I don't have much time, but I don't want to forget everything I've done over the last few days, so I'm going to take some notes here. You can read those and try to piece together my very busy days.
Tuesday
Woke up, FSU, e-mail, blogger, lunch w/Dad at pizza hut, good convo, more e-mail, met Mom for phsyic society, angry about what guy said, flat, ate, Marlowe at the Globe, emotion and hurt, resolution, Rebecca and Ben, sleep.
Wednesday
Woke up late, walked around with Mom and Zack, did shopping, met Dad, had Tiy *sp* food, went to Camden Market with Mom, got cool stuff, came home, ate food, talked to Sara, Mom went out with the *girls* and then Ben, Dad, Zack, Rebecca and I went to a pub, weird apple pie, packing, sleep.
Thursday
Woke up, shower, food, Waterloo Station, met Sara, walked the Thames, chilled at the Tate Modern, saw really awesome sculpture/explosion Celeen told me about, ate at Starbucks, talked rally stuff and England stuff, walked back to the station, said good bye, missed her, got on tube, bumped into Mom, searched for a surprise-that-you-all-can't-know-about-and-I'm-not-going-to-tell-you, walked around for a long time carrying heavy stuff, got home, Rebecca's present to Becca, ate food, FSU, typing this note.
I miss you.
posted by Becca at 1:33 PM
Ayeyiyi, I have a lot of stuff to write about. Ok, well, I better get started, but just so you're forwarned, its gonna be a lot.
On
Thursday I woke up, ate, took the tube to the FSU center, did the e-mail-blogger thing and went back to the flat. I kind of sat around being crabby all morning, doing absolutely nothing until my mom asked me to help clean and I did. After I cleaned, I packed and waited some more. My dad and Ben finally showed up and then we headed off to the tube, then to the train and then to the airport.
When we got to the airport, we checked in and then went through security. My mom and I got into a little fight about my sexuality, again, and then we sat down at the gate and did nothing for an hour. I read most of the time. I restarted
One: a novel by Richard Bach for a second time since I bought the book. I didn't finish it the first time.
We rode on the plane, I read.
We got to Germany, I read.
We got to the hotel, I read.
I finished the book around 12:30 and went to bed. Good book, not the best that I've ever read, interesting though. I agree with the idea that time is NOW and that there is only one now.
When I woke up on
Friday I took a shower and then woke the boys. We repacked all of the stuff that we had gotten out and then headed for the car.
We drove around for a while until we found a bakery. We picked up some bakery goods, ate them, and then jumped in the car again. We proceeded to drive for three hours.
In a small aside, I would just like to tell you how beautiful Germany is. It is gorgeous. When people hear the word "Germany" many think of Nazis. That is not what Germany is about, at all. That is its past, just like the time you got in trouble at school is past. I'm not saying we shouldn't remember it, because history has infinite wisdom hidden it it, but we should realize that it is past and that it is not in the infinite now. Any way, I spent three hours looking out a window, listening to music and looking at Germany. It is gorgeous. It has rolling hills and high cliffs. It has wide rivers and fields of grain. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Now, take into account all of the places I've been, which I must admit have been alot, and you will be surprised and Germany's beauty.
After the long drive, we stopped in Vircksberg *excuse the spelling please* and walked to a supermarket. We bought strawberries, tomatoes, cherries, cheese, two big bottles of water, cookies, mustard, pickles, salami and the most important of all, pretzel bread. My parents have traveled Germany a lot and they've only been able to find pretzel bread in one place- Vircksberg. Go there, its good.
When we had our food, we walked back to the palace we had parked at, went into the garden and had a grand picknic. Picknics are the most enjoyable parts of our trip. We just sit, eat a little of this, a little of that, talk, relax and look at the beautiful landscape. So much fun.
As soon as we finished eating, we went inside the palace and explored a bit. Some of the rooms were closed and the most beautiful part of the entire palace was hidden under scaffolding. It was still really nice.
We drove for another hour and arrived in Rotenberg. I'm going to try and describe it to you without going to deeply into history. Basically, Rotenberg is one of the last remaining walled cities. It is entirely encompassed within about a square mile of wall. It dates back into the 1200's and is preserved baskically from the 1700's because of the poverty that rendered it helpless after it was defeated in the 30 Years War, which was a war between the Catholics and Protestants. Rotenberg was a Protestant Lutheran city. Any way, it is gorgeous and it feels like stepping back in time. The hotel we stayed at was 600 years old. Pretty kicking if you ask me.
After we took our stuff to the room we went to go get dinner. We ate dinner at this really good Italian place. I know, why were we eating Italian in Germany!?! Well, Germany's one food group is meat and both my Dad and Ben are vegitarians, so Italian it was.
At dinner I got in a fight with Ben, one of our few. He was making fun of me and one of my friends, I won't say who because it still makes me mad, but I couldn't take it any more. He had been doing it the entire trip. I finally asked him to stop and he continued for several minutes. I asked him to stop again, he didn't. I got up and left the table. I stood outside until my dad paid the tab and we left for the Night Watchman's Tour. I was really angry at Ben.
The Night Watchman's Tour was cool, it was this guy dressed up in medieval dress walking around with a big axe and talking about history. Pretty cool.
After the tour we went back to the rooms, Dad and Ben went out and got a few beers, I worked on the regi book and then went to bed.
The day that comes after Friday is of course,
Saturday!!!!!!! We woke up, did the shower thing, did the at breakfast thing and then we packed everything and put it in the car.
We then proceeded to walk the wall around the city. Lots of great views and just an intriguing hour or so. It was lots of fun.
After the wall we went to the Medieval Crime and Punishment Museum. That was very interesting to say the least. They had all kinds of weird punishments for almost everything from gossiping to much to baking bread to small. Crazy poo right there, let me tell ya.
We walked around some more and ducked into a few stores. There was one that was all about the medieval dress. Shands could have spent hours in there, trust me, it was awesome.
Drove in the car, got some more bread and cheese, ate next to the river, drove three hours back to the first hotel, took our stuff out of the car, and then we drove an hour to Cocum *once again, excuse my spelling*. The drive there was magnificent. The Germans grow a lot of grapes believe it or not and they are growing them on the sides of cliffs. Throw a river and ancient towns in to that and you have a very entertaining car ride. I did a lot of thinking during the car rides by the way.
We walked around Cocum, ate some more Italian food, and then walked back to the car. Ben, Zack and I had a lot of fun trying to trip each other while my mom got angry at us. It was a blast. Yay for being young, silly and annoying.
We drove to the hotel, I checked my e-mail *amazingly enough, they had e-mail there* and I went to bed.
On
Sunday I woke up at 6:00 am, which, because of the time difference from Germany, would have been 11:00 pm to you, and got online. NO ONE WAS ON. Very frusterating. I had hoped to catch Mayra and maybe someone from the Cabinet. Nope. I did get to talk to Andrew, a good guy from my school. That was fun.
When everyone woke up, we packed, got in the car and proceeded to drive back through Cocum and then another 30 minutes or so. When we finally stopped, we were at Berg Eltz, a super old castle.
Zack had gotten sick on the ride there, the roads weren't so good and the fact that my dad was driving like a mad man didn't help. Zack and my mom took a van down to the castle while the rest of us walked down. Beautiful views.
We did the castle thing, walked around, looked at stuff. It was cool, very interesting, I just wish we had a guide that spoke English instead of German. Oh well.
Mom and Zack took the van back up and then everyone else did the walk up the incline thing. I am really out of shape by the way. I need to start running.
We got in the car, drove to the airport, sat around waiting. I started reading
The Master. I can't remember the author. Any way, I finished that on the plane, took notes and quotes in the regi book and thought about spirituality.
We landed in London, got on a bus, rode to a tube stop, took the tube home, watched a cool tv show about elephants, went to bed.
Yesterday was
Monday. I woke up kind of late, around 8:00, and hung around the house with Ben and Rebecca. Ben went and worked out and then took a shower. Then the three of us went to Camden Market.
That was absolutely kicking. It was the kind of thing that Shands and I could spend days at. Lots of music and food and crazyness everywhere. Very cool.
I bought a pair of earings and I also got a coin purse with an aum on it. Its cool.
We went home after that, hung around, Rebecca went and layed down in our room and shortly after I followed her because of my headache. She and I talked for a long time and then, slowly, the rest of the Williams clan came in to my room. We hung out in there, talked, and then got ready to go.
We ate at Witherspoon's, a pub, and then we went to We Will Rock You, the musical by Queen and Ben Elton. No, not Elton John as my mom thought, Ben Elton, a famous musical guy.
That was hilarious and I kept thinking that I missed Celeen. She likes Queen and she would have thought it was all ridiculous, just like I did. It was great fun.
We all came home and then we slept.
*Breathes Deeply*
Ok, so today is Tuesday, but I can't tell you about that, because it hasn't happened yet. So now, for more interesting drivel.
I'm tired. I'm having a really hard time sleeping because the bed is so hard and my neck and my wrists are getting progressively worse. Ouchy boo boo.
I'm having fun. I like Rebecca a lot. She's a great girl and she's going to be my sister in law. Not offically, mind you, but they were talking about it, in front of my family. Ben loves her a lot.
They make me sick. Lol, ok, not sick, but depressed. Its hard to see them at the flat, talking to my mom, holding each other's hand. Its hard to see my dad buy them dinner and make little jokes with them. I know that I can't have that. I know that my mom gets sick at even the thought of a girl in my life. I know my dad simply refuses to think about it. I know that they have to get used to it soon, because I'm not going to not fall in love.
Besides that, I'm doing just fine. Its kind of strange, for the last two trips, on the third week of the trip I would fall apart. Both times it was because of my overwhelming feelings for Analise. The first was because I realized that I was bi and I liked her and the second time was because she and I broke up. Right now she and I are going through some relationship stuff again, and yet I'm ok. I'm doing perfectly fine. I miss her but I'm not letting it tear me apart. I love her, but I don't know in what way or how much. I'm not trying to define it. I'm just letting it be. God, this is so different. I like not falling apart.
Mayra has been great about it, thanks babe. I've had my share of crazy love triangles and I'm glad to say there isn't one this time. I still like Mayra a lot, and some day when Analise and I get our shit figured out, I would really like to spend some time with her.
I'm coming home on Friday. I'll be home in the late afternoon and then I plan on driving to Shands' house. Somewhere in there I'll call Analise. I don't know if I'll be able to get online until then, I'll try, but the last week is always hectic.
Feel Free and Good Bless.
posted by Becca at 5:30 AM
