i had a feeling this was going to happen. i had no real intention of coming to germany, other than a few days in berlin. i have no reason why- but i have no desire to know germany. the language is so weird, there is so much sausage, and big scarry drunk men in small shorts. and then i went to munich. omg this city is amazing! beautiful green plants and trees everywhere. the people are amazing. it's just so happy! (considering the history and all, too.)
it's a sunday morning at 10:30am and i walk into the city center- people are already out drinking! beer and brotwurst for days. there was a huge stage set up, but for some reason there was a salsa band playing.
guess what? it's munich's 852nd birthday!
this history here is so intense and psycho. even before ww2. hitler gave munich the title of "the home of the movement"- this is the home of the natzis. the people of munich have completely rebuilt their home and their attitude. my favorite thing about munich is that during ww2 the people knew that their city was about to be destroyed by bombs. so the people took pictures of the entire city and painted pictures in great detail and hid them all. then after the war they had these documents and retured the city to the gem that it is. munich still has that old comfortable feeling. and i think this is amazing.
what else is amazing? how much these people love beer. and to party. but good god they love beer. every corner you turn there is a beer garden. they serve beer in liters here, too. 3 cans at 1 time. i met a girl who had a bruise on her hand from holding the huge german beer steins for 5 days. and the beer really is amazing. german purity law! only 4 ingredients allowed in the beer. what they are, i don't remember. but it's just these 4 things!
and it's official. i have world cup fever. being at a bar with nothing but germans the night they win helps! and being out of greece the night they loose to SOUTH KOREA helps, too!
somehow i set my alarm clock the next morning for 10 min. before i was supposed to be at the bus stop for innsbruck, austria. (the other german speaking country.) all of my belongings and i made it to innsbruck- where after arrival i realized my tights were on inside out and the german flag that was painted on my face from the game the night before was still there.
after a nice face wash and change of pants i went to discover the beauty of innsbruck! it's a small town surrounded by the austrian alps with an incredibly large river running through the middle of it. (to the johnson family- i was by this river while y'all were on the frio, and i was with y'all in spirit! but this one involved no tire tubes and floating coolers of lonestar beer.)
innsbruck, my friends, is where i found.... PEANUT BUTTER!!!!! right inbetween nutella and nutella. all became well with the world again and getting to the top of one of these alps became a lot more realistic. now that i had the proper protein fuel and all. and... turns out you can pay to take a train to get to the top. (mental note- next time you go to the top of an alp, bring a jacket. and a scarf. maybe 2. and see if anyone has any extra gloves.) good god i have never been so cold. i learned something new about myself on this trip. let me back up a little, remeber how i mentioned you can take a train to the top? eventually you have to take a gondola. the worlds largest and scarriest gondola. (maybe not the largest, but it was a lot bigger than the ones at astroworld.) i learned that i don't like gondolas. or walking over drains on the street where you can see 100 feet below you and the only thing protecting you
i can't even think of a words to describe the amazingness of being at the top of an alp! and looking at the world below you. what a way to feel so small. i went for a run the last night along the river and i was completely surrounded by mountains on all sides of me. the air was so fresh and i became overwhelmed by feeling. you can forget they are there and when you leave a store- BOOM!!! there they are!
right on the outskirts of innsbruck is the swarovski crystal factory- and next to that is "the giant".
inside of "the giant" is the sensual kaleidoscope- crystal world. the pamphlet describes it as an "underground chamber of wonders" where one "drifts between dreams and reality". this place was mind blowing! millions and millions of crystals- whole walls were made entirely out of crystals. so shiny. they had the largest cut crystal, huge moving crystal clowns, and dancing flying pants. my favorite was a room made to look like you're standing inside of a crystal while different colored lights were flashing- it was a sensual kaleidoscope! (that's me in the black reflecting on the reflectors in the crystal.)
now i am fully rested in the magical city of innsbruck. but i have to be honest- i can hardly sit still thinking about the sun and the pizza of.... ITALIA!!!!
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