...And Life Continues

We're back. It's kind of sad to be back. Not to say that it wasn't refreshing to walk into my own room again, but the traveling was just so fun! I was just finally getting into the groove of things, and then I had to go home. Bah. (Heh, sheep). Oh well. Now it's time for a not chronological recap.

Sarah and I decided to take a bus from the airport to Freiburg this morning. I had to pee, but I thought we were taking a train but then I forgot and got on the bus. Sometime during the bus ride, the need to use the bathroom becamse severe... and that's when we ran into a few traffic jams. I could tell the driver was upset about the traffic, so I didn't want to ask her to stop so I could go to the bathroom. I managed to hold it until Freiburg, where I ran out of the bus and into the train station. I found the bathroom but realized that I had to pay. As I approached it, I reached into my pocket and took out its contents: many English coins but no Euros. So I burst into the room and said to the attendant with my Pounds held out, "Ich muss unbedingt, aber ich habe nur englisches Geld!" (I really have to go to the bathroom but I only have English money!) An older lady next to me offered to pay for me and I was quite grateful, but then the attendent let me go in the handicap bathroom. Ahh. When I emerged from the train station and told Sarah the story, she said, "only you..."

I really don't want to look at the balance of my bank accounts.

During the entire Ireland/UK trip, we traveled in trains, planes, busses, double decker busses, a horse-drawn carriage, a car (driven by me and Jos), taxis, a ferry, and a boat. It was an intense trip. I definitely had to drive on the left side of the road in Ireland. It was stressful, but I eventually got mostly used to it. And now, because my first round-abouts were on the opposite side of the road, the normal round-abouts in Germany seem backwards. Round-abouts are are actually fairly efficient. In some cases, they are definitely better than 4-way stops.

I took so many pictures... and I really liked London. I want to go back... but I pretty much want to go back everywhere.

We took a tour of the Tower of London, which is an old prison where they held political prisoners. The guy who did the tour, Dave, was really cool. He was a guard of the Tower and actually lived inside it's walls (the Tower is kind of like a fortress including a now empty mote). He was just hilarious.

We had to get up at 2:50 this morning to take a taxi to the airport in order to make our flight at 7am. Blech. We didn't enjoy that, but I'm not too tired now.

Yesterday I saw Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, and some other things. It rained and it was chilly, but it wasn't bad.

We met a lot of cool people during our journey, but I'm too tired now to write (it's now 12:30am). More tomorrow!