Mmmm...German Beer...

Day 4, May 28th

Hey everyone! Well I'm a little woozy right now...just had a few beers, a few shots, and all is well in the world of my brain.

Anyway, before we had the party tonight and I got *slightly* marginally inebriated, the day was fun. We had our first day of real classes which was nice. I forgot to bring a notebook for classes, argh!! How could I have been so stupid?? Where's a walmart when you need it, right?

That is #1928575 on my list of "Things Josh Forgot To Bring". Following classes, we went to this really cool Turkish restaurant (they're all over Germany, as are Chinese restaurants) where I tried "Lambcuch", or something, which is like hummus, lamb, pita, and a few other spices mixed together. So good! I know my new favorite food while I'm in Turkey.

Anyway, tomorrow I'm going to beg my mom to allow me to buy a Eurorail pass. Apparently EVERYONE ELSE HAS ONE, and we have so much free time over the weekends that I don't think I could afford not to get one. Then again, this trip already costs close to a billion dollars so who knows?

I got friendly with quite a few more people today (thank you alcohol!), from both the US and native German students. I'm going to join some of the Germans in my dorm room for a casual game of soccer later in the week so we'll see how that goes.

Anyway, at the party we drank, talked of times past, and of course I made a complete fool of myself dancing. Thankfully I banned all cameras from taking pictures of me, so dont expect any facebook embarrassments to laugh at:)

I had a shot called a "Sour Apple" (thats how it was translated, dunno if it was perfect), which tasted surprisingly like sour apple and was pretty good. Anyway, I'm just typing whatever random thought appears in my head, so sorry if this post is a little unorganized and rambling (oh, and Germans don't have nearly the obesity problems the US has).

I have reading to do, so in retrospect I probably should have done it BEFORE i got drunk, but it's all good ;)

Oh, and one last thing: curse Iowa!! Those Iowans and their stupid High Fructose Corn Syrup...I challenge everyone reading this to have a cola product made with SUGAR instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup (like 99% of US soda's have) and taste the difference...that damned corn lobby really screwed us. I mean, HFCS is even WORSE for you than sugar, tastes worse, IS worse, and just about any other criticism you can lay on it.

Went to GameStop today (go figure, right?)...new PS3 and XBOX360 games are 70 EUROS!!! Utter insanity...

Life lesson for today: when getting drunk in a foreign country, make sure that you're always with friends (I was, of course) to ensure you don't do anything to make Americans look even stupider than the stereotypes that Germans already have for us (I've heard them all...)

Or maybe 'Germans having a "stupid" stereotype for Americans' is itself a stereotype? Philosophical, I know...but I'm too tired to rant about aimless subjects anymore so good night everyone ;)

Few personal notes before I pass out:

-Grandpa Howard - Congrats on learning how to read my blog ;) You're definitely better with computers than my other grandpa :)

-Feinman - Good to know that SOMEONE understands the concept of "google friend", unlike the rest of you lame-o's.

-Katlyn (a.k.a. Mrs. Feinman)- You're one tough customer to find a gift for, seriously... For all those times you cleaned our house and made me the most delicious dinners ever, I'm going to find you the perfect gift from Europe if it kills me ;) *(Psst...any ideas Mr. Feinman?!?!?!?)

-Kyle - Reading the news for the first time in a few days and you know what I saw? HAH!! HAH!! I TOLD YOU BURRIS WAS A CROOK!! HAH!! HAH!! DID YOU SEE THIS CRAP?!!? HAH!! YOU SUCK!! HAH!! Ahem...sorry, small amount of alcohol in system...

-Maddy - Thanks for leaving a comment :) I didn't know you were that good with a computer, bwahahahahha! Make sure to teach Claudia and Sophie (and maybe Hannah) how to read my blog too, you're the boss while I'm gone :) When you start your blog tell me.

-Mom - Banks suck really badly everywhere...not only does Suntrust charge me $5, and a 3% conversion-to-euro fee, but now I'm told that most German banks charge an ADDITIONAL $5 for international transfers...sheesh they're total jerks.. I need to withdraw at least 200-300 Euros at a time for it to be even worth it

-Everyone Else - Leave comments! I'll find them a lot easier than everyone emailing me their responses to each of my posts (*cough* barbara *cough*) It's way too easy, right at the bottom of each post you'll find a comments hyperlink, click it.