thats not good...
so i got on a luxory air coach.. what ever it was just a nicer bus for 7 euro!! ughhh
but it got me to the airport in about 12 minutes.. so i had to wait in line try and check my bag, which i was to late to do... finally got passes that it was already 8:10 and i hadnt gon thru security so i had all my shit.. hand back, back pack, jacket, belt, phone, itouch, wallet... you get the point!! so i was stressin! then the stopped my bag asked if there was a nife and anything else they should know about!
yes sir theres a nife and some sizzers....
ok can you take em out..
i felt like saying no theres really no point my flight leaves in ten minutes and the gates close about fifteen minutes ago...
ugghhhh
i took em out and the talked about it with tsa... took them and told me i could go!
so i ran with all my stuff for ever thru the airport and made it to my gate with some people still boarding! i almost passed out! i felt the guinness and four hours of sleep comin on strong!
ai couldnt make my bag small enough to get on the plane so i payed 35 euro check it! when it would have only been fifteen on line! what ever!!
i just wanted to get on and sit down! so i did and i was the last to board the plane.. ha ha
you actually walk outside and and up some stair into the plane it wasnt like a hallway thing.. it was weird!
but i wanted water, of course that was three euro so i said f it! the plane was seriously like 100 degrees and people were like panicking lol! every one kept hitting the service button and asking if it was ok, because it kinda smelt like burnt hearter as well! ughhh
but befor i knew it i was in germany and felt better when i landed! i me a guy named bryan on the plane he was cool we tried to make plans but it ended up not working out.. this guy came up to me and asked me where i was from.. he was slow.. like mentally and kinda drunk! he wanted a picture with me so i said of course! i handed the camera to his friend and he put it in his pocket and turned around! i was like ugghh excuse me.. hes like what!
that was my camera bro i gotta get that back.. lol he was just kidding thankfully cause he was a big dude id have to grab the camera and just out run him ha ha!
so he says he´d take the picture and then he takes one of the plane and says it looks great...
what ever bro just give me my f in camera ha ha
so i got the camera and ended up just taking the picture my self of me and this random guy! ha ha it was just random!
going through immigrations wanst hard at all! after that i grabbed my bag and figured out my bus to mainz! i saw brian there and found out he was on a different bus so we had like ten minutes to chat!
LET THE CULTURE SHOCK BEGIN!!!!
i went to order a sandwich and nothing was english.. IN THE AIRPORT THIS IS!
so i did my best to say it and she smiled and corrected me! shit i must say i didnt do to bad she new what i was going for it was like langeschnitten crosant lol!
i dont know all i know is that is was super super tastey and only 3,20 euro!
then i was gettin thirsty so i went and asked for my water bottle to be filled and she said in brken english.. uh yes but it must cost you.. i didnt understand why but its germany ha ha who knows so i just said ok ok no problem...
she turned round with my tin water bottle and had hot mittens and said be carful... and 2 euro please..
i was real confused! number one why do i need to be careful and number two why is my water bottle 2 euros to fill!
i grabbed the water bottle and it was seriously scolding hot! like so hot you couldnt hold it! i just didnt know what to do..... ha ha i guess ask for ice cause i want to drink it befor i get to mianz.. or re do it but that would be a lot to explain and i still owed for hot water lol.. so i ended up just pointing to the tea bags and made some tea which wasnt what i was feelin at all...
it was interesting and im sure i have plenty of that to come!
i caought the bus at 1:15 about an hour after my flight showed up and elfi had planned to get me sooner.. i trzed calling her at the airport but just got beeps.. so i thought i wasnt getting thru..
then my phone rang on the bus and it was elfi! i was like what.. how.. idk.. anyways my number did go thru and she was able to call me back! she asked me what happend cause she had already been waiting earlier to pick me up.. i felt so bad but she said it was ok, and just wanted me to tell her when the bus i was on was getting there! so i walked up and asked and of course the bus driver didnt know english so i got thru to him with some polite sign language (which i better get good at lol) and he pulled out a book and pointed to the time, which said 14:20 (2:20 pm)!
elfi said shed be there and she was! i got off the bus gave her a big hug and we started talkin! she asked me what i wanted to do and if i was hungry! shes sooo sweet!
SIMON YOUR MOM IS AWESOME!!!
she bought me a bus pass for the day and we headed back to her apartment! she heated me up some food explained the bus system to me, which i think i can figure out and made me one of the best coffees ive ever had! seriously it was sooo good and went perfect with some ital ion chocolate! Günther showed up and joined us and we had great talk about reno and skiing and the olympics and then he had to leave because he had things to do and i think will be staying in his other apartment about twentie minutes away!
germanys crazy and has been a culture shock for sure! but now im gonna go out with elfi and see Mainz! so take care i miss you guys and thanks for keping up with me on my blog!
love ya lots!