The truth about Germany

Hi!

It's been too long and the exchange is almost over! I'll be leaving in four days, still can't believe it! I hope someone still reads this blog because I have some amazing adventures about which I want to tell you. So I'm trying to make it short (hopeless, I know!!).

This story is from March. So, after three days of exams (like 6 or 7 of them), I slept good two hours and jumped in the train that went to Cologne. Okay, actually it was two trains and it took like 9 hours. I was pretty nervous since I was exhausted, I didn't really know Alex or Céline (I'd only met them once, in Paris) and my neck hurt a lot for some reason. 

Anyway, when I arrived in Cologne, my awesome friends were there, smiling, with their friend Roxy. I told them I was tired so they took me to a coffee place. That's right, you don't need sleep in Cologne!

The coffee was really good and I fell in love with Cologne which is a beautiful and lively city. 

The next morning we went to the concert. We had to wake up super early so that we could be there by 7 AM. So I slept 5 hours. We had a problem since Alex and Céline had an exam that morning so basically I should have waited there alone. BUT!! Here comes the amazing part: Roxy, whom I'd just met, volunteered to come wait with me. ON HER DAY OFF! AND IT WAS FREEZING! Seriously, we couldn't take a lot of clothes since they slow you down when you're trying to get in the front row.

So this sweet girl stayed there with me, I was number 15 in the line. Eventually, Alex and Céline came there too, they were 37 and 38. Then we got Currywurst which is amazing like all German food!

Then some douches broke the line and we ended up being like the 50th in line. Which kinda sucked because we'd been waiting for ages. But, then again, Germany blew my mind. The people in the front started calling people there by numbers. So I was the 15th again! Such sweet people!

I was still worried because it was only my second concert and I didn't know how to get in the front row. Also, I didn't know if Céline and Alex had the chance since they were so far behind. And it wouldn't be as fun without them!

Finally, THE moment was there. We had to get in. I chose the right door and got in pretty quickly. Then I ignored the "don't run" commands and ran as fast as I could! I GOT IN THE FRONT ROW!!!!!!!!! 

Then I heard Céline yelling my name and she got there too!!!! She made sure there was room for Alex who, finally, got there too! We were too happy!!! 400 people in the audience and WE WERE IN THE FRONT ROW!

It was amazing! Pretty Reckless was cool but Fall Out Boy was epic!! We were just right in front of Pete who dropped the microphone at one point. It was cool XD. And Patrick was a god as usual! Just! A god!

After the concert we bought cool stuff and I went back to Céline's place which was more than comfortable. It was like a 5 star hotel. And, get this: she gave me her Fall Out Boy T-shirt!!! I love these people <3<3<3!!!

The next day I slept until 12 :DD. And woke up when Céline was knocking my door, apparently for the millionth time!

We went to see their town Neuss which was cool and got the best Döner ever!! Then we went to see Cologne which was super cool and beautiful. At the Kölner Dom (which was epic) some guy asked us if we were emos. That's hilarious!! :DD

We went to have coffee while we waited for Roxy. Then we went to this huge gay party. If you didn't know, Köln is the gay city of Germany! Rainbow flags everywhere! So cool!

The party was great. We didn't want to wake up early so we stayed there the whole night dancing! They even played Fall Out Boy when they heard I'd come all the way from Finland (which I hadn't done, by the way XD). I was super hyper after it!

Finally, on Sunday morning, we had to say goodbye! It was really sad because the girls were simply awesome!!! Then I went to the train and fell asleep like a million times. It was cool to come back to Bordeaux, because for like the first time in ages the weather was actually good! It was like summer, over 20 degrees and sunny! In march!

Oh, and the reason there are no pictures is because I was more than stupid and didn't charge my camera battery before I left. But this all happened and it was epic!!! Go to Cologne, it really is a wonderful place!

More updates coming soon! Let me know if you still read this blog :D.

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Love you all!!

-Roosa the adventurer