day 34

day 34

today i woke up and went to the grocerystore to get some beef and chicken bouiloun, garlic power, rice, eggs, and carots. i was expecting it to be hard to find the boulioun but it was right there on the bottom shelf of the spice area (right were i would put it). i translated it last night it should be kraftbruhe but the packege said boulioun the beef was easyenough to find rind = beef so rindboulioun but chicken should be huhn but i couldn't find a container that said huhnboulioun there was a price for it but none of the pakages said it so i assumed that orange was chicken (like in america) luckily i was right. the othere stuff was no problem to find. buying vegitables is kinda cool in america you put the vegtables in a bag and weigh them and guess at the price and at the checkout they weigh it again. in germany they have an electric scale with a printed on it you put the bag of vegitables you want on it then press a button (in this case the carrot button) and a stcker prints out aand you put that on the bag and then they just scan it at the regristar. i think it may be possible to chet the system (i.e. weigh 5 carrots and put the sticker on and put 5 more in) (i wouldn't do that) however i think thats why the american system is the way it is.

i made stir fry with instant rice carrots and chicken boulioun and garlic powder for lunch today it was good. i plan on spagehitti for dinner and mexican rice from lunch tomarrow.

i got a copy of the schedual of activities for next month there is a day trip to neuschwanstien so i may be able to see it after all.
however there are also allot more activities this month and they are all alot more expensive. i think i will go to three this month and make central pay those off. so far i have gone to the mercedes museum (6 euro) and to rothenburg (8 euro). this month they have a trip to neuschwanstien a trip to ludwigsburg (were ever that is) and a trip to frankfurt. i would like to go to neuschwanstien (29 euro + food) and also frankfurt (22.50 euro + food) i will go to both and give central the recepts for the more expensive 3.

the internet should be open by now. i wanted to get in early so i could research the italy trip in december.
i found a guest house near rome for 2 euro a day but it is 14 miles outside of rome so thats a half hour to rome then half hour back. also rome is very far fom all the cities i want to see. the plan was to make florence my "base of operation" and depart from there every daythat would subtract from my travel time to each location. but all the hostels in florence ar more than $20 a night. that would add up to mare than 200 over all. were as in rome i would spend $20 total for housing. but it would take all day to get to another city and i would have an hour or two before i would have to go back. perhaps i should devide it up into blocks so i would spent two nights in verona two nights in florence and 3 nights in rome. i'm getting ahead of my self right now i have to study the rail systems and get a rail pass (the one i want cost $365-$420 for 8-10 days).


looks like the internet is not opening to day. maybe i should go to the internet cafe. it costs 2 euro per hour. well i just checked with the internet cafe and i can't use my laptop there so i'm not going online today.

well the americans came back. i over heard one of them describing the trip to amsterdam with my room mate and said they smoked alittle to much (marajuana). my only fear is that they brought some back with them that would make my life a living hell for atleast one night. but its nice to have them back its good to have friends i can talk to allbe it in german most of the time. the leader tried to talk to the guy nextdoor but he simple said "my name is peter and i speak bad german" (in german of course).
i have figured out my meal plan for the next month it is bassical the same as last months but this plan invovled making a rice dish every week end for lunch and on wensdays for dinner. (rice dishes include: stirfry mexican rice, plain rice with either chicken or beef boulioun or any combination there of) i also found out i can add beef boulioun to the spagehitti sauce and it improves the taste 20 fold aslo i remembered today that galic powder is gods gift to man. th total cost of this months food should be 15 euro. alittle more than last month but i think the variety is worth it. (remember a euro in europe is equivalent to a dollar in america one dollar can get you a loaf of bread in america and one euro can get you a loaf of bread here)

i ate with the group tonight (thomas loves to invite me to eat when ever it is his turn to cook when its his turn to lean dishes i'll do it as payback) we had steak. it was easily within the top ten steaks that i have ever had. allong with mexican rice and refried beans. it was good. but before dinner every one had to take a shot of tequilla (luckily thomas respects my desicion not to ddrink and since he is the group leader no one else apposed him.) (micheal on the other hand was confused as to why i wouldn't drink i didn't feel like explaing to him why he was an idiot) andrea and kim were there which only left maggi out of the group. kim was distraut because the boy she had a crush on went back to london. and she felt so close to him because they talked about there emotions alot. and all the guys sat up and we had to explain to her that guys don't have emotions. the only time a guy has emotions is when he likes a girl. then she said but he has a girlfriend and we said he was still coming on to you. it was funny i thought only guys could mis signals like that.

they drank until alittle past midnight. adam (whos parents encourge him to get drunk) is going to be a lawyer. i would love to hide a caera in the kitchen and send a video and letter of "recomendation" to every law school in the country. its unfair that people like me can try so hard and avoid alchohol and drugs and people like him can try so little and get wasted every night but i'm still gonna end up working for aguy like him. and the only reason is that he knows how to be social.