Meine deutsche Schwester war hier!

Happy Groundhog's Day! I CAN NOT believe it is already February! Crazy. Not too much has been happening here since my last post, BUT! Naemi came to visit me this past weekend here in Bonn, and some exciting adventures were the result. Naemi got into Bonn around 5 or so on Friday right as I was done with "work". She came in, and we had some tea and talked and caught up eachother on our lives for a little bit. Then we got ready for the night and headed out at around 7:30ish. For dinner we went to a "Mexican" restaurant here in town that I had gone to before with Jon--the baseball player from Texas. Their food isn't bad, but when you're used to the Mexican food in the States, the German version of it is different. Not bad, just different (for example, who knew the Mexicans apparently put cut up pieces of potato and carrots in a quesadilla??????? I had no idea....) But everything was still really yummy, and not to mention the place has a killer happy hour. So Naemi and I ate there and had some cocktails before heading to Bar Ludwig to meet up with the guy that she car-pooled here with. We got there at around 9:30 and it wasn't anything special to me. I kept hearing about this bar, and how so many people go there, but I honestly couldn't really figure out why. So we met up with Benedikt (the guy Naemi drove up with) and his twin brother Tobi (both of whom are from Bonn). We had a few drinks with them, but again, I was kind of getting bored. The music was awful and it just wasn't that fun. At around 11 I think it was, Naemi and I were actually debating about leaving and trying to find a new place. We decided that we would finish our drinks and leave. Just as we were about to go, the music changed completely and the entire atmosphere of the place changed (for the better) within seconds. We decided, hmm.. let's stay a few minutes more and see if it gets better. And trust me, it did.
At one point Naemi and Tobi and I were down at a smaller bar off of the dance area about to order shots of Jager (German oil). As we were waiting, I look over and there is Jon, my new friend from Texas that I met a little bit ago. We both said hi and couldn't believe we had run into eachother and he then introduced me to some of his other baseball friends. Then Jon and his German roommate Simon look over and start saying hi to Tobi and were all excited to see eachother. Naemi and I then immediately look at eachother and at the exact same time screamed: "THEY KNOW EACHOTHER!!!!!" It was so funny and so unexpected. I swear, this world is so small sometimes. So the night ended up being a lot of fun. After dancing to German Hip-Hop for awhile (the stuff is hilarious and awesome all at the same time) we went back to the more relaxed part of the bar. As I was walking up to get another Kölsch, I heard these two guys fighting and yelling at eachother in English. Obviously, being the peaceful citizen I am, I decided it would be a good idea for me to try to mediate. I walked right in between the 2 guys, threw my hands out and said "I speak English! I'll intervene!" and started laughing. The one guy was apparently German and he kept on yelling, but the other guy stopped, smiled at me, and said "I speak English too! I'm an American!" I looked at him and said "Me too!!!" (keep in mind this friendly little conversation was all happening while the other guy was still shouting in the background). He asked me where I was from, and I told him Columbus. He (I don't remember his name?) is in the Army and is from Arizona. His sister is studying abroad here, and it was her German boyfriend he was fighting with. Next thing I know, everything has seemed to have calmed down and someone orders shots of Tequilla (not... again...). So we're all standing there with the cinnamon on my hand, holding a shot of tequilla gold, and a slice of orange in the other hand. As I'm about to take mine with everyone, the shitsorm comes rolling in, in the form of the German boyfriend. Everyone else around had already downed their shot, but I was too busy looking as to how I could try to stop this fight from breaking out (with shot/orange/cinnamon still in hand). Next thing I know, the two guys are on the ground and the American guy is like punching the guy. I'm standing there and kind of running in place (to see this would have been hilarious) holding my shot and orange out (that I still haven't taken) and I'm saying "WHAT DO I DO?! WHAT DO I DO?!". So.. naturally.. my solution, was just to pretty much ignore the two fighting guys at my feet and just take the shot. The bartender/bouncers quickly broke the fight up and the threw the German boyfriend guy out, but the American guy was allowed to stay (I have no idea why?) The Army guy then looks at me and was like "well, thanks for trying to help" and I just looked at him and started "USA! USA! USA! USA!" It was really funny, and most of the people around us were all laughing at the whole dumb situation. So that was my first German bar fight! Wa-hoo!
So that was the big excitment from the weekend. Next big thing to look forward to: KARNEVAL begins NEXT Thursday!!!! I am so excited!! I already have my first costume; I'm going as an Angel, natually ;) I'm so excited for my first Karneval in Köln/Bonn. There will definitely be more to post soon :) Back again soon. Hope all is well with everyone back home. I miss/love all of you!! xoxox Megan