*** Disclaimer: Karneval is a celebration in Germany centered on drinking. If you do not want to read the tales of a LEGAL drinker in Europe, then please stop now, or continue reading and don't judge because even kids as young as 15 were participating.
Last weekend one of my roommates and I were lucky enough to attend Karneval in Koln, Germany. We stayed with the family of a boy who exchanged at her high school a few years ago so that we wouldn't have to pay for hostels (they sky rocketed to about 100 euros a night during the festival). Well anyways, right when we got to the train station in Koblenz we met her friend at the terminal and then took off on the next train to Koln. We shared some rum and coke on the train, which was apparently kosher because everyone else was doing it and no one was getting in trouble. Anyways, when we arrived in Koln it was an absolute mess. There were these little shot glasses, hot dog wrappers, and paper everywhere--apparently we were no longer in Kansas, or Koblenz for that matter. We walked around for a few hours taking part in random beer stands along the sidewalks and streets. We had more fun watching everyone else and making fun of the their costumes than anything else. We thought we had been out all day, but in fact got back on the train at only midnight.
The next few days we participated in the celebration in Koblenz rather than Koln because we didn't want to pay for train tickets everyday. We had a great time exploring the countryside and local castles. I wasn't incredibly interested in visiting Germany, but I think that it may have been one of the coolest countries that we have been to yet. Maybe it's because it is so similiar to the most poppin region in the US--the Midwest of course!
Last weekend one of my roommates and I were lucky enough to attend Karneval in Koln, Germany. We stayed with the family of a boy who exchanged at her high school a few years ago so that we wouldn't have to pay for hostels (they sky rocketed to about 100 euros a night during the festival). Well anyways, right when we got to the train station in Koblenz we met her friend at the terminal and then took off on the next train to Koln. We shared some rum and coke on the train, which was apparently kosher because everyone else was doing it and no one was getting in trouble. Anyways, when we arrived in Koln it was an absolute mess. There were these little shot glasses, hot dog wrappers, and paper everywhere--apparently we were no longer in Kansas, or Koblenz for that matter. We walked around for a few hours taking part in random beer stands along the sidewalks and streets. We had more fun watching everyone else and making fun of the their costumes than anything else. We thought we had been out all day, but in fact got back on the train at only midnight.
The next few days we participated in the celebration in Koblenz rather than Koln because we didn't want to pay for train tickets everyday. We had a great time exploring the countryside and local castles. I wasn't incredibly interested in visiting Germany, but I think that it may have been one of the coolest countries that we have been to yet. Maybe it's because it is so similiar to the most poppin region in the US--the Midwest of course!
In hindsight that last sentence was incredibly douchey, so just pretend like it was never written. Also, the reason for the title of this entry is that when you toast you say 'Prost.' If you don't look the person you are cheers-ing with in the eye then you will have seven years of bad sex.
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