We just found out we won tickets to go to the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in Paris next weekend! Yay! I was totally bummed that the tickets were sold out before we could buy them (or before I could talk Luke into going). Yes it is dorky I know but I think it is going to be a blast! It is just luck that we got these tickets, one of the podcasts we listen to (World of Warcast) was giving away 3 tickets and we lucked out and won two. So next weekend off to Paris we go for the fourth time in two years. Should be a blast and I should have some pics to put up when we get back.
I am a bit bummed though that we found out on such short notice so I don't have time to get a costume and dress up. I so would have been a blood elf! (and I would have made Luke dress up too)
Last night we went bowling with Marita and Christian. I haven't been bowling in years, I think the last time might have been bowling at the Orleans with Pam and some guys from MonteLago, this would have been before Luke and I met!! Well it's safe to say that I was horrible the first game, I think I came in last place with Luke like doubling my score. But I came back strong and beat everyone the last two games!! The last game getting three strikes in a row (which is unheard of by me). It was so fun! The bowling alley was in Sittard and it really wasn't very big and it was packed with kids and families since it was Saturday night. I think we need to have monthly bowling, Luke isn't too hot on this idea he isn't too keen on being beat by a girl! Both he and Christian were baffled because I played SO bad the first game then I came back to whoop on them. After bowling we stopped at McDonalds which is like the cool place to be here. Everyone hangs out at McDonalds like all the kids and stuff. It is funny because McDonalds isn't remotely like that in the states. But the McDonalds here are actually nicer than those in the states. Nothing else going on, I started new classes again. Should be one interesting class (contemporary sexual ethics) but the rest look pretty dull (research methods, parapsychology) actually. Getting anxious for my internship, it is really sneaking up on me. Weather has been crappy the past week, I think it has been in like the 60's, it doesn't even feel like summer! And rainy so much rain, Elizabeth and I went to Aachen Thursday to have pizza hut and Starbucks and we got poured on the whole time, thankfully we had umbrellas but even with those we still got soaked.
Here at long last are some of the pictures from Tom and Kriss's trip here. Hey, it only took me a month to get them up...not bad! I should have put them up earlier because I can't remember where a lot of them are from! Especially the castles and little touristy towns!
The first slide show has pictures from Bad Neunahr, Boppard, Rudesheim and our boat ride on the middle Rhine (which just happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The boat ride was long but the scenery and all of the castles and little towns were really neat to see! Boppard and Rudesheim were both nice towns, I wish we would have had more time to explore them, I love all the little kind of small, touristy towns with little shops all over. There were tons of castles that we saw, but as the pictures show, I do not remember the names of them so they are all labeled "Rhine".
This slide show has pictures from Moselkern and Cochem, which are both towns on the Mosel. We stopped in Moselkern first, to see Burg Eltz, one of the most popular castles in Germany. It was very interesting, but I think that I still prefer Neuschwanstein. After we finished the castle tour we headed to Cochem which is one of the popular towns on the Mosel, there is castle that overlooks the town but we did not get a chance to explore it. We wandered around that town, bought LOTS of wine and had a great lunch at a little cafe. After we were finished shopping we headed to Trier, our final stop for the day. We stayed in Trier and got up early that morning and went to see the Black Gate and to one of the museums that is there.
These last pictures are from Brugges, Belgium. Which I now think is one of my favorite places in Europe. It is beautiful, has chocolate stores all over and the people are actually FRIENDLY which is rare for tourist towns. Brugges is a big tourist town, but compared to other touristy places I have been, Brugges didn't feel all that touristy. It is much prettier than Amsterdam with the canals running through the city. It is clean and there is lots to see for everyone. Kriss and I did some shopping while the guys went on a tour of a brewery. I think we stopped at at least five chocolate stores and I have to say none of them are better than Godiva. The only one that was close was the truffle chocolates at the Chocolate Line! Brugges is definitely a place that I will be going back to before we leave, if i can!
