Paris is for lovers
Random Observation/Comment #211: Jake, James, and I would make the hottest person imaginable if only our powers were combined. Separately, we do a very good job attacking and defending our different fronts. I usually get the intellectuals and Asian girls. James goes for the tall blonde girls that like eccentric guys with white t-shirts and tattoos. And Jake gets the cute girls that just so happen to enjoy his creepy look and fun sense of humor. I deem this a quality observation.
There were plenty of memories from this trip, but I rather not explain all of them in detail on this blog. So instead, I’ll just write some vague moments that sound very interesting, but have a great story that goes with them. I could have probably posted these as separate status updates. Half of these will be for Natasha because making someone smile is fun.
Remember the time when…
- London free tours meeting new friends and having great Indian food at Brick Lane
- Norwegian chemistry teachers and Guinness fantastic-ness
- Westminster abbey service and Borough market kangaroo burger
- Random ping pong discovery
- First night drinking in public in front of police officers and helping the drunk Canadians
- Hooters with Kiwis at midnight in Interlaken
- Teaching beer pong with Keegan
- Jager craziness on the Swiss alps while sledding
- Ollie snow face plant
- Snowflakes the size of quarters in winter wonderland
- Who needs brakes? Just find a soft patch of snow and pray.
- Slightly zealous and hypocritical south African preaching Angels and Demons conspiracy theories
- Camping like champions; taking 45 minutes to get a fire going
- Bike ride through stinky town
- Unforgettable sights at Schilthorn 360 resturant
- Reeperbahn St Patty’s Day
- Sweedish girls at White Trash Fast Food in Berlin – what a mess
- Lenka’s artistic pictures with knives by candle light
- Bus ride to Berlin with lively Spanish girls and meeting new friends that grew throughout the trip
- Spin the bottle in the hostel learning many more interesting details about Hungarian girls (*cough* someone wants to have sex while skydiving)
- Clemens becomes the designated massage person and called a sneaker
- Fernando highly attracted to the Berlin tour guide as the history and loads of pictures continue
- Leena figures out my secret recipe – just add potatoes, pasta, cheese, and soup.
- Clemens Lasagna party
- Gulasch party
- Fish market… don’t actually remember the details (much like most fish market experiences)
- Cutting my own hair and then Anna’s hair – subsequent screaming expected
- Anna’s birthday celebration – beginning of the apartment’s legend of being the party place
- Taking pictures of the moon using her head as a stabilizer
- Picnics at Alster Lake – drinking at noon. Lucian shows off his rapping skills.
- Ferry ride with Hungarians with more massages and free beers. Gummy bears are still delicious.
- Dresden chatting with Natasha. Zwinger second floor with hopes, surprises, and disappointments
- Frantically looking for a half-pipe to find a cheap hostel to spend the night at 10PM
- Missing the train and going to Magdeburg. Alex has wine.
- Amsterdam leads to over eating and extreme laziness
- Van Gogh museum on 420
- Discover Greg’s love of drinking jager and dancing on tables
- House party with a crazy hat theme. Don’t hold the handles when walking up those huge spiral staircases
- Thomas’s bday dinner with amazing food by candle light. Thomas deemed master chef.
- Mom’s and Auntee’s cooking in Hamburg
- Mom cutting Greg’s hair
- Munich with Mom and aunties. Beer tour with small Chinese ladies with bad tolerance. Cutout heart from bride’s jeans.
- Neuschwanstein castle hiking and pictures with tour.
- Schloss Nymphmberg walking for hours and getting lost. Helped by an old man wearing inappropriately tight jogging pants.
- Watching twilight with Natasha. Quickly followed by the complaints about how bad of a movie that was.
- How I Met Your Mother marathons while sickly. Thanks for taking care of me.
- Absinthe smells like detergent and probably tastes worse.
- Clemens learns Natasha’s weakness to Shrimp dinners
- Giving her first rose before Harburg
- Cooking the soup that lasted 3 days of meals
- Prague 5 story night club with Argentina people
- Getting lost in the side streets of Prague. Disappointed when seeing the Astronomical clock.
- Noami’s last party near hauptbahnhof. Sneaking jager shots with Greg.
- Volleyball with Viktoria in Alohmer
- Dusseldorf ramen and skipping stones in a very crappy beach
- Watching the jazz concerts while finishing wine and talking about Queen
- Tequila party with fuzzy memories
- Colbert Report in Iraq
- Schwerin with Russians and seeing castles
- Lenka’s birthday stopped by cops while dancing on tables
- E3 coverage kills my social life
- Fussen climbing to the top of everything – totally scared of heights and started raining
- BMW museum – obsessed and taking pictures with shaking hands
- Seeing Alex again in Hamburg
- Missing the flight to Italy, but going to Prague instead
- Making strawberry milkshakes
- Arthur my favorite owl! Ali the showoff falcon.
- Bar-TH-lona! Meeting interesting people and drinking real absinthe (again)
- vodka pineapple+watermelon+blender = good times
- Porsche museum and Mercedes Benz museum in Stuttgart
- Brussels to meet Irish girls for weird heavy drinking
- Brussels to meet Nick, AC, and Christians for good times. 10 EUR mussels around the table.
- Bruge napping and rolling down the hill
- Delirium craziness – overall drinking 30 different beers in 3 days
- Hamburg German Open – first tennis show
- Schliersee hiking and camping up several mountains. Hearing cows after an hour.
- Best milk I’ve ever had.
- Showering with the pot and freezing with the sleeping bag
- Trying to reach the top of different mountains but epic fail each time. Absolutely gorgeous.
- Sleeping in a bed after cold camping experience
- Remembering Remembering MJ
- Moving out of apartment and being a hubby at Natasha’s
- San Sebastian with Jebus and surfing. Playing darts with a group of Aussies.
- Driving in Spain to Bilbao. Guggenheim incredibleness.
- Sun sets and beaches with Kain and Shibby.
- Driving to Barcelona and chilling with more Aussies. Eating high quality ham and cheese with amazing wine.
- Gaudi tours and crazy picture obsessions
- Meeting Rhona for a chat, but never hanging outside of the that corner spot
- Boat ride with English girls in the park before Museo del Prado. I spy with my little eye in Spanish.
- Madrid museums with Laura
- Flamenco dancing in an underground cave
- Randomly meeting Kristin for pub crawl which was followed by random jam sessions in the middle of the street until 6AM – almost getting hit by a pot thrown out the window
- Meet with Christian in Denia and getting used to the life style
- Chill by club near jorge’s place after a crazy drive. Great people and perfect sunrise moment.
- Waking up late, late lunches, long siestas, rock beaches, and more partying
- Sneaking into Hacienda like James Bond
- Alcohol garage by the buddah place
- Amazing Spanish food at Alfonso’s bbq and with Christian’s family
- Chilling in Valencia to see the F1 tracks
- Siestas in Paris near the Louvre
- Being silly on the Eiffel tower. Singing Wonderwall and not giving a crap about anyone else.
- Louvre professional photography. Unfortunately, missed Natasha at entrance.
- Natasha’s bday and eating sushi. Sharing champagne in Haffencity.
- Statdpark with cool drummers
- Amsterdam basement bathroom looking for signal
- Hanging out with Anca in London and sharing random stories
I actually kept a diary about my everyday activities, so I can basically relive the memories by the small notes I jotted down. I’ve actually adopted this style with my everyday life since I came back. The Europe adventure may have ended, but my life adventure is just beginning.
~See Lemons Remember Europe
I only remember the jealousy of #70.