A few successful things happened while in Hamburg! I was able to fill the prescription for
another EpiPen because there was an international pharmacy in Hamburg really
close to our hotel! Marnix, our bus
driver, was more than willing to help me with the whole situation and I’ll be
forever indebted and grateful to him for looking out for me! He even let me use his phone to call my mom,
which probably cost him money but he said he always likes to help people. Without Marnix, our trip would definitely not
be as successful as it has been. He goes
above and beyond in his job! He calls
the hotel in advance to see if there is coach parking and even helps us
communicate on issues we are having with restaurants or the hotel. He is seriously one of the coolest people I’ve
ever met. I loved hearing his life story
and his opinions on things. I hope one
day he can come visit Utah and our group can throw a big party for him!
Anyway,
off topic, I apologize. The first day, I
filled my prescription and then went to the Birkenstock store with Julia,
Jessica, and Danielle. I have still
resisted buying some even though almost everyone else has! I’m sorry, I’m not about to spend 50 euros on
something I think is ugly just because everyone on the trip is buying
them! I’m not made of money! Danielle and I stayed out of the Birkenstock
game. J We then navigated public transit (I’m
seriously professional now) to get some dinner and spaghetti ice cream. Dinner was pizza but had broccoli and corn on
it! It was surprisingly tasty! I opted out of getting spaghetti ice cream
because the lady didn’t speak any English and I couldn’t get her to understand
me asking if there were walnuts in it. I
got frustrated and just gave up. Haha! I
didn’t really want to end up back in the hospital again. We went back to the hotel and got there just
in time because it started POURING!
Literally, water was falling in buckets off the roofs of nearby
buildings. By the way, we were in an
incredibly sketchy part of Hamburg.
There were a lot of people that seem super shady and hang out outside
our hotel and around the pharmacy. I’m
glad I was always in a group because I would have been terrified!
The
next day our small group went to Miniatur Wunderland. I figured this place would just be a bunch of
figurines in little replicas of the city.
I had no idea they would be electronic and move or light up! That was absolutely amazing! I enjoyed my time there immensely, but
renewed my anger with children that have no respect for others. Parents just let their kids get away with
anything and don’t think twice about it!
When I’m a parent I hope I can figure out a way to assure my kids are
respectful to other children and adults around them. And that they will wait their turn in a line
for chocolate (long story that just makes me angry for no reason). After the Wunderland, we went back to the
hotel, picked up our laundry (there’s a place that will wash, dry, and fold and
it was wonderful to get everything cleaned!), and headed to our big group
lunch. I was FINALLY able to eat a nice
juicy steak and potatoes and I was in heaven!
I haven’t eaten a meal that big the entire trip and it was well worth
the wait. Except I miss my daddy’s
seasoning skills. We then headed to our
backstage tour of Love Never Dies, the supposed sequel to Phantom of the
Opera. We were almost 45 minutes late to
our tour though and they almost didn’t put it on for us. I mean, if the leaders of the day were on top
of things we wouldn’t have been late, but they didn’t push for us to leave and
get there on time. It was incredibly
embarrassing. We got a short tour but at
least they were willing to give us anything at all! The opera was absolutely amazing. Jim’s daughter-in-law played Christine and
she is amazingly talented! Though I did
not understand anything that was being said, except Coney Island, I was able to
focus on the emotion and how that affected the story. I truly enjoyed the play and got many
signatures afterward.
Overall,
Hamburg was pretty cool! A very sketchy
area though and not one I’d probably come back to. Also, I’m sick of staying in a hotel! Hahaha! Bunkbeds are pretty much the worst and I can’t
wait to sleep in until my alarm.
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