Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Munich, I'm in love with you, but I think we should see other people

Okay then. I am in Munich. I have been here since the 10th of April. I will fly home from this fair city on April 22nd... what to tell... so, I after spending to much money on fleeting internet connections, going to a dodgy bar/casino/internet cafe down the road where earlier today I spied the man in front of me watching porn, I finally paid to have wireless in the lobby of the hostel (which I should have done initially, but it somehow didn't occur to me). Anywho, not important as far as the deets of this trip go, I miss my mama, etc keep emailing her, and am currently hogging the plug from the invisible people clamoring to use their laptops sans battery like myself.
So. I have time. Loads of it. What I am low on is creativity and skrilla. I have done an incredible amount of walking all over this place-- makes me pleased to be alive, let me tell you. Turn a corner, be astounded by incredible beauty I didn't know existed a moment before. Lovely.
When I am not walking I am getting fat off of bread and cheese and contemplating the meaning of life... I have done quite a bit of this in the last year. I think I have also become a quieter person/maybe a little more mellow as a result of my occassional self imposed solitude in Seattle/Istanbul/now Munich. But enough introspection... ha!
I have been successfully keeping a journal for the first time in my life, so I'll save the questions regarding personal growth/mistakes/lack of regrets/ever expanding waistline to that. what I will say-- the first day here there were two young guys from seattle in my hostel room. That was nice. I hung out with them a little, although once again realized I have no interest in clubbing, regardless of where I am on the planet. Also, one of the young men and I shared an acquantaince from Seattle, a fact that was supremely interesting to me, although he seemed unfazed by it. Must be a little more worldly than myself.
At the moment the only other people in my hostel room are two hungarians-- a young woman named angela and her manfriend whom she seems to be perpetually waiting for. When I wake up she's sitting, watching him as he sleeps. The day she sits in the room, going onto the balcony to smoke a ciggarette occasionally (this i witness as I pop in and out between jaunts). When he comes back it seems they watch tv and go to bed. I wonder what she's here for, but we don't speak the same language. I share my food with her in an attempt to be friendly, but Angela and her companion remain a mystery to me...
Speaking of food, the grocery stores reopened today, praise the lord! They closed, i think for the easter holiday and I had heard that they wouldn't reopen again tomorrow. the pickle juice that I spilled all over myself this morning as I ate breakfast outside of the store was the sweet stech of success. Breakfast was a cheese sandwich and pickles... mmm... the exchange rate is killing me, and having to feed myself-- and for some reason not willing to just go a little hungry :( was not pleasant.
So, this is loooong. I would like to share pictures with intersted parties upon my return. I probably should have written a little more about the city itself? Ummm...

1 comment:

  1. have fun in munich. if i was there i'd try to see a bayern munich match. but.. probably to no success. i'm setting in the coop admin office.. pretending to work.. hah! and you are across the world being awesome. ohswell. see ya once you return. big hug ~~dustin~~

    ReplyDelete