Sunday, 24 April 2011

Sod chicks and bunnies, I want to see a chocolate Easter donkey

I was a bit eager with my train as I ended up with a fair amount of spare time once I got to Munich. Apparently, some of my friends doing Bummit (a charity hitchhike across Europe) were in Munich at the same time. I know this from following their feed rather than seeing them. I definitely wish I'd set off later though as my flight was delayed. The nice man in the shop told me my German was wonderful though,. Sadly the shop shut. Everything shut. There were just lots of easyjet passangers hanging around until midnight.
I felt sorry for my mum who had to pick me up at 1am and then go to work the next morning. Bad Easyjet.
It was lovely to be at home even if I did end up arguing with my mum about how much time I was spending with friends instead of family. Almost ironically, later on in the week she picked up a mug, cooing and awwing at it. It bore the words "Friends are the family we choose for ourselves."  (It's okay to point this out now I'm back in Austria) So I shuffled around my plans and had 3 days in a row with mummy and sister. Bit of a shame that I also picked up a hideous head cold. I blame Katie.


It was good week for running into people. Charlotte, Laura and I headed to Manchester for a night out on Wednesday and found Stefan on the tram. Naturally we dragged him out too. 3 out of my 8 'children'. If only I could remember their names. I think they were It, Daughter and Boy, respectively. Sadly, we went to a student night (80p drinks is enough to lure me anywhere. Almost). Even some of the staff were convinced they weren't ID'ing at the door. We felt incredibly old.
I also saw Ste when returning a video with my sister. I hadn't seen him since college so we swapped digits and arranged something for that evening. I got Ryan to come along too. It started off as drinks in Heywood, where I saw a girl from school, before we went back to Ste's for karaoke. My life is complete having seen Ryan sing. Ha.
Other activities include a trip to Glossop with Charlotte followed by a lazy day in Heaton Park (NB. it is not a good idea to ask your friend's boyfriend's ex-girlfriend whether said boy is a  million dollar boyfriend), making the most of Pizza Hut's all-you-can-eat buffet with Rachel, introducing my god-daughter to my sister, dinner with Claire and finally, badminton in the garden with the cousins and sister. I love the fact that I can borrow Emma's clothes. I hate the fact that she has to be the only person in the world who can repeatedly find really nice clothes from Primark.
So I had the opportunity to wear heels, get on the dance floor, wear going out clothes and eat all sorts of wonderfully British things (including lots of vegetables nom nom). No Easter egg though. Or an Easter donkey. That's far more relevant to Easter than bunnies and eggs. Phht.
Now, I'm back in Austria. It took much longer than I expected to get back to Bregenz from Innsbruck. Then again I did just miss a train and have to wait an hour. I would have stuck around to to check Innsbruck out except I took home the bare minimum and brought back even less. Therefore I had only a toothbrush and deo in the way of toiletries.
Now Austria seems really boring. 2 more days until I'm back at work. What shall I do with myself!!

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