Hey everybody,
already in San Sebastian I find the time (and free Internet - yeah!) to write about our first real destination on the trip: Hannover. By the way, this is because Tim is so sunburned from hanging out at the beach and my shoulders could need a rest as well, so we spend some time inside. Also known as a siesta tarde.
OK, back to the 10th of July. For leaving from Seestermuehe we had the options of either leaving at 9:30 or at 11:30 to have somebody bring us to the station. Everybody knowing me or having made the experience how hard it is to pack a backpack for the coming 6 weeks will know that we left at 11:30 :-) The major problems were actually that I changed the password of my brothers laptop during the party....very late during the party. So yes, I had NO FUCKING idea what was the password and needed to consult Nils to solve that problem. The other problem was my new MP3 player who wanted to be bitchy and decided not to work and came up with a new confusing default message everytime - solved after a while as well. So I don't have to live without music. Good!!!
Our backpacks a
re 18 kg and 22kg in weight...so after the trip we will almost be qualified to become governor of California ;-)
We arrived in Wennigsen at 4pm where Svenja was waiting for us with an amazing pasta casserole (THANK YOU). In the evening we went for a the cocktail bar Heaven in Hannovers city centre where we met Eltje. Tim drank an Orgasm, but the effect was a bit disappointing. Being hungry we passed on to the great king of all burgers, where Walid joined us. And I am sure the toilet attendant is the nicest person in the whole station. At night we had the pleasure of experiencing an impressive thunderstorm.
The next day Svenja had the fantastic idea to go to town by bikes. At first it was still raining, which wasn't much fun, but the sun came out by the time we reached the Maschsee and the rest of the day was good. We cycled almost all of Hannover and I had the feeling I saw more in this one day than during the 2 1/2 years I lived there. After having coffee with my former teacher Frau Dr. Henning, chilling out in the woods of the Eilenriede (where Tim
found a mountain to use the mountain bike) and cycling to the Herrenhaeuser Gardens (which were closed) we went for a Barbecue at Svenja's friend (tasty). In the evening we went to Schuetzenfest where we met Eltje, Walid and Mariana and sat down for having beer and Luettje Lage. For all non-locals, Luettje Lage is a drinking habit of Lower Saxony where you have to hold a small glass of weak, dark beer and a shot of Korn (32%) in your hand and drink them together. Tim needed some demonstration first, but turned out to be a natural.
After watching nice fireworks and celebrating Walid's birthday, we needed to head back to catch the last train. After another amazing breakfast, we took the train at 10:40 to Amsterdam. Our interrail ticket was acutally valid from that day on, which means one month to Sziget.
We thank Svenja very much for being such a nice host and a good start for the trip.
Franzi
already in San Sebastian I find the time (and free Internet - yeah!) to write about our first real destination on the trip: Hannover. By the way, this is because Tim is so sunburned from hanging out at the beach and my shoulders could need a rest as well, so we spend some time inside. Also known as a siesta tarde.
OK, back to the 10th of July. For leaving from Seestermuehe we had the options of either leaving at 9:30 or at 11:30 to have somebody bring us to the station. Everybody knowing me or having made the experience how hard it is to pack a backpack for the coming 6 weeks will know that we left at 11:30 :-) The major problems were actually that I changed the password of my brothers laptop during the party....very late during the party. So yes, I had NO FUCKING idea what was the password and needed to consult Nils to solve that problem. The other problem was my new MP3 player who wanted to be bitchy and decided not to work and came up with a new confusing default message everytime - solved after a while as well. So I don't have to live without music. Good!!!
Our backpacks a
re 18 kg and 22kg in weight...so after the trip we will almost be qualified to become governor of California ;-)We arrived in Wennigsen at 4pm where Svenja was waiting for us with an amazing pasta casserole (THANK YOU). In the evening we went for a the cocktail bar Heaven in Hannovers city centre where we met Eltje. Tim drank an Orgasm, but the effect was a bit disappointing. Being hungry we passed on to the great king of all burgers, where Walid joined us. And I am sure the toilet attendant is the nicest person in the whole station. At night we had the pleasure of experiencing an impressive thunderstorm.
The next day Svenja had the fantastic idea to go to town by bikes. At first it was still raining, which wasn't much fun, but the sun came out by the time we reached the Maschsee and the rest of the day was good. We cycled almost all of Hannover and I had the feeling I saw more in this one day than during the 2 1/2 years I lived there. After having coffee with my former teacher Frau Dr. Henning, chilling out in the woods of the Eilenriede (where Tim
found a mountain to use the mountain bike) and cycling to the Herrenhaeuser Gardens (which were closed) we went for a Barbecue at Svenja's friend (tasty). In the evening we went to Schuetzenfest where we met Eltje, Walid and Mariana and sat down for having beer and Luettje Lage. For all non-locals, Luettje Lage is a drinking habit of Lower Saxony where you have to hold a small glass of weak, dark beer and a shot of Korn (32%) in your hand and drink them together. Tim needed some demonstration first, but turned out to be a natural.After watching nice fireworks and celebrating Walid's birthday, we needed to head back to catch the last train. After another amazing breakfast, we took the train at 10:40 to Amsterdam. Our interrail ticket was acutally valid from that day on, which means one month to Sziget.
We thank Svenja very much for being such a nice host and a good start for the trip.
Franzi
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