I've been trying to think of more creative title entries. As you can see, it's going very well. Very well indeed.
Yesterday wasn't the slow day. Today was the real slow day. After breakfast I went on the internet, basically. And did internet things. I also played some Pokemon White. A little after twelve, I went for a quick walk. Then, around one, we went to a "festival" a few blocks away.
Now, I was expecting an American-like festival. Like the small one on the town common back home, with a few little rides, some games, carnival food, etc.
...This was not that.
Essentially, this was meat, fries, potato salad, beer, and a bounce house. With some variations of those categories in there. OH, AND THE CAKES. Seriously, it was as if an army of housewives got together and baked their greatest cakes. I usually avoid desserts that don't have a list of ingredients attatched to them or were not homemade/made by a friend, but these just looked fantastic. And they tasted divine, as well. It was a shame that I could only fit one in my stomach after the sausage and fries and cola.
And we took a picture of me toasting my aunt's beer. We're going to tell my brother I drank it. 8D Hey, if we continue this trend of going to Europe every couple years, I'll be of legal drinking age next time. My mom would probably never let me, but it'd be worth a shot. 0D
When we got back, I read some more of The Hunger Games, a book I've been wanting to re-read for a very long time. I have so many fanfiction ideas for it now, but I need to work on my oneshot for the prompt "gambling." I don't really have anything else to say, so I think I'll go do that. XD
PoKEMON StATS
Hours played: 11 hours and 40 minutes
Current team:
- Emboar, 40
- Vanillite, 24
- Ducklett, 22
- Trubbish, 21
- Simisage, 20
- Blitzle, 21
Badges: 5
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Koeln - 8.6.2011
Today was mainly a slow day. The morning was mainly spent faffing about, with the exception of a trip to Kaufland. So that was fun.
In the afternoon, we drove up (or possibly down) to Koeln. We visted der Koelner Dom, though we didn't climb the 4375634786 stairs up to the top like my brother and I did the last time I was here. Then we meandered through the streets. I bought a massive postcard to add some variety in size to the collage I started on my door back home. We went to Dunkin Donuts, as my cousin said it was the only one she knew of and wanted to go. I expected that we would do some serious shopping, but we only went to one store because my cousin really wanted to.
We did a ton of walking. We visited a bridge whose name I don't know. It is famous because people in love go there and put a lock on the chainlink fence with their names and the date they met and then throw the key into the river. We looked at the locks for a while before turning to walk back to the car.
Oh, I forgot. So when we were driving there I really needed to pee. We went into a cafe and ended up ordering dessert. The waiter brought me the wrong drink first (Eiscafe instead of Eisschokolade). I was fine with it, but my mom insisted that we get him to exchange it. He did so unwillingly. Then my uncle complained that the little heart-shaped piece of cone in his ice cream was stale. My mom ended up writing down the contact information of the cafe so she could complain about the waiter later. Fun times.
I have some complaints now, so bear with me.
DEAR FOX AND HULU,
ALLOW THE GERMANS TO WATCH MASTERCHEF ON YOUR WEBSITES.
LOVE,
UFGHJGJKH
DEAR YOUTUBE,
ALLOW THE GERMANS TO WATCH LIVE STREAMS ON YOUR WEBSITE.
LOVE,
A NERDFIGHTER
DEAR DS LITE,
PLEASE CHARGE.
LOVE,
A LONELY GAMER
DEAR SHINY VANILLITE,
I'M SORRY I MADE YOU FAINT. PLEASE COME BACK. DX
LOVE,
A POKE!NERD WITH A REGULAR VANILLITE
PoKEMON StATS
Hours played: 10 hours and 41 minutes
Current team:
- Emboar, 38
- Vanillite, 23
- Ducklett, 22
- Trubbish, 20
- Pansage, 19
- Blitzle, 16
Badges: 4
In the afternoon, we drove up (or possibly down) to Koeln. We visted der Koelner Dom, though we didn't climb the 4375634786 stairs up to the top like my brother and I did the last time I was here. Then we meandered through the streets. I bought a massive postcard to add some variety in size to the collage I started on my door back home. We went to Dunkin Donuts, as my cousin said it was the only one she knew of and wanted to go. I expected that we would do some serious shopping, but we only went to one store because my cousin really wanted to.
We did a ton of walking. We visited a bridge whose name I don't know. It is famous because people in love go there and put a lock on the chainlink fence with their names and the date they met and then throw the key into the river. We looked at the locks for a while before turning to walk back to the car.
Oh, I forgot. So when we were driving there I really needed to pee. We went into a cafe and ended up ordering dessert. The waiter brought me the wrong drink first (Eiscafe instead of Eisschokolade). I was fine with it, but my mom insisted that we get him to exchange it. He did so unwillingly. Then my uncle complained that the little heart-shaped piece of cone in his ice cream was stale. My mom ended up writing down the contact information of the cafe so she could complain about the waiter later. Fun times.
I have some complaints now, so bear with me.
DEAR FOX AND HULU,
ALLOW THE GERMANS TO WATCH MASTERCHEF ON YOUR WEBSITES.
LOVE,
UFGHJGJKH
DEAR YOUTUBE,
ALLOW THE GERMANS TO WATCH LIVE STREAMS ON YOUR WEBSITE.
LOVE,
A NERDFIGHTER
DEAR DS LITE,
PLEASE CHARGE.
LOVE,
A LONELY GAMER
DEAR SHINY VANILLITE,
I'M SORRY I MADE YOU FAINT. PLEASE COME BACK. DX
LOVE,
A POKE!NERD WITH A REGULAR VANILLITE
PoKEMON StATS
Hours played: 10 hours and 41 minutes
Current team:
- Emboar, 38
- Vanillite, 23
- Ducklett, 22
- Trubbish, 20
- Pansage, 19
- Blitzle, 16
Badges: 4
Friday, August 5, 2011
Castles - 8.5.2011
Today we visited Schloss Burg an der Wupper, which is a castle near the Rhein river. It was a lovely museum. The paintings within the building were just breathtaking, as was the view. We had to ride a ski life to get there, which was another roller-coaster-like experience for my dear mother.
Despite the fact that the place was wonderful, it did get old as my back began to ache from standing and my stomach began to eat itself. It really was nice to see this window into the past, though. I tend not to be interested in history, but it was cool.
Lunch was...I have a lot to say about lunch. XD
The restaurant we went to had an interesting air about it. I think they themed part of the town to match the castle, and it was in that section. I don't know if that influenced the interior, but I'd say it probably did. The design had an olden-times air to it. So old, in fact, that the elderly seemed to be the demographic of the place. To be fair, the only other table I could see was filled with old people. So.
Speaking of these old people, I felt like they were staring at me. It was very awkward, and that coupled with the whole atmosphere of the place--music included--gave me the feeling that the woman was going to come over to our table and give me a prophecy. The music got all this-is-it when they stood up to leave, and I was seriously considering the option until they left the restaurant.
To take a line from John Green, the food was not as good as the prices implied. It was all salty, and the drink portions remained stubbornly small. I was full from my meat by dessert, but the "Frische Erdbeeren mit Eis" seemed appealing. It was an all around okay meal, with the dessert on its side.
On the way back, we took a shortcut across the river. Instead of taking the bridge, we drove onto a platform that the detached from the dock and floated us on over to the other side. The water made me wish I could jump in, and I can't wait to get to Poland, where we'll be staying at my grandmother's house--five minutes walk from the beach.
When we got home, we sat around for a bit before my mom and I left for a walk. We finally found the Aldi store, where my mom went to heaven. The Aldi we have at home is apparently no where near in comparison, but I've never been, so I wouldn't know. We bought an excess of tea, a box of tissues, some Kinder ice cream, a type of candy-thing, and flowers for my aunt as a thank you for putting up with us. I wish I lived within walking distance of a supermarket; it was fun.
A lot of the blogs I read keep track of something at the bottom. I talked about my new Pokemon game with Into and was inspired to keep track of some Pokemon-related things.
PoKEMON StATS
Hours played: 8 hours and 56 minutes
Current team:
- Emboar, 36
- Vanillite, 23
- Trubbish, 20
- Herdier, 20
- Pansage, 19
- Purrloin, 16
Badges: 4
Despite the fact that the place was wonderful, it did get old as my back began to ache from standing and my stomach began to eat itself. It really was nice to see this window into the past, though. I tend not to be interested in history, but it was cool.
Lunch was...I have a lot to say about lunch. XD
The restaurant we went to had an interesting air about it. I think they themed part of the town to match the castle, and it was in that section. I don't know if that influenced the interior, but I'd say it probably did. The design had an olden-times air to it. So old, in fact, that the elderly seemed to be the demographic of the place. To be fair, the only other table I could see was filled with old people. So.
Speaking of these old people, I felt like they were staring at me. It was very awkward, and that coupled with the whole atmosphere of the place--music included--gave me the feeling that the woman was going to come over to our table and give me a prophecy. The music got all this-is-it when they stood up to leave, and I was seriously considering the option until they left the restaurant.
To take a line from John Green, the food was not as good as the prices implied. It was all salty, and the drink portions remained stubbornly small. I was full from my meat by dessert, but the "Frische Erdbeeren mit Eis" seemed appealing. It was an all around okay meal, with the dessert on its side.
On the way back, we took a shortcut across the river. Instead of taking the bridge, we drove onto a platform that the detached from the dock and floated us on over to the other side. The water made me wish I could jump in, and I can't wait to get to Poland, where we'll be staying at my grandmother's house--five minutes walk from the beach.
When we got home, we sat around for a bit before my mom and I left for a walk. We finally found the Aldi store, where my mom went to heaven. The Aldi we have at home is apparently no where near in comparison, but I've never been, so I wouldn't know. We bought an excess of tea, a box of tissues, some Kinder ice cream, a type of candy-thing, and flowers for my aunt as a thank you for putting up with us. I wish I lived within walking distance of a supermarket; it was fun.
A lot of the blogs I read keep track of something at the bottom. I talked about my new Pokemon game with Into and was inspired to keep track of some Pokemon-related things.
PoKEMON StATS
Hours played: 8 hours and 56 minutes
Current team:
- Emboar, 36
- Vanillite, 23
- Trubbish, 20
- Herdier, 20
- Pansage, 19
- Purrloin, 16
Badges: 4
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Teh Internetz- 8.4.2011
LOOK. I HAVE INTERNET! I HAVE INTERNET!
You have no idea how excited this makes me. Just...yes. I was so lonely without the internet. I'm so delightfullly socially awkward. Just ignore my social awkwardness.
Today we visited Ahrweiler in Germany. It's a gorgeous city, and definitely worth the trouble we went through to get there. We got lost on the way there, and spent far to long looking for the promised McDonalds because I had to use the bathroom. And then we ate lunch there, as well. My mom thinks it's so weird that you have to pay for your ketchup. Personally, America could probably use less free condiments. 0D
The city was in a valley, surrounded by vineyards and vineyards. It was positively beautiful. The city itself looked like it had been plucked out of a German fairytale, and it was magical to walk around there. I'm sorry, I'm awful at describing it. But it really was lovely.
That was basically all we did today. Now I'm sitting outside with my mom, cousin, his girlfriend, my uncle, and two people I don't know. I finally got internet, and I'm just basking in the internet-ness of it. Just :DDDDDD
This is a rather boring blog post.
Oh, fun fact, never drive on the autoban with my mom. It's like a roller coaster to her. She freaks out and grips the armrests and yells to slow down. A little funny, but mostly a bit annoying.
I forgot to spell check the two posts I posted before this one. Buhbuhbuhbuhbuh. As it turns out, spell check thinks everything is wrong. Because I'm in Germany. Bahaha.
You have no idea how excited this makes me. Just...yes. I was so lonely without the internet. I'm so delightfullly socially awkward. Just ignore my social awkwardness.
Today we visited Ahrweiler in Germany. It's a gorgeous city, and definitely worth the trouble we went through to get there. We got lost on the way there, and spent far to long looking for the promised McDonalds because I had to use the bathroom. And then we ate lunch there, as well. My mom thinks it's so weird that you have to pay for your ketchup. Personally, America could probably use less free condiments. 0D
The city was in a valley, surrounded by vineyards and vineyards. It was positively beautiful. The city itself looked like it had been plucked out of a German fairytale, and it was magical to walk around there. I'm sorry, I'm awful at describing it. But it really was lovely.
That was basically all we did today. Now I'm sitting outside with my mom, cousin, his girlfriend, my uncle, and two people I don't know. I finally got internet, and I'm just basking in the internet-ness of it. Just :DDDDDD
This is a rather boring blog post.
Oh, fun fact, never drive on the autoban with my mom. It's like a roller coaster to her. She freaks out and grips the armrests and yells to slow down. A little funny, but mostly a bit annoying.
I forgot to spell check the two posts I posted before this one. Buhbuhbuhbuhbuh. As it turns out, spell check thinks everything is wrong. Because I'm in Germany. Bahaha.
Holland - 8.3.2011
Heard Edge of Glory by Lady Gaga. Missed my FFN friends. Especially Evan.
Heard Barbara Streissand (?) by Duck Sauce. Missed American television. Especially MasterChef.
Heard Stay by OneRepublic. Missed Harry Potter. I mean, really, what kind of plane has Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse, but not one Harry Potter movie?
Today we took a trip up to Maastricht in Holland. The first thing we did out of the parking garage was visit the cathedrale "Star of the Sea." Or maybe that wasn't the name, and it's just some piece of history involving it. I'd look it up, but I still don't know the internet password. Another thing I would look up is Maastricht's reputation, as we saw cups with pictures of weed on them above the name of the city while we were buying postcards.
Side note: People think it's weird when you buy twelve postcards at once.
The man selling tickets to look at some of the exhibits off the main church part of the cathedrale deserves a mention. We came across this machine where you pressed the button next to a word, such as children, and the name of the patron saint of that thing would illuminate. We wanted to know what two people where the patron saint of, so we wrote down their name with the corresponding word to ask the man at the desk. He told us, but I can't get over how he didn't know the word for "rope", yet he knew the word "illuminate."
Most of the trip was spent ambling through the streets, taking occasional pictures and sometimes stepping into shops. My uncle bought a new pair of shoes, but other than that the only purchases were nearly twenty postcards, some stamps, and a stick of mentos. Well, aside from lunch.
We eventually settled on eating at an Italian pizzaria, as no one could make a decision. Lucky us, as in most places we had gone that day, our server spoke English. None of us knew Dutch, so it saved us from some awkwardness and embarrassment. I ordered a simple pizza with tomato sauce, cheese, and oregano. The thing was massive; parts of it were jutting out over the sides of the generously-sized dinner plate. I had eaten most of our bread basket--pieces of fresh baguette with a side of garlic butter--so I only managed to eat half of it.
Pizza: 1
Me: 0
Also, the drink portions were hilariously small. Seriously. They had a one-size-suits-all deal, and that size was about that of a perfume bottle. Needless to say, I had to conserve my Pepsi throughout my endeavors with the slightly salty pizza.
Both my mom and my uncle, with whom which I was traveling, ordered lasagna. Each came in a small and round pan, which they later discovered was hot when they both burned themselves on them. My mom went on for a bit about how in America, the servers would tell you to watch out because the dish was hot. She added as an afterthought, "Probably because in the States, a person would sue you if they got burned."
America, lol.
After our meal, we went in search of the post office-like-place (really just a store that had a box for mailing things), because my mom just had to send her postcards straight from Holland. I'm writing mine here and sending them off. Then we got ice cream. These guys only spoke a little English, but they promised there were no nuts in the cappucino ice cream.
"We can sue them if they lied."
No, I was fine, and the ice cream was quite good. An hour later, I'm sitting here writing this blog post while my mom and aunt converse in Polish and my cousin Cornelia listens. She supposedly knows the internet password now, but I'm afraid to ask--don't ask why, because I have no idea--and there's never a break in the conversation to ask, anyway. So I'm stuck missing my FFN friends. :C
I want to watch MasterChef. I think I'll go ask the password. XD And I'm wicked thirsty. They gave me a bag of assorted Haribo candies, and we bought that stick of mentos. A miniature Pepsi is all that I have on my side, and it's starting to get to me.
This post, as well as yesterday's post, will hopefully be up tonight. Or afternoon, for you American folks.
Speaking of those pesky little time zones, I slept until ten of eleven today. To be fair, I didn't really get any sleep from 11:30, when I went to bed, until 3:30 due to my mom's snoring. And when she woke up around six, I was woken up by her walking around. Every minute she was like, "Are you sleeping?"
gjhdfjghbjdfhgjhdfjgn
So then I slept for nearly five hours. I win.
And speaking of bed, my cousins have an awesome shower. You all needed to know that.
Until tomorrow, or whenever I get internet access. ^-^
Heard Barbara Streissand (?) by Duck Sauce. Missed American television. Especially MasterChef.
Heard Stay by OneRepublic. Missed Harry Potter. I mean, really, what kind of plane has Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse, but not one Harry Potter movie?
Today we took a trip up to Maastricht in Holland. The first thing we did out of the parking garage was visit the cathedrale "Star of the Sea." Or maybe that wasn't the name, and it's just some piece of history involving it. I'd look it up, but I still don't know the internet password. Another thing I would look up is Maastricht's reputation, as we saw cups with pictures of weed on them above the name of the city while we were buying postcards.
Side note: People think it's weird when you buy twelve postcards at once.
The man selling tickets to look at some of the exhibits off the main church part of the cathedrale deserves a mention. We came across this machine where you pressed the button next to a word, such as children, and the name of the patron saint of that thing would illuminate. We wanted to know what two people where the patron saint of, so we wrote down their name with the corresponding word to ask the man at the desk. He told us, but I can't get over how he didn't know the word for "rope", yet he knew the word "illuminate."
Most of the trip was spent ambling through the streets, taking occasional pictures and sometimes stepping into shops. My uncle bought a new pair of shoes, but other than that the only purchases were nearly twenty postcards, some stamps, and a stick of mentos. Well, aside from lunch.
We eventually settled on eating at an Italian pizzaria, as no one could make a decision. Lucky us, as in most places we had gone that day, our server spoke English. None of us knew Dutch, so it saved us from some awkwardness and embarrassment. I ordered a simple pizza with tomato sauce, cheese, and oregano. The thing was massive; parts of it were jutting out over the sides of the generously-sized dinner plate. I had eaten most of our bread basket--pieces of fresh baguette with a side of garlic butter--so I only managed to eat half of it.
Pizza: 1
Me: 0
Also, the drink portions were hilariously small. Seriously. They had a one-size-suits-all deal, and that size was about that of a perfume bottle. Needless to say, I had to conserve my Pepsi throughout my endeavors with the slightly salty pizza.
Both my mom and my uncle, with whom which I was traveling, ordered lasagna. Each came in a small and round pan, which they later discovered was hot when they both burned themselves on them. My mom went on for a bit about how in America, the servers would tell you to watch out because the dish was hot. She added as an afterthought, "Probably because in the States, a person would sue you if they got burned."
America, lol.
After our meal, we went in search of the post office-like-place (really just a store that had a box for mailing things), because my mom just had to send her postcards straight from Holland. I'm writing mine here and sending them off. Then we got ice cream. These guys only spoke a little English, but they promised there were no nuts in the cappucino ice cream.
"We can sue them if they lied."
No, I was fine, and the ice cream was quite good. An hour later, I'm sitting here writing this blog post while my mom and aunt converse in Polish and my cousin Cornelia listens. She supposedly knows the internet password now, but I'm afraid to ask--don't ask why, because I have no idea--and there's never a break in the conversation to ask, anyway. So I'm stuck missing my FFN friends. :C
I want to watch MasterChef. I think I'll go ask the password. XD And I'm wicked thirsty. They gave me a bag of assorted Haribo candies, and we bought that stick of mentos. A miniature Pepsi is all that I have on my side, and it's starting to get to me.
This post, as well as yesterday's post, will hopefully be up tonight. Or afternoon, for you American folks.
Speaking of those pesky little time zones, I slept until ten of eleven today. To be fair, I didn't really get any sleep from 11:30, when I went to bed, until 3:30 due to my mom's snoring. And when she woke up around six, I was woken up by her walking around. Every minute she was like, "Are you sleeping?"
gjhdfjghbjdfhgjhdfjgn
So then I slept for nearly five hours. I win.
And speaking of bed, my cousins have an awesome shower. You all needed to know that.
Until tomorrow, or whenever I get internet access. ^-^
Flying - 8.2.2011
It's two in the afternoon and my mom has already gone to bed. I don't know how to say "What is your internet password?" in German or Polish, and if I did, I would be too shy to ask. Kind of like how I am with my English-speaking cousins. So we'll see when this post goes up.
Most of today wasn't actually spent flying. Just midnight to 2am, though technically until 7:30am. Time zones are confusing little buggers when you're flying through them. Point is, I want to talk about flying.
Flying is just...really cool. There's a unique feeling to being above the clouds. It shouldn't be right. You don't fly above clouds. But I love looking down at the shapes and the colors and taking photo after photo of the sky. And no matter how uncomfortable it may make other people feel, I think I'll always be that girl who gets a bit excited when the plan tips really far one way in turning.
Then there's the feelings of touching down in a new city. I've been to Germany before. I've sat on this exact same bed, biding time while the family member who came with me slept. But I'd never set foot in Brussels, Belgium, and touching down their just made me really love traveling. It was worth driving roughly four hours to the airport, sitting in the terminal with my anxious mother, and then sitting in a plane for "I-lost-my-sense-of-time" hours (By the way: on the plane, I watched Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Up. I was angry at the plane for having all three Twilight movies that are out but no Harry Potter ones. I also watched a couple episodes of The Office and one of Glee. And I played Pokemon White. My Tepig evolved into a I'm-tired-and-forgot-the-name*, and it is one BAMF).
Maybe I'm just thinking about this because I spent the entire time imagining how kick ass a Thoughts From Places video I could make if I'd filmed a ton of what had happened to me in the past 26 hours. Vlogbrothers, anyone?
I really don't have much else to say. I was hoping to snag a spot on Pottermore today, but I've probably missed it and I don't know the internet password. So.
Today was mostly my mom chatting up a storm in Polish with family members while I sat back awkwardly not knowing what was going and legitimately thinking about what I was going to change my Facebook status to. I'm so cool, bro.
Aside from that, we visited an Eis Cafe, looked at the massive hole they dug for coal, looked at the home the cousins I'm staying with used to live in before they had to move out so their town could be dug up for coal, and went to a Russian supermarket. At the Eis Cafe, there was a man playing what I believe was the oboe, and it wad fantastic. My mom tipped him in USD like a boss. Then he played Yesterday by The Beatles.
Oh, and while waiting to board the plane we discovered that there was a family from the town next to ours on the same flight. They've lived for the past few years in Brussels, but it was still cool. I always imagine meeting people I know at the airort, and this was pretty close. And it was very helpful to have a face from home to help us out when we got out of the plane in Brussels and were like, "Where the hell do we go next?"
The organization of the blog post is awful. I'm so scatterbrained right now. I'm very tired, but I don't want to go to bed until a somewhat normal time. Meaning I'm staying up until at least six in the evening. I wish I could go on the internet.
Oh, man. You know you're an internet nerd when the thing you miss most is going on fanfiction.net and talking to your buddies on there. Missing you guys, District 14.
I think I need a boyfriend.
And now my mom is snoring. Yay. ._.
--
*Pignite. That's the one.
Most of today wasn't actually spent flying. Just midnight to 2am, though technically until 7:30am. Time zones are confusing little buggers when you're flying through them. Point is, I want to talk about flying.
Flying is just...really cool. There's a unique feeling to being above the clouds. It shouldn't be right. You don't fly above clouds. But I love looking down at the shapes and the colors and taking photo after photo of the sky. And no matter how uncomfortable it may make other people feel, I think I'll always be that girl who gets a bit excited when the plan tips really far one way in turning.
Then there's the feelings of touching down in a new city. I've been to Germany before. I've sat on this exact same bed, biding time while the family member who came with me slept. But I'd never set foot in Brussels, Belgium, and touching down their just made me really love traveling. It was worth driving roughly four hours to the airport, sitting in the terminal with my anxious mother, and then sitting in a plane for "I-lost-my-sense-of-time" hours (By the way: on the plane, I watched Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Up. I was angry at the plane for having all three Twilight movies that are out but no Harry Potter ones. I also watched a couple episodes of The Office and one of Glee. And I played Pokemon White. My Tepig evolved into a I'm-tired-and-forgot-the-name*, and it is one BAMF).
Maybe I'm just thinking about this because I spent the entire time imagining how kick ass a Thoughts From Places video I could make if I'd filmed a ton of what had happened to me in the past 26 hours. Vlogbrothers, anyone?
I really don't have much else to say. I was hoping to snag a spot on Pottermore today, but I've probably missed it and I don't know the internet password. So.
Today was mostly my mom chatting up a storm in Polish with family members while I sat back awkwardly not knowing what was going and legitimately thinking about what I was going to change my Facebook status to. I'm so cool, bro.
Aside from that, we visited an Eis Cafe, looked at the massive hole they dug for coal, looked at the home the cousins I'm staying with used to live in before they had to move out so their town could be dug up for coal, and went to a Russian supermarket. At the Eis Cafe, there was a man playing what I believe was the oboe, and it wad fantastic. My mom tipped him in USD like a boss. Then he played Yesterday by The Beatles.
Oh, and while waiting to board the plane we discovered that there was a family from the town next to ours on the same flight. They've lived for the past few years in Brussels, but it was still cool. I always imagine meeting people I know at the airort, and this was pretty close. And it was very helpful to have a face from home to help us out when we got out of the plane in Brussels and were like, "Where the hell do we go next?"
The organization of the blog post is awful. I'm so scatterbrained right now. I'm very tired, but I don't want to go to bed until a somewhat normal time. Meaning I'm staying up until at least six in the evening. I wish I could go on the internet.
Oh, man. You know you're an internet nerd when the thing you miss most is going on fanfiction.net and talking to your buddies on there. Missing you guys, District 14.
I think I need a boyfriend.
And now my mom is snoring. Yay. ._.
--
*Pignite. That's the one.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Blog Every Day in August - 8/1/2011
It's been a while, hasn't it?
I am back, dear blog readers, to participate in another event where I must blog every day of the month. I was on the fence about participating this month, as I'm going on vacation to Europe for all of it. But then I received the lovely Toshiba netbook I am typing on, which solved all my problems.
Well, most of them.
See, in Poland I will be staying at my grandmother's house. Last time I was there, her TV still had an antenna and she used a rotary dial phone. This was two years ago. I am almost positive that she still doesn't have internet, which will be a shame I'll have to get over.
Instead, I'll still be blogging every day. I'll write posts on Word Pad, and post the next in line whenever I have internet. So this is more going to be me blogging every day in August and all three of you reading said blogs whenever such an occasion occurs:
A wild internet appeared!
I used "update blog."
It's super effective!
Speaking of, I finally got Pokemon White, which I will be able to play once we leave for the airport in a few hours. So that's nice. Not looking forward to the heat and thunderstorms, but you can't hug every cat.
Internet jokes. 0D
That about wraps it up for today. Just wanted to alert those who might be reading this that I will be blogging every day about my fabulous European adventures, but that the updates might not be every day. Hope this post finds you all well. ^-^
I am back, dear blog readers, to participate in another event where I must blog every day of the month. I was on the fence about participating this month, as I'm going on vacation to Europe for all of it. But then I received the lovely Toshiba netbook I am typing on, which solved all my problems.
Well, most of them.
See, in Poland I will be staying at my grandmother's house. Last time I was there, her TV still had an antenna and she used a rotary dial phone. This was two years ago. I am almost positive that she still doesn't have internet, which will be a shame I'll have to get over.
Instead, I'll still be blogging every day. I'll write posts on Word Pad, and post the next in line whenever I have internet. So this is more going to be me blogging every day in August and all three of you reading said blogs whenever such an occasion occurs:
A wild internet appeared!
I used "update blog."
It's super effective!
Speaking of, I finally got Pokemon White, which I will be able to play once we leave for the airport in a few hours. So that's nice. Not looking forward to the heat and thunderstorms, but you can't hug every cat.
Internet jokes. 0D
That about wraps it up for today. Just wanted to alert those who might be reading this that I will be blogging every day about my fabulous European adventures, but that the updates might not be every day. Hope this post finds you all well. ^-^
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