I know, I know, I'm late--what else is new? BUT! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! I hope everyone back home Stateside had a wonderful Christmas! I had my very first German Christmas (Weihnachten) and it was great :) Once again, Kai and Lisa are too nice to me and got me a few little gifts, and then even an awesome speaker for my iPod--and they loved the gifts that I got them as well, even though my most brilliant plan of the Krümel Kalendar won't be finished until the 1st, (so I just printed off the 12 months pictures and gave them to them as a sneak peek).
Christmas Eve, I met Bertus and some of his friends out at the bars in Bonn (I have been here 2 months as of today and this was the first time I have gone out in Bonn.. instead of making the hike to Köln. Retarded.) at around midnight or so. They were all really nice, and as everyone drank more and more, they begun all speaking only English, and I begun speaking only my perfect German, naturally. I'll admit, I ended up getting really drunk, and I blame it solely on the fact that I at one point became best friends with the bartender that would then make me all kinds of drinks, and the fact I did a shot of Tequilla with someone also didn't help my cause. NOTE TO SELF: Never drink Tequilla ever again. It only makes you act like an asshole (continue reading for example). We finally left the bar at around 5 or so (I think?) and got in a cab. Kai had told me that because it was Christmas, the trains wouldn't be running again until noon or so the next day, and because he wasn't going to really want to come pick me up at 5am, my best bet was to crash on Bertus' white couch. So I did. Now, I told you that tequilla makes you act like an asshole.. and it does. Apparently, I decided that the cab driver was an idiot and started yelling at him and calling him stupid/dumb the whole ride home. For no reason what-so-ever. Oops. Hopefully he didn't speak English and didn't know what I was saying... I slept FOREVER the next day because Germany has the most amazing invention ever invented in all of human history: Rolläden. (look it up, and be amazed). Basically, they keep out ALL light so you can have your own little crypt and sleep forever. They're so awesome. I don't know where in the world I will be living in 10 years, but one thing is a fact, and that is that I am SOOO having these installed in my house. I love them.
The day after Christmas, (Saturday the 26th), Kai, Lisa, Johanna, Emilian and I all went to Lisa's mother's house to have a little get together with her family. It was so cute. Her uncles and aunts, and grandparents and cousins and everyone was there. They were all just so cute, I wanted to die :) They reminded me a lot of my family--who I miss A LOT, especially during the holidays.. but there's always next year! Lisa's grandfather might have been the cutest old man I have ever seen. Although, most of the time, I was to busy thinking of funny things that I had seen/heard and would start laughing to myself (the wine didn't help). Pretty sure a lot of the people there thought that I was either A, retarded B, really immature or C, both. But whatever, I couldn't help it. Some things are just too funny. And so sue me, I like to laugh ;) At one point, Bertus told me later that one of his uncles interpreted my laughing as flirting with Felix--Lisa's 16 (yeah, I said SIXTEEN) year old brother. Yeah, the guy sure did crack the case! Wrong. But all in all I had a really nice time, and I was really excited to meet everyone in Lisa's family :)
So that was my first German Christmas experience. I can't believe New Year's Eve is in 3 days! That's so crazy!!! Again, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas back home, and have an awesome New Year's!!! (And remember to drink some Champagne at 6pm on the 31st also to be celebrating the New Year with me here in Germany--and I'm going to make sure to drink some at 6am to be celebrating at the same time as most of you back home!) Miss and Love you all every day! xoxox Megs
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