deutschland uber alles!
February 21, 2009
After much speculation, stipulation and all the other words beginning in s and ending in lation I have finally decided to embark on a study abroad to BERLIN, GERMANY! Home of 3 million David Hasselhoff fans and erm, I dunno what else? OH! The cleanest/best subway in apparently all of the world. If those two things don't make you start singing DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES! then you are a lunatic. Unless you're my mom who shouted, "YES! AND YOU CAN GO FIND THOSE GERMAN ROCK BOYS AND SAY..." and broke out into yes, you guessed it, full song and dance to Beyonce (Sasha Fierce?)'s "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" I was mortified.
Anyway, it took a lot but what finally broke me was Cathy, a picture of the most gorgeous dreaded man in the world and googling Berlin nightlife (they don't have a final call. Ever. My heart leapt out of my chest and sung). Cathy pointed out that Oktoberfest would be going on in Munich within the first month of me arriving and then Leigh so rudely pointed out that it ends 2 days before my 21st, which doesn't really matter because I'll be able to drink there anyway but 21 years old in Germany in October? Really? Fantastical. The good thing is that Leigh is going to make it up by coming to visit... right? Hahaha.
Florence and Prague were close 2nds but Florence broke me with it's too expensive and boring nightlife (and the fact that I slept through the majority of my last trip to Italy because I was too overwhelmed by the sights. Literally. It was information overload) and Prague lost because I am saving it for my honeymoon. Or my deathbed. Or something fantastical because I just look at it on a globe and want to pass out. I know Prague has something amazing in store for me but the Czech language would make me pass out within 24 hours of arriving there. So I am finally returning to the area of the globe I call home back to my 2nd language (ok, so I know Swiss German better but I'm sure I can learn high German!) and to a city that is apparently New York and LA combined with post-communist history, fashion and sites that are sure to take my breath away. PLUS I AM JUST A TRAIN RIDE AWAY FROM AMSTERDAM.
I'm so jealous of myself 6 months from now. I'm scowling at her in envy. You all should be too!
DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES!
So much so, that I might just have to come for a visit to my former home.