Like.the.Germans.Do
No more Budapest, no more:
-signs I can't read
-good hungarian sausage
-cheap groceries
-0.5L beers for less than a dollar
-riots and tear gas
-did i say no more cheap beer!?
-school for 8 months
-GYROS! had enough for a lifetime anyway
-cheap rent for big appartments
-Palinka, Unicum bad wine
-great times with students from 50 countries at the same time
But since then...
Got to enjoy a fast Austrian/Swiss train with some luxury seating and damn nice stations compared to eastern europe. (i guess this is where the wealth factor comes in...these trains ain't cheap!). Surprisingly there's really no border control from austria onward. All i have is a stamp saying I left Hungary, and nothing through till the UK. Finally got to practice my french for real on the train in Switzerland, and met a couple of swiss guys that were also looking to snowboard- but of course there's still no snow anywhere around here. I got in to Basel at 730 on Sunday morning, and got picked up by some family I met only once when I was 3 and drove into the small town of Minzen. I guess I was the guy with the biggest backpack so pretty easy to spot.
Had a good German breakfast complete with a coffee of course, eggs, tomato,meat and cheese. Even some LAUGEN BUNS (I was supposed to mention that one for you Auntie Trish). The same morning took a ride in the car into France, the german-french province Alsace. We went to a small town called Colmar- really really old, and they had a good christmas market going on. Enjoyed some biere de noel and a typical alsacian pastry/pizza kind of thing... flau.something. Later on, met up with my 'schwip schwap' cousins as they like to call them (family of family kind of thing) and tasted a few different bottles of a few different german brew. Then got taken out to this awesome authentic german restaurant and had Geschnetzel mit Spatzle. mmmmmmm. Officially one of my new favourite meals.
Then hung out at my cousin's pad and had fun with some german expressions over some more Pils. Apparently the germans can down the beer, but once the Irish Whiskey was out... they were soon ready for bed. Shame.
The next day my cousin Jason took me in to see Basel. Took a... hmmm... romantic? 2 minute boat ride across the Rein and walked around a while. You can really see the wealth in switzerland. Didn't even buy a coffee 'cause they were so expensive. Got back into germany and had my first Currywarst (yeah that's a curry sausage- strange but good- and they love them!).Then had a quiet one with some good pizza and sampled a few bavarian brew chillin in with the fam.
Tuesday was my last day there, and my Aunt Angie took me in to see Reinfeldon. We walked across from Germany to Switzerland, which was kinda of wierd. I took a pit stop in the middle of two, where there's a really small park/island that sits on the rein. I can officially say I've relieved myself in the middle of Germany and Switzerland! yay. Had some awesome home cooking for supper and then one last night out at the pub.
Made my way to the station at 7 in the morning and transferred trains in Basel. I was off to Paris.
-signs I can't read
-good hungarian sausage
-cheap groceries
-0.5L beers for less than a dollar
-riots and tear gas
-did i say no more cheap beer!?
-school for 8 months
-GYROS! had enough for a lifetime anyway
-cheap rent for big appartments
-Palinka, Unicum bad wine
-great times with students from 50 countries at the same time
But since then...
Got to enjoy a fast Austrian/Swiss train with some luxury seating and damn nice stations compared to eastern europe. (i guess this is where the wealth factor comes in...these trains ain't cheap!). Surprisingly there's really no border control from austria onward. All i have is a stamp saying I left Hungary, and nothing through till the UK. Finally got to practice my french for real on the train in Switzerland, and met a couple of swiss guys that were also looking to snowboard- but of course there's still no snow anywhere around here. I got in to Basel at 730 on Sunday morning, and got picked up by some family I met only once when I was 3 and drove into the small town of Minzen. I guess I was the guy with the biggest backpack so pretty easy to spot.
Had a good German breakfast complete with a coffee of course, eggs, tomato,meat and cheese. Even some LAUGEN BUNS (I was supposed to mention that one for you Auntie Trish). The same morning took a ride in the car into France, the german-french province Alsace. We went to a small town called Colmar- really really old, and they had a good christmas market going on. Enjoyed some biere de noel and a typical alsacian pastry/pizza kind of thing... flau.something. Later on, met up with my 'schwip schwap' cousins as they like to call them (family of family kind of thing) and tasted a few different bottles of a few different german brew. Then got taken out to this awesome authentic german restaurant and had Geschnetzel mit Spatzle. mmmmmmm. Officially one of my new favourite meals.
Then hung out at my cousin's pad and had fun with some german expressions over some more Pils. Apparently the germans can down the beer, but once the Irish Whiskey was out... they were soon ready for bed. Shame.
The next day my cousin Jason took me in to see Basel. Took a... hmmm... romantic? 2 minute boat ride across the Rein and walked around a while. You can really see the wealth in switzerland. Didn't even buy a coffee 'cause they were so expensive. Got back into germany and had my first Currywarst (yeah that's a curry sausage- strange but good- and they love them!).Then had a quiet one with some good pizza and sampled a few bavarian brew chillin in with the fam.
Tuesday was my last day there, and my Aunt Angie took me in to see Reinfeldon. We walked across from Germany to Switzerland, which was kinda of wierd. I took a pit stop in the middle of two, where there's a really small park/island that sits on the rein. I can officially say I've relieved myself in the middle of Germany and Switzerland! yay. Had some awesome home cooking for supper and then one last night out at the pub.
Made my way to the station at 7 in the morning and transferred trains in Basel. I was off to Paris.
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