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Friday, 07 July 2006 00:03:29
Today I went on a day trip to Hamburg to see the sights and visit with fff.net's very own Agatsu, who hails from that very fine city. First, I just want to say that countries with public transit systems rock my world. Granted, the ticket to Hamburg was approx $113 dollars, but the trains have dining cars and clean bathrooms and they're faster than driving. And trains also have really big windows. I had to leave the apartment by 7:15 to make it to the train station. Poor Stephen was kind enough to accompany me, since getting there involved oh, timliness instead of tardiness, which I can never guarantee when I'm attempting to navigate and figure out German words and purchase bus tix. You get the idea. Since it was a bit of a rush, I treated myself to an on-train breakfast type meal. I think I had mentioned before that Germans could not survive without mustard and salt. I would now like to add butter to that list of survival items. My meal consisted of 6 large pieces of bread (I kid you not: 2 rolls, 2 slices of rye bread, one whole wheat croissant, one regular croissant), two 1x2x0.25 slabs of butter, six slices of different types of meat in various stages of preservation using the salt method, and a large slice of cheese that tasted like a cross between mozzarella and brie. It was the best damn breakfast I've had in a long time. The urge to eat did not return, my hand to god, until over 9 hours later. These folks know how to make their money go further. The other cool thing was that I sat over this breakfast for more than an hour, and no one seemed put out by my taking up of space. Very cool! Getting off the train, I puttered my way down to the older part of the city, near the city council, or Rathaus. Did the tour of that building, taking a lot of pictures since I had missed the last English speaking tour of the day, and had no clue what the tour guide was saying. She was in the stairwell:
Friday, 07 July 2006 20:10:33
So I'm still museless, but I edited one of my older stories at a suggestion. Here it is:
Friday, 07 July 2006 20:29:30
Wow! It's all so new! I never knew Firefly had such a following :D I'm loving it already. So, as I'm falling asleep at my keyboard (5 hours sleep... not a good idea) I'll keep this short so it makes some kind of sense! For a full version of me and my life, see my profile. Today, I have mostly been... selling chocolate! Well, I can think of worse things to do for a living!
Friday, 07 July 2006 20:36:36
Sean Maher. I'm 99% sure it was him. So I was wandering toward my gate just before 7 a.m. and I see this guy and we make a bit of eye contact and our arms brush. I'm thinking "wow, he looks familiar" and about 10 steps later my mind catches up and I think "holy shit!". So I turn around to try and find him again, but I can't. He might have turned or something, I don't know, but I was annoyed with myself. And then I got on my cell phone and called everyone I knew. P.S. Hawaii is fabulous and I've only been here for a day. I might be saying something else when I start farming in a week, but for now, I'm loving it!
