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“You can’t start a great and amazing creative career while living in Germany!! Get over it! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

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HERE IS THE FUR HAT I BOUGHT. 
FOR LIKE. 7 EUROS. EXPENSIVE I KNOW BUT FUCK YOU I LIKE IT.

I got it at a flea market.

Also, my cousin said she isnt going to walk with me in public anymore. :c 

Also, please pardon my face. I’m super sick and my nose is all swollen because I might’ve fractured it or something because it hurts a lot.

untitled by Rita_RR on Flickr.

99020024 by Rita_RR on Flickr.

Italy’s referendum closed voting at 10 p.m. (Japan time) on the 13th. It looks like Italy will abolish nuclear generation.

According to the Italian Interior Ministry, they’ve counted 2% of the votes so far, and 94% is against nuclear power plants. Media in Italy is also reporting that 90% is against it. It looks like majority of votes are against it. As more than 50% of voters participated (57%) in the referendum, it will be valid.

Italy will be the first nation to abolish nuclear generation through referendum since the accident of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

So far, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy decided to abolish nuclear generation in Europe.

NHK news: 6/13/2011 (23:24)

Sunburn. Bug bites. Thorns. Poison ivy. All of these things are reasons I hike with my clothes on. But in Germany, you can brave all these things and more on nature trails in Wippertal. Meanwhile I will cross this town off my list of places to visit…

The trail was an instant hit, which got us wondering if such a thing might be a good idea in Switzerland, where the issue of nude hiking will soon be taken up by the Supreme Court. The “unofficial spokesperson” for Swiss lovers of the outdoor activity isn’t so sure. But Puistola Grottenpösch (not his real name) does see some upsides. A sanctioned trail would give many people an opportunity to experience the “bodily freedom” that only hiking in the nude offers — an experience that “fills you with happiness,” he says.

At this point it is unclear how the issue will fare in Swiss Courts. It seems to be a prickly subject…hee.

Hi I just got back from camping. So let’s take this one step at a time.

Day 18:

So we got all packed up and heading to a few towns over for…CAMPING.
Oh, yes, the great outdoors. How wonderful. I guess.

Nah, it was alright. I’m just not an outdoorsy type of person. I like the indoors more. e.e
Plus, I had to sleep in a tent which wasn’t very comfortable. x.x

So, that day we mostly just chilled at the campsite, eating food. My family’s friends came with us with their own campers, so it was like, one big party for three days kinda.

Max brought his friend too lol.

So, it was cool. Later that night I couldn’t sleep, so I hung out with Max and his lot.
And. Well. If you want details, contact me in private, because I’m not putting them on the internet. lol

Day 19: fuck this no time to bold it
I WENT TO A GERMAN FLEA MARKET AND I BOUGHT A PRESENT FOR ALEX, A PRESENT FOR JACKI, NEW SHOES, A BLOUSE, AND TWO HATS.

One of them is this fur hat that my cousin hates lol

She wanted to throw it into the water but you know what FUUUUUCK her it’s awesome.

And I got awesome deals because I pulled the “I’m a poor American girl who doesn’t speak German” card.

Lol and then later that night yeah well yeah.

Uh the day after I didnt really do anything, I got McDonalds rofl and I got sick. I’m so sick right now, you wouldn’t believe it. I can’t taste anything (which sucks).

We went for asian food today, and omg it was funny. It had german food and asian food in one resteraunt and I was like lol what.

SO yeah. Basically all that happened.

I’m getting so lazy with these daily posts, I think I’ll stop until something interesting happens. Like super interesting. Like I die or something.

I’ll post some pictures later.  

Frauenkirche. Dresden, Germany. 

proud of this one ^.^

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Day 1: Traveling

I left on June 11 at about 4:30 pm EST and arrived in Berlin around 8:00 am in their time making it a 9 1/2 hour flight. Then I connect to arrive in Munich.

I liked Air Berlin. They are very nice. The person checking me in at the counter in Miami was the same person to scan the tickets to let us in the plane. So, he remembered me, smiled, and greeted me again. I thought that was nice, granted, I stick out so I am not so difficult to recognize, but it was nice of him. :)

The flight attendants were good as well. I guess the ones for international flights are more happy with their position than the domestic ones. They were willing to go back and find my meal even though I slept through when they were serving it. (Although, I should have remained asleep since the food was not so good.)

Although, it was kind of funny. I was sitting next to this French backpacker guy. He is dark skinned as well, but I guess the people assumed we were together, so they were handing me two of everything while he was asleep, and I’m just there like, Umm, I don’t know this guy…we don’t even speak the same language.

Sleeping on the plane was awkward. Usually, I would flirt with the person next to me so that I can lean on them, but I don’t like the French so much (I’m sorry, I’m an awful person, yes). The douche behind me, was like raging a kicking crusade on the back of my seat. I think he figured I would put it up if he kept kicking, so I made it lower. Usually, I am not such a dick, but it’s a 9 hour flight.

Most of all, I was scared that my luggage would not arrive, it was checked all the way to Munich, so I did not even have visual verification that it left Miami. It was nice to not have to physically walk it through border control, though. I hate that.

Anyways, I forgot my blanket and bus pass holder, which is too bad, since they would have been useful. I missed them while I was freaking out over the luggage limit of 8kg for the carry-on (17 lbs). Although, it did not matter so much. It was liberating to travel a little lighter, though. But I was freaking out the whole time, I asked some random person at passport control if it went through, but of course, language barrier. I learned the word for luggage, though.

Oh and to connect, the terminal was in a different building. I had to leave and walk a long ramp. Berlin airport is weird.

Connecting flight was 10 minutes late. So I was certain that my luggage was not going to arrive since it finally showed up, and we boarded very quickly. The plane seemed pretty new. It was a Boeing something or the other.

Oh, and another thing interesting was the photographers leaning over the barbed wire airport fence to take photos. That would not be allowed in the US.

Anyways, when I got to Munich, the bags took forever, but when they came out I was SOOOOO relieved.

Then I needed to figure out where I was going. No one was there with a sign, and I had no clue who was picking me up. But they found me.

Details on the people I’ve met are to come.

Tchüs!

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