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Hey!
So the last 4 or 5 days have been pretty hectic, I haven’t really had time to update properly. I’m uploading the current pictures now, they can be accessed here :
http://picasaweb.google.com/michael.cojocari/Europe08Germany
It’s been a fun time so far.
Friday :
I arrived, sans luggage. Spent the afternoon and evening with Iris and Brian. Had dinner at a Chinese resteraunt by their place and just relaxed. Walked through Oldenburg in the evening then came home.
Saturday :
Luggage arrived mid-afternoon. Went to Oldenburg with Iris and Brian’s friends Robert and Mike. Spent the evening drinking there at various places. Had the biggest pretzel ever. Huge. Walked around a flea market setup late and shopped with them for a bit. One of the bars we went too was Cafe and Bar Celona. Heh.
Sunday :
Spent most of the day at Iris’ parents place. Had proper German lunch, meatloaf, potatoes, sweet tots, purplish stuff (will figure out name later) and Cola! Stayed for mid afternoon desert, Iris’ wonderful Angel Cake and Iris’ mom’s pie. Then hung out and had a proper dinner, loads of home cooked bread, meats, spreads, cheese and butter. Her dad doesn’t speak english but her mom speaks a little. They designed and built their own house. Brian and I spent some time designing/coding a D&D roller for future games. We also stopped in Bremen for a bit as well as visiting an ancient church. Iris took me around where her mother works in the docks, spent a little time at the Wisa river (spelt wrong I’m sure).
Monday :
Spent the morning being lazy a bit then bus/trained into Bremen. Walking around the old town and newer shopping areas was nice. Found a cafe near a street performer and just enjoyed sitting there for about 30 minutes having iced tea and staring at the old buildings. Got very drunk at the “slaugter” area (will ask Iris for more specification on the name, it’s german name that is). Had fun walking and seeing the city, then took the longer train back into Oldenburg, then paid for the taxi back home (didn’t want to wait for the bus).
Tuesday :
Spent the morning coding with Brian boring Iris out of her mind, then drove to Oldenburg to catch The Incredible Hulk (I had already seen it, but it was in german, neat!). Had all you can eat sushi there (will get name from Iris) and hung out at a cafe before turning in a bit early.
Tomorrow :
Heading to the North Sea to watch it decline and rebound. Gonna walk in the mud and avoid creepy sea creatures. 
Last 2.5 days…
Hey!
So the last couple of days have been busy and kinda a blur. I’ll get into the short of it.
Tuesday I had another walk day, went all over George Street, Prince Street and Queens Street. I walked through some Posh living areas and generally just kinda enjoyed the city. At night I spent the evening here, at bar on campus just veg’ing a few hours before bedtime.
Wednesday I spent with Annabel, we walked through the city went shopping all over. Went to a bunch of music stores, I got to meet a gentleman whom she used to work for who owns a t-shirt shop near Hunter Square. We purchased some picnicy foods (sandwiches, pops). We also bought a _ton_ of chocolate which mostly we didn’t finish, some is going on the airplane ride with me tomorrow and picnic’d at the Walter Scott monument. We finally saw Kung Fu Panda and it was fun. Snogging in the theatre is more fun. Oh they have sweet popcorn as well as salted, and apparently don’t use butter. The sweet popcorn is really really good. That night we went to Whisky Binkies, The Hive (it’s a venue and we went early so we stayed a few minutes and left) and Nichol Edwards (the most haunted pub in Edinburgh, which is a very haunted city). I tried some new Scottish whisky’s and drank vodka cokes most of the night. Most of the early evening was spent at Binkies, then a break to get some chippies at Clam Shell, which were most awesome with the chippy sauce. We ate those on Hunter Square, which is an elevated outside area near all the pubs and bars out there (pubs in Scotland are like our normal bars, bars here are like our clubs with bands or dancing, etc… Bars are open later than pubs for the most part). We went back to Biskies and drank more, snogged more, then ended up heading to Nichol Edwards. Whoa, spooky bar, lots of cemented in walls, looks like a dungeon inside. After that, we ended up heading home, Bel txt’d me later that night admitting she ate all my Chocolate Buttons (she had the sweets in her purse). Hee.
Today was awesome as well, albeit more centralized, first we went to Gregg’s and bought a ton of yummy food. Fudge Donut, Vanilla Slice, French Fancy, Cheese and Macaroni Pie, Cheese and Onion Pasty. MMMMMMM good stuff. We spent the morning/afternoon at The Meadows close to the dorm and just picnic’d all day, played DS and just relaxed with each other. I’ve posted pics from all three days but haven’t realigned or labeled properly. I’ll wait until I’m in Germany to properly do this.
http://picasaweb.google.com/michael.cojocari/Europe08Edinburgh
This was the best time I’ve had, I’ve been IM’ing with bel since I got back to the uni. It’s the most awesome being with her.
Pictures…(uh more to come) [UPDATED]
I’ve setup the picasaweb gallery. I’ve got one picture to post, the rest are on my camera still.
http://picasaweb.google.com/michael.cojocari/Europe08Edinburgh
3 More Days
I had one of those in depth dreams last night that were so involving that when I woke up I practically had to remind myself who I was and how my life is different than the one presented in the dream. This took about 20 minutes.
3 More days and I’ll be on a plane. 5 more days and I’ll be hanging out with Annabel.
Long time…
Hey! So I’m going to Europe on July 17th for two weeks. I think I’ll use this blog to chronicle my trip.
