...that the Germans are the only people on this entire planet that would ever sell single postcards online. I find this amusing.
Anyway, no sooner have I not updated properly about Berlin, am I back from Hamburg, with more tales and no time to tell them. My Daddy came on Thursday night, stayed here for two nights, and then we went to Hamburg for the weeked. It definately gave me the need to go back and get more. As an art student you can get free entrance to the Hamburger Kunsthalle, which is very, very cool. And its about a 40 minute drive, with all day parking for about $10. I never realised this before, but I'm still working on the premise that everything happens for a reason, and thus not having been has meant that I spent 6 months getting to know Luebeck well, which is a good thing. And now I have somewhere new to explore, and a bit of motivation to get out there and do some real things. Also, I saw the stoner/bedhead blokey from Cole Street in the Kunsthalle, so I text Dave, and turns out he missed his train, and was thus also in Hamburg, so I gave him a lift back, which meant I wasn't alone, and had some decent conversation. And had less time to mope about Dad having left. So we went for another stomp on the Alster in the dark, although all the tents and bits were gone, which was a bit of a shame, becuase it could have made for a fantastic night life.
But it is also a Sunday night, in Germany, which leaves alot to be desired on the nightlife front. Yesterday we did a bit of shopping, I tried on about 30 pairs of jeans (more like 10 really) but none of them fit, and it was really annoying, so we gave it a miss, and went to the bar and had drinks instead, and then went for dinner at this little portuguese place, where I had the BEST STEAK EVER. Definately the best piece of meat I have eaten so far this year. Then we plodded back in the snow, and hit the pillow realtively early, which is something I need to start doing here, but today i needed to update the blog :) and i can go to sleep in my clothes because they need to go in the wash anyway (i thought i had picked up a change of shirt for today, it turned out to be a pair of shorts, which is this weather is not really a good things). This morning we had a bit of a lie in, and then plodded out into town, moved the car to the tiefgarage at the kunsthalle, and went to Vapiano for lunch, where I had a caesar salad, and dad had some funny BBQ beef pasta thing. And then I had a Panna Cotta and it was fabulous =] Then we... went into the kunsthalle, where if you can prove that you are an art student you get in for free. Looked at all the bits and bobs, only insignificant works by the likes of Cezanne, Picasso, Monet....Warhol and Jeff Koons. It was all prettty cool. We managed to somehow sneak into the Pop Life exhibition through an underground passageway. We went for a walk down to the Rathaus, which is very pretty, and definately gives our town halls something to aim for in the architecture department. went back to the car and drove to te airport and then just hung out there until it was time for dad to go. and now im sat in bed, missing him already, and hoping mum and christoper are having a fantastic time in MEXICO. I was flicking through Dad's passport, and we all went to Mexico with Malachy today nine years ago. =]
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