Germany: September 1 – October 8, 2010
From Spain I flew back to Germany with Kathryn. She was super awesome and let me crash at her place for the next few weeks. She's got a really nice set up going on a very cute apartment. I settled in quite nicely in the living room, putting my camping gear to good use. It was great to see where’s she’s been living and what she’s been up to for the past year and a half! Erfurt is a really pretty city. Kathryn and her boyfriend Robert showed me the sights, and we fell into a pretty relaxed routine. Kathryn got me knitting, and we spent many hours watching the Real World and knitting away.
We did a weekend trip out to Heide Park with Robert and his best friend Max. Heide Park is an amusement park filled with roller coasters. It was kind of like a less flashy, less tacky version of K-Days. A small fraction of the amount of games and food stands, and way quieter. They have the worlds largest (or maybe it’s longest?) wooden roller coaster, and the world’s highest drop tower. Sadly for us (especially Robert!) the wooden roller coaster was closed for repairs while we were there. We did get to go on the drop tower, and that was pretty fun.
We stayed in the pirate themed hotel and got to attend their nightly entertainment, which we were told would be a combination of acrobatics and bubbles. Intriguing. The show was emceed by a midget, who kicked things off with a bubble show. He blew bubbles and filled them with smoke or stacked them on top of each other. Kathryn was chosen as a volunteer, and he made a giant bubble around here. She even got to hold hands with the midget twice. I think that was the highlight of the trip for her. I wish I had brought down my camera to capture the weirdness of what was going on. The rest of the show was a combination of some acrobatics, as well as a fire dancer and hula hoop performance. The whole thing was so bizarre.
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