Sorry Mr. Blog for forgetting about you. My laptop charger sparked and almost burned my sheets so computer access has been limited.....
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It is absolutely impossible to try to give a play by play of events between Oktoberfest and now. I could write a novel about Oktoberfest to now lol. Things have changed, people have changed, lives have changed (literally), and I'm so overwhelmed that at this point I really wanna go home. Yeah I said it, home. Detroit, Motor City, Murder Mitten, 313 I miss you. Never thought in a billion years I'd say that, but that's how things have turned out.
I'll start with Oktoberfest. I truly believe that was a decision made out of pure curiosity, nothing more or less. I thought I knew what I was getting into, false. The long bus ride (8 hours) was awful, and upon arrival at the camp site I was greeted with a cup of beer by our host Australians. False. I'm here to laugh and take in Germany, not to drink, especially God-awful beer. We bussed to the festival and the games began. I was under the impression that Oktoberfest was a big festival where everyone was drunk and stuff and that wasn't entirely true. It was like a big State Fair.....on drugs lol. Germans everywhere, from little kids to beer maidens to rude/drunk Dirk Nowitski looking dudes. Needless to say, it was an adventure. One of my boys kept getting hammered and leaving the group, and me being the sober one I kept looking for him. I gave up after a while lol, knowing he'd find his way back. It rained (and hailed) the 1st night, so the whole weekend was ruined by muddy wetness all over the campsite. The only thing I got out of Oktoberfest was a chance to go see Dachau (Nazi) Concentrate Camp. It was DEEP. Glad I got to go to Germany? Mmm hmm. Would I go back? Nuh uh.
The weekend after that was Venice. Unlike any place I've ever been in my life. I'm used to cars, electronics, you know modern day stuff. No sir. Italians are late bloomers when it comes to electronics and stuff like that, so I pretty much have to reserve my nerdy side for my return to America. And you don't have cars in Venice, you have a boat. They don't have streets in Venice, they have canals. So you don't cross the street, you cross a bridge. Lol it was so weird and kind of a chore navigating through there. I feel like it would get old after a while. Couldn't live there but would definitely visit. Got to see one of, if not the most, beautiful churches I've ever seen in my life. In America there are megachurches, where thousands of people congregate. It's pretty modern and standard. This church took like a century to build; ceilings were guilded in gold, walls made from marble, the tomb of St. Mark (that's right, Mark from the Bible), it was just overwhelming. Paintings everywhere, then a golden frame structured with every jewel you can think of to symbolize the effort and worth of the place I was in. I promised myself I would write a poem about it, it's gonna question pretty much if people today put effort into their lives the way those that built this church did, the world would be such a better place. Also, for the ladies, I saw a wedding come in on a gondole, which is a long, expensive boat that shows a sign of wealth. The wedding party was escorted around the city, and when they stopped the streets crowded around to see the bride. It's gonna suck getting married, the wife is gonna get all the attention lol. I could wear hooping shorts and no one would notice because they're worried about her haha.
The next weekend, there was hiking in the Italian Alps, not the Swiss Alps. I was lied to lol. It was still cool though, I got to see the famous Marble Mountains. There is a cave and excavation site about a 1/4 mile deep into the mountain, where marble is excavated from and shipped all over the world. Expensive stuff too, I saw a slab of marble worth about 200,000 euro (about half a million USD). It was really nice. Got to hike the mountain, took a billion pics, and had a good time. By this time, my butt was starting to flatten from the hours of bus riding every weekend lol. The next weekend was midterms season, so I grinded out in the library to make sure I did well in all my classes. Nobody believes I'm actually in school because of all this traveling lol, so I plan to burst they bubbles with a 4.0 this semester!
Other than travel, I wrote a pretty good number of poems, had a bunch of laughs and met some really interesting people. I also intern at this local elementary school teaching 4th graders English. They are so funny, all they wanna do is ask questions and play Simon Says lol. Stinkin' kids!
Part 2 gets juicy! Stay tuned!
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