Day 41 - Day trip to Germany
A few weeks earlier Mum had travelled to Europe for work and had (as the champion mother she is) brought some extra luggage of mine with her which she left at a hotel concierge in Germany. Today seemed as good as any to just "pop over the border" to pick it up! Luckily a bloke I met in O Week was visiting his grandparents for the weekend in the exact same city I needed to go to, so I caught a lift with him. Instead of giving him petrol money I paid in those chalk licorice lollies I mentioned last blog! But that was the easiest part of my day. On arrival at said hotel the desk lady didn't speak English and my German is as good as my Dutch at the moment so a pointing game ensued as we searched for a bag with a name label that matched my passport! Finally, bag in hand, I followed mum's directions to the train station to ride back to Maastricht. On the way "home" I had to change trains twice, couldn't understand the train PA system, got off at one wrong stop and almost got crushed drying to dive back into the carriage in time! And once I was finally back in Maastricht I then had to haul my ass (and extra luggage) back to my place, uphill, on the bike... So its clear it had been a tough day of travel for me but I was put to shame by an Aussie bloke who knocked frantically at my door a few hours after I got home. Also tired from travelling all day, the poor fella had forgotten which room he'd deposited his luggage in earlier and now couldn't figure out where he was living, which key to use and in what door! He seemed infinately younger than me and I felt very Mum-like telling him "it'll be ok mate, let's just think about this for a moment...". It took about 15 minutes, knocking on a couple of other ppl's doors and finally me trying each of his keys in about 10 locks before we found his pad. Needless to say he was grateful: "Oh Man, thank you ... can we hug?!" he says. Apparently we're besties now.. :P
Day 42 - Home in bed
Compared to yesterday, today was a bore. I managed to get sick last night for the third time since leaving home and spent the entire day in bed reading, blogging and watching TV. Quite the European adventure!! Highlight of the day was figuring out how to make toast on the gas cooktop because we don't have a toaster! Good think I brought my vegemite :)
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