ok so it's a week late but i'm back in america!

things i did in germany include (but are not limited to):

1. ate quark, debated a lot about what quark was.
2. met the guy who looks like klaus kinski (but only sort of).
3. took pictures of marissa looking mad at me for taking her picture.
4. listened to tyrannosaurus rex albums, over and over.
5. fried potatoes.
6. gluhwein. also: white gluhwein.
7. saw a storefront in trier that said "HAPPY AFRO AMERICAN SHOP." also: roman ruins!
8. ate risotto with risotto guy, who turns out to be named alexi.
9. best falafel: tie between the uni one in freiburg and dada in berlin. worst falafel: frankfort hautbanhof.
10. played a german board game about settling land. lost to chris because he kept on getting insane amounts of sheep.
11. stayed on people's foldout couches and stuff (thank you, people, if you're reading this!).
12. tried on boots. did not buy boots.
13. went to basel and strasbourg (i guess this should not count for things i did in germany). saw art made out of pollen! and a lot of french people!
14. saw high noon in german, with chris translating. the movie basically went like this: "no, you can't leave!" . . . "i'm sorry" . . . "i'm sorry" . . . "i'm sorry i don't know what she said."
15. ate exceptionally bad thai (?) food with marissa.
16. ate a lot of ja! products.
17. went to a french girl's birthday party and met the various boys marissa has/once had/has never had a crush on/awkward moments with.
18. attempted to go process marissa's residence papers, failed (?) due to fire alarm.
19. got fined for not buying a ubahn ticket.
20. went to h&m four times, what the fuck.

there is more but i can't think of it because of jet lag. on the plane i read a novel, wrote notes for a poem, drew a comic strip, and watched four episodes of everybody loves raymond. planes. they're awesome.

i miss my germans a lot. but it's nice to be back, too. i'm going to go think about my germans and also dream of ever taking a family photo as amazing as jacqueline's. i will start by practicing opening my mouth very wide.

oh hey look snow bandits.