a little lonely this evening

it's 11pm and i'm feeling a little lonely. but, i started the day off pretty good i'd say. i had the day off because today is the day of German Unity, the holiday which marks German reunification, the one that Germans typically sleep through. i slept in, went to a friend's house for brunch (i brought the bacon, i always bring the bacon) and stayed there for most of the day, actually. played board games and practiced mein Deutsch, which, i think, is coming along quite nicely given that everyone speaks English here. it was a fun day.

but, i stayed in this evening to take care of some travel arrangements for this weekend and the next. this weekend i will visit a friend in Hennef, a village near Köln. you may know him. his name is Albert. and next weekend a friend a i will travel to the Netherlands to visit some friends that are also on the Intermenno program. i'm especially looking forward to this because it will be nice to talk about Winnipeg with people who have lived in Winnipeg. even though the cities are really cool here, i still think that Winnipeg is the place for me. sorry Mom.

anyways, i stayed in this evening except to go to Burger King, which has been good up until tonight. the burgers i was given must have been sitting underneath the heatlamp for how long, i can only guess. and my guess is two to three hours. i used to think that it was better here than in Canada. but now? i think it's disgusting no matter where you go. next time i want comfort food i'll have a peanut butter sandwich. perhaps with some chocolate hazelnut spread. which isn't really Canadian, but it's pretty frickin' tasty! it's the best of both worlds.

but, yeah, i'm a little lonely, my roommate/co-worker/co-Intermenno trainee has gone to sleep. but that wouldn't really make much difference. we don't really spend time together on weeknights. when you work together and live in the same house, you tend to not want to be around a person. and when you have completely different interests, backgrounds and personalities, it only amplifies this. and so, i am alone and lonely this evening.

i should apologize for my lack of posts. i thought i would be better at this. maybe i can do a recap of what has all happened.

i went to Frankfurt one sunday, probably around the time i stopped posting, for a street festival. what i remember is lots of people, 1/2 metre bratwurst, fireworks and a reconstructed Alte Stadt.

two weekends ago i went to München to see a band called Architecture in Helsinki, which, coincidentally, was also the same weekend that Oktoberfest started. Oktoberfest, i must say is pretty overrated. too many people. you can't drink beer in the festival ground unless you have a table in a tent. and you can't get a table unless you reserve one a year in advance. luckily, there is more than just the festival grounds to get the special Oktoberfest beer. but, really, the most fun was the band. by far one of the best shows i have been to in a long time, mainly due to some of my old man tendencies towards going to see bands. it started on time at 8:30pm, the opening act played for half an hour, Architecture in Helsinki started playing not later than 15 minutes afterwards, my head did not want to fall off from the volume, and no encore. but not to take away from there performance. AinH are a tight, tight band and there new album is wicked.

i would like to post some pictures but the computer i'm using is being a tad rediculous right now. so tomorrow i will try to do it. anyways, it's midnight and tomorrow i have to load a container being sent to Iraq and so to bed i must go.

next week i'll try to comment on my work a bit more. tschüss!