So there's been a little more of a gap between posts than I would like, but I'll get better. If you haven't seen yet, I got the pictures up from around the city, it was nice to walk around again by myself. I thought I would get lost but surprisingly I made it back without even trying; must have gotten my dad's navigation skills. So since my last update there hasn't been any big events to speak of. Oktoberfest was this passed weekend but I didn't go because it's very expensive. It would cost 50-75€ for the train ticket (one way) and beer there is 7-9€. From what I heard it isn't too special, mostly a tourist attraction. I talked to a friend in my class who went and said she was pick-pocketed and lost 50€ and had her purse stolen on the train while she was sleeping! (München is a dangerous city, like NYC or Philly, you don't sleep on the subways) However she did see a guy with her purse (she knew it was hers because of the big Canadian flag on it) and ran off the train, grabbed her bag, then ran back on. Not saying that any of that would have happened to me, but even though it would have been a nice experience to go to Oktoberfest, I don't think it would have been worth the money.
I did get to celebrate another Chinese holiday. The Chinese celebrate "Mid-Autumn Festival" and "Moon Festival." All we did was go to a new Chinese buffet that opened up down town (a very nice restaurant with over 300 seats), but there were many Chinese from the university and city celebrating the festival as well. And of course the restaurant had the traditional food for the holiday, Moon Cakes!
I also went with Ali to see the new "Resident Evil" movie in 3D. I'm not a big fan of the Resident Evil series but the film was in German, so the dialogue didn't really matter, which was probably for the best, I think it was better that way. It was very interesting to see a film in a different language, surprisingly I was able to follow the plot very well (not that it was very complicated, if you know anything about this series) and I was even able to understand some conversation based on body language and the little German that I know.
Other than that not too much has happened, I've just been spending time with my group of friends and enjoying the German culture. Oh, and of course the weather! It's been so rainy here, it rains almost every day here and its not just a rain for an hour or two, its a steady rain all day long. I've heard mixed stories about the snow here so I'm not expecting one or the either but I'm hoping this rain turns into snow soon! I want to go skiing!! Sorry my stories aren't that exciting yet, once I get my money from my school I'll have some better stories and pictures to fill you guys in on ;) Okay I'm off to get an umbrella (ella, ella, ella, ay ay -- its a song, ask one of the younger folk to fill you in :-p)
Thanks for reading, tschüss!!
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