First day in Germany

July 16, 2007

Today we left Every, France at 5am to go to the train station so we could catch our train to Orly Airport for our flight to Dusseldorf, Germany. We ran into a friend from the summer program at the train station, so it was nice to catch up and say our goodbyes while on the train, but at the same time it was quite sad. We managed to make it to the train station on time, but took the wrong set of stairs so we had to climb back up another set and then back down to the exit with our heavy bags. The people at the train station just looked at us and laughed, all we were thinking was ugh why don’t they help. We managed to do it and now we have crazy muscular arms…haha. We got to the airport with some time to spare so it was nice to not be rushing around to take care of things. They didn’t even check the weight of our bags at the airport, which is a really good thing because our bags were quite heavy. Our flight from Paris to Dusseldorf was only 50 minutes, which was really nice and short. Air Berlin even served us free drinks and a half sandwich, which tasted really good. Once we landed in Germany I got butterflies in my stomach because I was so excited to see Lisa since I haven’t seen her in a year and a half almost 2 years now.

We got in early on our flight so we had to wait for Lisa, which is fine. Once we saw each other we gave each other a giant bear hug. It was so good to see her in person as we have only chatted online through web cam. We spent the early part of the day at her moms house where we were greeted with breakfast and coffee. Lisa made a list of things that we could do and we made a plan for tomorrow. After breakfast we took care of some things dealing with the train and hung out with one of Lisa’s friends that just got home from Los Angeles. It was a lot of fun sitting around at the café, people watching and chatting about life. Lisa’s mom made this amazing curry with pineapple, peach, and banana in it and it was so delicious. After lunch and showering we drove to Cologne where Lisa lives with her roommates and made dinner with her roommate Marikah. We had homemade spaghetti sauce, with noodles and salad. The food was so delicious and we ate so much of it. After dinner we walked around Cologne for a little and found a place to have some happy hour and watch the people on the streets and we called it a night shortly after that.