Monday, October 12, 2009

Monday, October 12 2009
I thought I would just grin and bear it, maybe it's just me, maybe if I try really hard I could try to get used to it and not complain and not make any posts on this blog for awhile. But alas, there's always a few things that get me going again, that make me chuckle. That makes me say, AHHH GERMANY here we go again. So the winter is fast approaching us and today trekking out to meet my husband for a quick lunch requires many winter dressing again and a runny nose when I return. I went to the neighborhood market to pick up pork belly, one of the most common meats here and ridiculously cheap, due to the high amount of fat. And alas, once again in the land of no variety or convenience, I was told it comes in on Wednesday. Ok, so I trek to the next market Edeka, and the pork belly is already cut up into 1-1.5 inch thickness which is useless to me, considering I was thinking of making spicy korean pork bbq, yes but begrudgingly I had to buy it and figure out how I would try to slice the thickness in half with a dull blade! We are busy planning the wedding in Salzburg, which is the only joy to my life right now. Although many of my friends will not be able to make it due to cost and inconvenience. But it will be fun to have it in a castle and the Salzburg trip was fun, nice people, beautiful places etc. but that's Austria. We had a couple over for dinner the other day, very nice she is German and he is Austrian. When my husband asked them if they didn't like anything they said, " Everything but no insects." I kid you not, I have to just laugh at those comments I hear. Even our wedding coordinator constantly referring to Japanese things even when I told him I'm from Korea. Ah, it's 1pm and I can hear the brats upstairs rushing up to start playing the horrible piano lessons again! Everywhere I go, I constantly get stared at, my husband says that it's because I'm pretty, NOT!! They just don't know what to do when they see an Asian, an immigrant, an alien in a foreign land! And these people are soo third world, sheltered and in their own little bubble, don't they watch TV?!~? hmm it amazes me. I guess it could happen in some dumb f(@* place like Alabama, US too...We will be traveling to many places, Graz, Vienna, Berlin, Frankfurt but I was thinking the only thing not fun about traveling here is the below freezing tempuratures outside! Then you don't even want to go outside, let alone tour around sorry! But layering in bundles of clothing with your earlobes frozen and the biting wind blowing on your face, so your nose is running and carrying an umbrella cause it's always raining is NOT FUN! Also, staying in 4 star hotels are ALWAYS a gamble here, you never know what you'll get. Sometimes it's a 2 star disguising itself, never trust the star rating system in European hotels! Last time our hotel was the size of a dorm room, I kid you not and it was a 4 star!! Sometimes the toilet room is so small you have to sit sideways! and bring your own toiletries to these exquisite 4 star hotels, because the only soap/shampoo/conditioner/body gel will be from a tube stuck on the wall. Like I said NO toiletries provided. I am trying to tune out the plundering of keys on that awful piano upstairs. I have to say these Germs are diligent about their activities! So no help with the cel phone yet, all my blackberry apps, google maps and sometimes even yahoo doesn't work. We will probably be charged now with no return but getting on a tram to the city, paying 5 Euros to get there and then if the guy that helped us before is not there, the other ones won't help us cause my name is not on the account and I told you before it costs .50 cents euros a minute to call them, so ONCE AGAIN, we are stuck with this shitty service! Ahhhh, Germany you always give me something to write home about!!! Oh but don't let me forget just last week, my husband thought for sure they were playing an english movie on a Tuesday for "sneak peek" as they call it, I told him I don't think so but he tried calling 10 times and typical nobody answers the phone anywhere here! So, we got dressed went and was told, no english movie, I asked what's the movie that we're not seeing? They said we can't tell you it's sneak peek, ahhhhh! the land of you will watch the movie we show you!! and it will be a surprise, gosh darn it! So, we drove home, no movie that night. Sad but true, but totally getting used to it! Also, many people for some dumbass reason don't have VM on their cel, makes you say WTF!! Third world!!!! Ahh, and don't forget carrying the myriad of different colored glass containers and bottles dropping them off every week, and the empty plastic bottles to the store, everyday and the amount of plastic and recyclables that seem to accumulate at a very fast rate. We take out the trash like every other day. The other day, I looked for the biggest ass trash can with dividers, couldn't find one, just the same size as ours, meaning all those Germs must be taking out their trash 3-4 times a week, going to the market 5 times a week, returning bottles every week, WHAT A COMPLETE WASTE OF ENERGY, EFFORT AND TIME!!!>!>>!! I walked by a store today and it was fill to the brim of bottles and glasses, imagine all the men hired to lug this shit back and forth and the gas and emissions caused by this, truly it's so genius. We should stick all the liberals in Germany and make it a total socialist country and see how much they like it here! "Recycle and Suffer" should be their motto "but get free health care!"

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