Germany

So I made it to Germany in one piece.  Let's just talk briefly about how lucky I've been getting at the airports.  Example one:  flying from Nantes (France) to London, I had stupidly packed all of my shower products (all in containers of more than 100mL, none of which will fit in a one-liter bag).  So I figured, I'll try and go through security.  If they pull me out of the line and yell at me for my shampoo, I'll just throw it away.  Waste of money, but no big deal.  My bags (purse and duffel bag) go through the machine.  My heart races.  The guy in charge of the x-ray machine asks me "ma'am, do you mind if I go through your...purse?"  I was like ...seriously?  YES SIR PLEASE GO THROUGH MY PURSE.  My purse had nothing of interest in it!  Meanwhile, my three giant bottles of shower products get on the airplane with me and go to London.  Example two:  this morning, as I was leaving London Stansted to go to Dusseldorf (Germany) I was confronted with the same issue.  However, the security at Stansted was very stern about liquids (ie have all of your liquids in a bag and out of your luggage so we can inspect them).  No chance I'll be getting my shampoo through there.  So after much deliberation, I decided it would be cheaper to spend the 16 British pounds to check my bag than to throw away my shampoo and buy some more.  So I approach the desk and ask to check a bag.  "How much does it cost?" I inquire.  The woman responds "Well normally it would be 16 pounds, but our system is down today so I'll just take your bag."  !!!!!!!!!!!  I didn't have to pay to check my bag!  What luck!

Anyway, how was my first day in Germany?  Good question.  The airport shuttle picked us up from our hostel and 3:15AM...our flight took off at 7:25AM...arrived at 9:35AM.  We hopped on a bus for an hour to get to the train station to be on the train for an hour or so...and then Didem (my sorority sister) and Andrew (her boyfriend and a friend of mine) met us at the train station at 12:30PM.  We ate lunch, and then went back to Didem's house with the plan of dropping off our stuff and going sight-seeing all day.  Not so much.  I sat down on the couch around 3PM....and woke up to "Hey guys it's dinner time, wake up."  Sooo I did nothing today!  Which is fine.  I feel good.  Hopefully things will start happening tomorrow.