Written April 9th(Catching up)

I have some catching up to do. my last night was really nice and Hans even made some homemade pizza for us. i woke up pretty early though to get ready for lenny(April 11th 2009) I was so excited the night before that I could barely sleep. When he picked me up his parents came with him-they were so sweet! His dad looked just like him=) it really made me think about how much i look like my mom and how my relatives kept calling me Rita. It's just really interesting to think about the similarities and differences. There wasnt much talking in the car and most of it was German. It was weird to be in lenny's world when I was so used to him geing in mine. Car silence can be aweful and incredibly uncomfortable but I definitely think theres something to be said about when nothing needs to be said and theres a really comfortable relaxed silence. That sort of silence can be quiet rare. I had my first meal from a german McDonalds that day. They made such a big deal out of it, it was cute. As soon as we got to Lenny's amazingly adorable flat we had to go pick up christine-which ended up being so complicated and we wandered around the airport for an hour until we found her. I was so happy at first to have a girl friend to talk to. We had a cute little dinner at his house before we got ready to go over to his friends house before his schools dance. In the end i fell down some stairs and got the worst bruises of my life. the next day we woke up and went into the city. We saw some shops, got smoothies, and walked around the parks. Chelsea flew in that night and I couldnt wait! We picked her up from the airport and went to lenny's house to eat a lovely German dinner and plan our Amsterdam trip. Chels and i got a giant pizza and curled up in our hotel room to watch some German TV while dying my hair. in the morning we grabbed a few things from the grocery store and had breakfast in the park. We tried to find town and got really super lost but figured it out in the end. Once we all met up we found this nice spot by a creek and relaxed and talked for awhile until we had to go back to lenny's for a BBQ. That night the 3 of us girls met some boys and TRIED to talk for alittle bit. We got pizza again and fell asleep real fast which was good because our train left for Amsterdam at 6:20ish in the morning. We brought so many grocerys with us and ended up eating most of them on the train. Lenny was a bit out of it and was acting so silly. Once we got to Amsterdam it was so cold and rainy and gross and we had so much trouble finding our campsite. The guy at reception talked about wine and he was so funny. then we hung out and relaxed in our cabin and i ate about half a gallon of delicious "American" peanut butter. We got some coffee and decided to ride a giant ferris wheel and just at the perfect time too! The sun was just about to set and everything was golden and we could see the whole skyline! It was pure inspiration=) Then we played with the birds in the park. I just wanted to hold one! All the asians got birds, why couldnt I?! We bought a bunch of grocerys because I was really set on making mashed potatoes. So thats what I did. We had some fruit with our potatoes as well. They were super good. Then we went back to the room and hung out. Chelsea and I had a really great conversation about socks and hooks.
The next morning we woke up around 11. Lenny and Chels bought shower tokens for us. We all showered and Chelsea, Lenny, and I made brunch. We made fried eggs, this meat that kind of looked like bacon, and toast. When we cracked open the first egg there was a double yolk-CRAZY. The third egg had a feather on the outside of it! Then we went into town and throughout the day I got waffles, fries, and everything else that I wanted. We went into some shops and I got the patches that I wanted and then we actually found a piercer. Chels got her nose pierced first and then I got my snug done, and the lady kept dropping the ball in my ear-I was so grumpy! We went and played with the birds again. Lenny and I ended up going to 2 different McDonalds and we waited at the bus stop FOREVER. I was cold and fell asleep but finally the bus came and it was 2:30 in the morning but the bus was so full they got a special one to go straight to our campsite. We all were so increibly tired we fell asleep so fast. (In the beginning of this trip my journal was all I had, it was my best friend and the only one I could "talk" to. Especially since it was way better than talking to myself in my head. Thats definitely why I wrote so much. Now I think I'm a bit more independant and I'm with people I know. Maybe when I feel a bit more alone..) We woke up in the morning to a lady coming in our completely trashed room saying we had 5 minutes to get out. Somehow we managed. I have never changed/cleaned so fast. We went to the bathroom and got a bit more cleaned up. Lenny decided we should get rolls from reception for breakfast. So we got some and had them on a picnic bench and relaxed until we had to catch our train. When we got to Hannover Lenny's sister picked us up. We showered and she made us dinner. Lenny had some friends over and the night was kinda crazy/funny/interesting. The next morning we slept in and Chelsea and I got ready to catch our trains. We had to change trains 3 times and our second to last train required a reservation so we had to pay 22 euros and the guy next to us hacked up a lung every 5 seconds. We were both really hungry so I bought us a super expensive ham and cheese sandwhich on the train to share. . We ended up arriving pretty late but we got there just fine. We stayed up until about 2 and then fell asleep. It was super cool to hear the church bells ringing this morning! I realized my nose stud came out and that was kinda scary but I fixed it=) We set out for the market and decided not to buy new metro tickets becuase we didnt have any change and we still had some from the night before. Figures we get caught and have to pay 28 Euros each! And this guy dragged us around forever looking for an ATM. We bought a chicken and sat on the side of the street. We got a bunch of weird looks and Chelsea screamed when a bird flew at her. Alot of women asked us for chicken and a guy asked us where we got our colas. His name was Timo and he decided to sit down next to us and eat with us. We ended up getting some drinks and talking in the park. He didnt like the light. It was silly. Then we went to a bar called Le Relax where there was a sweet raggae concert. Chelsea had to pee so bad though and the bathroom was rediculous but Timo just wanted us to dance. Finally we lied and got out of there but got super lost. Then we went to get pizza from a pizza vending machine but it wouldnt take our debit cards. We fell asleep watching a movie about the Doors=)