Day 17- Pub Crawl, long train rides, and Dresden :)

Day 17 May 19, 2012

Friday’s are never good blogging days for me it seems, I get too carried away with other things at night to remember to sit down and do it, so starting with yesterday morning. McInnis let us sleep in an hour so we had class at 10, because he didn’t think that it would take every long for us to talk about our homework assignments over our memorials but he was definitely wrong. Class lasted almost 2 hours but it wasn’t bad because it was interesting hearing each others’ opinions on things we have seen. After class we were done for the day class wise. McInnis didn’t take us out on the town and we had until 7:10 Saturday morning to do what we wanted. So after McInnis let us out a little before noon, me and Kristin made pizza for lunch and sat down and talked with Travis. Thursday was a holiday so everything was closed so we couldn’t get groceries when we needed to so we went to the store after lunch with Travis and Collin and took back 5 EUR worth of bottles. It was pretty nice. But we also spent a whopping 45EUR on groceries. After grocery shopping we decided to hit the town and do some shopping. Collin wanted to buy some Birkenstocks so first stop was Friedrich Strasse. Collin bought his shoes and so did I and I AM IN LOVE with them. After that Travis wanted to go to a bookstore called Zweithausandeins (2001) it was really cool. There was lots of stuff and some interesting books and movies. We saw some porn cartoon books. I didn’t buy anything because I don’t really need books but it was cool to see. After the bookstore we decided to go and try to find by gummy bear store. Which was a bust. The store apparently doesn’t exist but I plan on looking again later. After that we came back to the apartments to make dinner because last night was the night for our PUB CRAWL!

The pub crawl was great, despite having absolutely no direction on where we were supposed to go and what not. It was a little sketchy at first because the website just said meet at the old post office. Once the group leaders got there we headed to the first bar which was less than a block down the street. I was cool. We got a free sour apple shot when we got in and it was dim basement bar with great atmosphere. We chilled there for about an hour drinking and having a good time. We went to 4 bars and a night club called the Matrix. It was so much fun. Kristin was a bit drunk and I ended up turning into Momma Hen by the 4^th bar. I still had fun though and we met some really cool people from all over. Matrix was absolutely awesome! We got there a little before midnight and it was completely packed! It puts every American dance club to shame. The dance floor was packed, there were cages, and people dancing by the DJ in glowing robot like suits. It was similar to clubs in the Jersey Shore but way cooler and less trashy and people weren’t orange. It didn’t stay there too long but it was fun while we were there. We plan on going back sometime but the line was seriously crazy.

We left there around 1:10 and didn’t get home til almost 3 because trains don’t run often at night. When I got home I quick showered and went to bed we had an early morning Saturday. McInnis wanted us to all be up and ready at 7:10 because today was the day for Dresden. I woke up at 6:30 feeling fine, just a bit tired, ate breakfast and got ready to go to out for the day. The weather was supposed to be nice so I was super excited.

We got on our Regional Bahn towards Dresden at 7:50. The first leg of the trip lasted an hour and I was out like a light. The seats were a but uncomfortable but we made it work and I slept the whole way to the next station. Once we got there and switched trains Kristin and I went to the back and put our feet up. It was amazing. I got comfortable quickly and slept the next 2 hours to Dresden’s Hauptbahnhof. Once we got to Dresden we had about an hour of free time before we had to meet for our tour time at the art museum. I didn’t like that at all. I was not in any way shape or form interested in the paintings the guide was showing us. But I toughened up and tredged through it and after the hour tour went and got ice cream and sat in the wonderful warm German sun. We had another tour planned at the Opera House at 3. I was actually looking forward to this tour because the building was amazing and I had heard good things about it. The tour was cool and we learned a lot. Unfortunately I couldn’t take pictures so that sucks but I guess my photographic memory will have to do. After that tour got over we had just over an hour before the first train left out of Dresden to go back to Berlin and if we wanted to catch the soccer game we had to take that train. So we walked back towards the station and on the way looked at little shops and vendors. It was really cool because there as a street music festival going on and it was packed. It was really neat and  I wish I would’ve had more time to explore. The whole way back on the train me and Ryne slept using each other for pillows and comfort. When we got back we watched Munich lose to Chelsea (UK) in a very intense match. Then we people watched a bit and made fun of some really ugly Americans from the East coast. And I don’t mean ugly as in looks. They were loud and drunk and just being stupid. They are the type of people who give Americans a bad name. They left and headed to the bars, Me Collin Travis and Kristin shot the bull for a while before deciding that we are all tired and really should get some sleep. Tomorrow is Sunday and most shops are closed so we have a boring-ish day. We have to meet at 3:10 for a tour of the inside of the Parliament building which will be cool. I plan on doing some laundry and cleaning house a bit. But no promises there. I am super tired so I might just sleep all day and only get up for class. Gute Nacht.

Here are some pictures of us all being a little crazy on the pub crawl.