Germanic people look like me!!!

el 23 de mayo de 2009

So I went traveling again, as I do. This time it was to Friedrichshafen, Germany and then off to Zurich, Switzerland. The first part reminded me of why Rob and I need a babysitter when drinking together. The second part taught me the beauty behind "Hair of the Dog." Due to the fact that my book long posts never really inspire much conversation, and due to the positive response of the last post (by that I mean Ayla liked it) I'm going to do another photo filled children's story type post. So here we go!!


I arrived at dusk...


In the land of War Machines...


Where security really isn't that tight...


And I was able to slip across the border by boat...


and take shelter in a magical place of music.


I was accompanied by a master crew...

Who had to play medic after things blew up.


The cool water ran down from the mountains...


as we took naps in the park.


But the water could not squelch the fires...



And in the end, the Germans wore funny clothes.



Hope you enjoyed it.


A few comments that some of you may be wondering.

• There are few pictures from Friedrichshafen because the little time I spent there was spent either drinking copious amounts of alcohol or vomiting said alcohol back up into a toilet. Port wine is meant to be sipped, not chugged.
  Rob said it best: We chugged like champions, and ralphed like rookies.
• Our hotel was music themed. Every room was an artist or group. Our two rooms: Guns n' Roses and Journey. Shibby.
• Cory was, in fact, with us but hadn't gotten there yet when we took that "group photo."
• The bandaged hand: we bought some Cuban cigars to enjoy in the warm sun by the lake at in the evening. Upon trying to light mine I accidentally lit the entire matchbook on fire. Problem: the matchbook was in my hand at the time.

There was live music that I don't have photos of. I'm not going to try and describe it. I refuse to take away from the utter magic of the scene by trying to describe it over the internet. For now, know that it was truly amazing. I've never before seen that many people so entranced that they would sit on a sidewalk for hours at 10 at night.

Well, that's all.

Saludos,
Andrew
San Sebastian
Spain