Today marked a day of accomplishments, being the hissy fit yesterday turned out to be. It was all very well and good that I decided to have a little lie down yesterday afternoon, but waking up at next at 6 am was not. To put it mildly, I've suffered better jet lag. That's right, I slept somewhere in the region of 14 hours last night and I don't have a clue why. So I'm putting it down to the jet lag. Although I feel so much better today, it does mean I ditched my German class buddies. They weren't too upset about it, as we're planning on going to the Dom tomorrow night.
As for today, it was a day of achievements. I managed to finally get a Vodafone sim card, ethernet cables (so I can use the internet in my room as the wireless isn't playing nice), and another plug adapter for my NZ plugs. All up it was a pretty good day on getting things done.
Write this down, it's my new number and as of tomorrow I'll be using it as my main cell phone number. I'll be checking my NZ number at night, but if you want to get in touch with me straight away, the best bet is to use:
With these updates in mind it's now time to bear witness to the craziness that today held. First off, during class we could hear two female Opera singers performing in the street below. They were doing this amazing duet. Turns out later that one of them is a guy singing soprano. Not a boy. But a fully grown "man". I only wonder how a man can reach such high notes.
Secondly, a large portion of our break in class today was spent learning Spanish. "Why the hell are you doing that?" I hear you ask. Well, we have a number of Spanish speaking people in our class, and frankly, it sounds hot. But sadly, it always seems that people are more interested in learning how to throw insults in a new langauge. "Screw being polite or learning something useful, I want to be as rude as I can be". It baffles me.
Thirdly, I finally managed to find the church that's been bugging me for days. Everywhere I walked in town I could always see this massive gothic spire and I could never get any closer to it. It annoyed the hell out of me, and if you recall a couple of posts back, I kind of fell into a spatial vortex and ended back at the Rathaus. Well, today I found it.
Turns out it's Saint Nikolai, a church that was destroyed by bombs during "Operation Gomorrha", which occured in 1943. It really is an amazing little spot with some beautiful little sculptures reminding us of the civilian deaths during this time. 
You'll see on the left one of the sculptures. I had to wait about 30 minutes for the light to be right again, and to have no other tourists standing there. Patience is a virtue, and I think it paid off.
Another thing that I stumbled across today was this amazing-food-market-thingy-ma-jig just outside the Rathaus. Stalls and stalls of food. Good food. Cheap food. Today almost became my day of indulgence rather than accomplishments.
Random thought for the day:
As for today, it was a day of achievements. I managed to finally get a Vodafone sim card, ethernet cables (so I can use the internet in my room as the wireless isn't playing nice), and another plug adapter for my NZ plugs. All up it was a pretty good day on getting things done.
Write this down, it's my new number and as of tomorrow I'll be using it as my main cell phone number. I'll be checking my NZ number at night, but if you want to get in touch with me straight away, the best bet is to use:
+49 174 666 0228
With these updates in mind it's now time to bear witness to the craziness that today held. First off, during class we could hear two female Opera singers performing in the street below. They were doing this amazing duet. Turns out later that one of them is a guy singing soprano. Not a boy. But a fully grown "man". I only wonder how a man can reach such high notes.
Secondly, a large portion of our break in class today was spent learning Spanish. "Why the hell are you doing that?" I hear you ask. Well, we have a number of Spanish speaking people in our class, and frankly, it sounds hot. But sadly, it always seems that people are more interested in learning how to throw insults in a new langauge. "Screw being polite or learning something useful, I want to be as rude as I can be". It baffles me.
Thirdly, I finally managed to find the church that's been bugging me for days. Everywhere I walked in town I could always see this massive gothic spire and I could never get any closer to it. It annoyed the hell out of me, and if you recall a couple of posts back, I kind of fell into a spatial vortex and ended back at the Rathaus. Well, today I found it.
Turns out it's Saint Nikolai, a church that was destroyed by bombs during "Operation Gomorrha", which occured in 1943. It really is an amazing little spot with some beautiful little sculptures reminding us of the civilian deaths during this time. 
You'll see on the left one of the sculptures. I had to wait about 30 minutes for the light to be right again, and to have no other tourists standing there. Patience is a virtue, and I think it paid off.Another thing that I stumbled across today was this amazing-food-market-thingy-ma-jig just outside the Rathaus. Stalls and stalls of food. Good food. Cheap food. Today almost became my day of indulgence rather than accomplishments.
Random thought for the day:
Why is it that I can't find rice in German supermarkets? Twenty different varieties of pasta; amazingly inexpensive and good Italian wines; fruit from South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia; Eighty different variations on the theme of cheese; BUT NO RICE. And no dessert wine.
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Just got the psychometric testing link for RMcV. Plan on doing it this afternoon.
I wonder if you can fail this test?
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