So, this past weekend, Karen and I ventured out to Köln for Karneval. Its one of the big cities that people go to in Germany to celebrate, kinda like N.O. for mardi gras. It was ridiculous, and a lot of fun. We met up with Eileen, and also with Mathias, who was the only German exchange student at BC last year. Mathias is from around Köln, and so he knew his way around, and where to go for the best parties. We arrived Friday evening, put on our costumes, (I wore my lederhosen, of course! My costume was a German) and went out to a couple bars to sing/dance/drink/celebrate. It ended up being a fantastic night, that lasted until after 5am. Made it back to the hotel, passed out for a few hours, got some food, and then had some sauna/pool recovery time. It was at this point, that we might’ve had our most hilarious (for me) and embarrassing (for Karen and Eileen) experience. The three of us were downstairs in the pool room, getting ready to hop in, and saw that some other guys were there, swimming, etc… being that its Europe, and they have no qualms abt nudity, several of the guys were walking around with towels on… slung over their shoulders… Karen and Eileen decided at this point that it would be better to get into the sauna, rather than face the overabundance of wurst. So, we made our way to the sauna, got comfortable, and were talking, when two guys came in, set their towels on the benches, and sat down, ohne alle. I hadn’ really thought about European sauna etiquette, but I had kinda expected the nudity. Karen and Eileen had not. They spent the next 5 minutes in the sauna making direct eye contact with me. It was very difficult for me not to crack up, but I somehow did. Eventually, we left the sauna, and got in the pool and relaxed, no problem. Later that day, went back out, to a different part of Köln, after meeting Mathias for coffee. We headed down towards the Rhein river bank, where lots of restaurants and bars are, and wandered around, barhopping, and finding food. Met up later on with Nate and Paul, other BC fulbrighters, and continued on our quest to fulfill the Karneval fantasy.
I left fairly early on Sunday, because I was meeting Charlotte and Michael back in Göttingen. The first train was delayed, the second pulled over by the police, and by that time I’d been on a train for 4 hours, and had gone a grand total of possibly 100 kilometers. Not typical German train efficiency. I ended up running to catch an ICE, and made it back to Göttingen just in time to meet them. I showed them around the city, we went out for dinner, and then to a bar to catch up and hang out. They’ll be here till weds, and so I’m hoping I can show them a good time while they’re here… we’ll see…
Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend, have a great mardi gras/ashweds/thing!
-seany
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where is the rubbing of the beak? the "Karen tries to get everyone free drinks"? THE PICTURES? (although those might be there, haven't looked yet :-D)
I appreciate all of the nudity in this post. I DEMAND MORE SMUT.
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