** Sorry, this posting is without picture or video. Can be boring, but it is the craziest story ever in my life. even more dramatic than when I lost my plane in Frankfurt in 2007 **
Last summer, I lost my camera - well, actually not mine, but my mother's - and my the most favourite phone because of the SOJU.
I could have found my phone, but the battery died on the day that I was supposed to take, so I had to say a 'forever bye' to my special phone. (It was a limited edition of SAMSUNG!)
Anyway, this bad habit didn't end yet.
# Day 1.
On the day of Rosenmontag (15.02.10), I did costume as Marie Antoinette (believe or not!) and I wanted to be perfect like always (haha) so I made the most stupid choice ever. I brought my small cute white bag, and totally forgot its handle was not okay.
Did I mention on the last posting that we were drinking Vodka in the morning in the train on our way to Mainz?
- You can imagine what happened to a 'little bit' happy drunk girl and with her bag with broken handle. :D
almost after 2 hours we arrived, I recognised that my bag was not on my arm anymore.
It seemed it just had happened almost 15 mins ago. (yes, brilliant huh? I checked the photo from camera and in the last picture I had my bag on my arm.)
We went back to the place we had been, and of course my bag couldn't be there any more.
I was in Chaos, couldn't think anything, and just told people around there that
"Ich habe meine Tasche verloren! haben Sie kleine weisse Tasche gesehen?"
Yes, really to the people I HAVE NO IDEA who they are!
and told them I'll keep calling my phone, so if you found it, just keep it and ANSWER MY PHONE!
My friends asked me whether I wanted to go back to Worms or not.. like that.
Yes it is a disaster.. even from beginning of the day.
Well, maybe I am too CRAZY, positive or stupid enough.
I told them.:
"Well, anyway we can not find my bag here although we're looking everywhere for hours and hours! If I go back to Worms now, I will be depressed ALL DAY LONG. WHATEVER! yes, I'm drunk, I lost my bag! but this is Carnival! Let's ENJOY. At least I still have my camera! ;)"
My lovely, super great friends kept calling to my phone and even left a message to my phone. :D
Yes, of course I lost everything, so I couldn't even get to my home.
One of my friends who was also in Mainz with me till the last. (well, we'd lost each other anyhow haha :D met again in the Worms Hbf.)
So, yes I was homeless from that day.
As soon as I went her home, used her laptop and logged on to facebook and skype.
Firstly, called my mum and told her briefly about the happening, and asked her to lock my credit cards and evertyhing (Yes, it was too late. and in the morning I was too drunk to think about it. stupid girl heh?)
and told a friend on facebook that I lost my things, so please call my phone when he had some time.
# Day 2.
the next morning, when I logged on facebook again, I've got really a good message.
One of my friends (he's so so so great one :P) told me the guy who had got my phone called him and I could get it back from him, and it's Mainz!
He's already in another city, so couldn't come with me. I asked another friend of mine that he could help me or not. I mean whether he could go to Mainz with me.
He's super nice so that could go with me. COOL!
Well, at least I had to go to my house. called my landlord and told him about my bag as well, and in the evening on the same day, he gave me another set of key to go home. Luckily I had not locked my room, so it was fine even though the keys were only for doors of the building.
Things seemed going really really well.
# Day 3.
On Wednesday(17.02.10), which was even better, I met my best Italian travel mate at the station. She lent me some money. I told her about my phone and things, of course having a 'Schoko Croisannt and Kaffee'.
THEN***
I went to Mainz again with another German friend to get my phone. I had address, phone number and the guy's name who had my phone so it was not that difficult to visit him. When we got off the bus I was super excited about getting my phone back!
When we arrived, he was, of course, at home, and SOON he gave my super super phone back!!! Those 2 German guys were talking in German for a while that I barely understood.
It sounded as they were talking about the monday, and talking about me (I'm a exchange student here, lost everything or so... bla bla bla)
That honest man said, well he had nothing to do with iphone, so didn't want to have it. Also, it was found in a train between the seats by his uncle.
Nice people, huh? - but you should read until the end of this posting.
In Korean, we say, 엄청난 반전.
Well, he was so nice that decided to give my phone back, so I had to give him sth.
I gave him a gift card from Kaufhof worth 20 Euros. He didn't want to get it, but I wanted to thank him really, sincerely.
- You will never expect you can get your 'iphone' back even in Korea. huh? really nice person!
My friend told me I looked so happy, and I was, yes, super happy!
Then, we went to the centre of Mainz to find a 'Fundbuero' which keeps stuffs that people has lost. It was long walk, and also fun to see the city after the great party. :D I actually didn't know where he was taking me at first. hahaha
We asked people on the street, but always they say 'go straight!'. Our phrase of that day was, so "immer geradeaus". We even had to ask the police to find the office, and when finally we were there, of course, there was no small white bag in the office.
I knew it because my Italian friend already phoned them, but it worth trying. walking around the city and... . ;) Whatever, it is not an important thing :P
Anyway, after another trip to Mainz, I had to charge the battery of my phone.
Then, I checked the call history.
Hmmmmmm? There were several numbers that I had no idea what they were.
They were not incoming calls so couldn't be my friends.
Outgoing calls during monday morning and afternoon. So, I thought it must be someone who were with the person who picked my bag in Mainz.
There were even some numbers to abroad. I found that it was to Spain, so asked one of my Spanish friend to check it.
She kindly helped me. She called one of those numbers which was German number.
(I couldn't ask her to call to Spain, no way)
What a lucky, the man answered was Spanish.
At first he didn't know what she was talking about.
He called her back later, and she explained again, and he said..... "Si, yes ,I have her bag. but no money."
- Oh, come on, I don't care the money, but my wallet, keys and cards!
** Oh, i didn't mention yet about what were inside of my bag!
of course my super Iphone
2 sets of keys - one for house, and one for the mailbox
a few make-ups
** MY NEW WALLET, a gift from my mum, which was quite expensive. - When I told my mom about this, she asked about the wallet first "Did you bring that wallet??!! Was it also in your that lost bag??"
- Luckily I didn't bring my Passport with me :D
Anyway,
He said Everything was inside and he had it, but no cash. He got my bag from other boys, and they used my credit card already at the gas station.
Also he said,
"if you go to police or like that, then I'm not going to give it to you."
Well, money was also important matter, but the other things were much more.
We didn't need to go to police, if he could give me everything. The money boys already had used was not THAT much, so I was okay with that.
So, we arranged the meeting to get it back. It was a super day.
By the way, when my friend called him, she said
- I had been homeless for ""3 days"" because my keys were in my bag (=couldn't get home!!). and no clothes to change at all staying at her place.
- Because my Korean ID card was also there, ""I would not be able to go back to Korea anymore.""
: I won't say that's are all true or false, but I'm sure you'll know.
I had to celebrate. Who could expect that who could get almost everything that they had lost a few days ago?? It is amazing!
So, I celebrated drinking Vodka (again??!!) and Wine with a friend who came with me to Mainz to find a phone. Very Well Celebrated ;)
Oh, when I told him how I was able to find the man who had my bag, he told me,;
"Syra, I'm going to tell you the truth heard from the man who had my phone"
THE TRUTH?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Story was like this..
He and his uncle, or whoever was/were with him anyhow were able to get my bag, and they decided to divide. one got my phone and the other one got my bag.
Hmm, WOW, Was the man from Mainz really honest then?
they actually really didn't find it in the train, maybe?!
Anyway, he contacted me(actually my friend) first to give it back, so it's honest, right?
# Day 4.
The Spanish girl and another Greek girl went to Bingen with me to find my bag.
When we were there, there was a man with a dog at the station(Oh, that doggy liked me by the way! :P), I thought maybe it's him. and yes, it was him. He gave me the bag, and yes everything was there.
He also told me he used my phone to call to Spain, so if I want the money for the call, he could give me. It was only 1 min or something, so I said it's okay.
My Spanish friend and he was talking in Spanish for a while.
The story was ...
Some boys (not Germans, but from Dominican Republic) got my bag on Monday. They found some money in my wallet (well, it was a lot... :(..) so took it, and sold my bag to this person for 15 or 20 Euros. He didn't understand why they were doing that only for some Euros because in the bag, there were iphone, expensive wallet (maybe they didn't know about it), and some other things). They said there were more money in the wallet, so.. well, yes.
Oh, plus, When I told him(my friend) that the guy who had my bag was Spanish, he told me the uncle of Mainz guy was also Spanish... (You'll see why I mention this..)
# Day 5.
Nothing Special.
# Day 6/7.
Maybe this day? don't remember exactly, but it does not matter.
Anyway, I just checked my bank account on the internet, and checked the record of my credit card use.
***DAMN***
only some Euros at the petrol, the man told me in Bingen. WTH? You such a liar!
There was a clear line that someone used my cards before locked at the DB station for more than 200Euros! WTF!
Well, yes I could bare it, if it was 20 Euros not 200!
and even cash! hahahahahah What should I do?
I thought going to police (well, but didn't want to actually. I hate make things bigger)
So, first I had to know the fact.
I needed to know what happened to my phone, bag and card by time.
With the phone-call records and credit card records, I made a list of a journey of my things.
I found that there was something weird.
The man told me he bought my stuffs from other boys.
I mean,
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1. The boys got my bag
2. They used my credit cards at the petrol.
3. They sold my bag to this man(men)
4. He used my phone to call his mum in Spain.
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This is a brief story that he said.
But, when I compared all the records,
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A. Some one called to Spain with my phone (also some German phones too)
B. Used my credit cards at petrol in the afternoon (Dominican boys?? really?)
C. Used my card again at the station.
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Did you get my point?
I mean according to what he said to us, B should be earlier than A like 2. and then (3) 4.
So, I assumed that he might be with those boys from the first or there were no Dominican boys at all in this story.
I asked my Spanish friend for help again.
I asked her to phone him again and ask him,
(1) When did he get my bag from those boys?
(2) Someone used my credit cards at the station (more than 200 Euros), I'm okay with the money that boys used at petrol, but this is not good. So I have to know.
(3) If he got my bag after 17.00 (or 18.00?), It must be used by those boys, so we want the contact info of them. (He mentioned that he knew their parents or sth like that as far as I remembered)
(4) If he got before that time, then for sure it was by him, so I want my money back from him.
(5) If he gives me the money, that's all clear. If he doesn't want, I will go to the police. I have all the records, information of the guy who gave me the phone back.**
**Oh, about this Mainz guy again,
well, yes he was honest, and really thank to him.
But, When I put up the all the story together, there was only one thing.
That Bingen guy was the uncle of Mainz guy.
HUH?
She could phone him after weekend.
So, # Day 8.
VERY BAD NEWS.
Yap, my friend phoned him ,and told him what I had asked her to ask him.
She said, he had said that
(Well, I can write it, just list it)
1. He would not give me the money back.
2. Those Dominican boys already knew my name, city I live, school, and my number like this.
3. He also got my number, name and even my friend's number, name or so.
4. So, If we're trying to go to police or mention about it again, it's not difficult at all for them to come to our town and find us.
5. Plus, he's from a town in Madrid which is well known as with bad neighbours (aggressive?). He's here to forget about his life there! -> threatening me and my friends?
Yes, he threatened us.
I was too NAIVE.
If he just threatened me, I don't care.. (maybe..)
but I couldn't take a risk that my friends are also involved now!
It's not a little money at all, but what if they really really come here and harm us?
She was really scared, and I had to tell her I wouldn't go to police.
I would not do anything that possibly harmful to her as well. (the revenge or whatever)
Yes, I had to be satisfied with all the stuffs I had got without money.
Well, yes money is just money.
I mean,
Now I have my phone, keys, wallet, all the cards even wallet.
Isn't that enough? - of course it is
I was just upset about him lying to me. Of course, but
Come on stupid man,
Next time, when he wants to make a perfect scenario,
- Erase the records on the phone that you made a call, or talked to your colleagues more how to make your own FAKE story.
Well, Yes this is the story that happened to me.
At least I thank them that they made my whole week not boring. lol
Oh, I'm kind of afraid now what if they found this posting and REVENGE ME! :P
I also don't forget and will never forget the people helped me A LOT A LOT A LOT.
You all are my life savers. ♥
28 February 2010
23 February 2010
Fasching, Der Karneval!
Before coming to Germany, I met some people from Germany in Summer in Seoul.
What a coincidence/What a small world some of them were studying in Mainz or even had studied in Worms!
They told me I had to go to see Carnival in February.
Yop, I was counting the days even since some months ago.
Finally, on 11.02.10 (Donnerstag) THE Carnival in Germany has began.
- 1st Crazy Party in Worms -
I actually did not know that I had to buy a ticket for some events for Carnival opening ceremony or whatever. I saw some posters on the street in Worms, but I didn't look at it carefully.
So, officially, I missed the Opening party for the 'FASCHING', BUT we had also really great our own private party instead.



It was a friend of my friends' place around the school. quite crowded enough for having fun. The theme was love, peace..like that, but some of us had NO IDEA! (nobody told us!!)
Well, but it was Fasching and a party, so what?
as long as we don't ruin the party, nothing is problem.
It was really a crazy and fun party, and met some new cool people.
I was, again, super drunk so finally wanted to delete all night, but anyway, at least
it was really fun with Cocktail drinks (oi oi oi Wodka!!! TANG!)
-2nd A blast in Cologne-
Taking a rest on Friday, Linda and I prepared to go to Cologne, one of the best cities for Carnival in Germany.
Of course I wore a dress I bought from Mainz with a mask.and Lindi was a butterfly.
- Now she knows that I am afraid of butterflies!!! hahahaha
4 hours from Worms to Cologne.
- I think I've been to Cologne only for parties! OH man,
Well, we were not the only one dressed up for Fasching, so was totally okay!
Especially, in the last train from Bingen(Koblenz?) to Cologne, hahaha YES a lot of Crazy people and perfect costume.. just WOW
As soon as we arrived at station, we were super excited, and had to scream!
Surprise, there were bunch of people dancing in the station with drum beat.
Of course we also did!

Simple sushi dinner at station and head to the centre or wherever people are going!
Well, yes we were ther for carnival, but we had no idea where to go!

Linda had some addresses for a few places, and I had a district or place that usually main parties were going on. But it was actually not enough.
Just walked along the street following random people on the street, and then finally we could get to "ZUELPICHER Platz!" That's what we were looking for, YES!
There were a drumming people again, from the station! (maybe?)
yeap, dancing on the street, love it love it.

spent some time there, and you know what?
Even in Kiosk turned into temporal disko! got in to get some beer and other stuffs
and party for short time with others! haha

And we met very nice people who led us for the place we spend whole night!
forgot names..(oops!) but really really it was nice meeting them.
Yeap, nothing really special, but we did a nice fun great super Fasching party in Cologne.

When we were waiting for train back to Worms, I saw some people I also had seen at station when we had just arrived in Cologne! hahahaha we all same!
Arrived in Worms in morning, like 10 am ... and puha.
we looked.....so so so bad! haha but at least it was a blast!
"VIVA COLONIA!!!"
-3rd the CRAZIEST Mainz: FINAL-
A Rosenmontag. The craziest monday ever. most of my friends went to Cologne for the day, but I stayed in Mainz with other friends. Also I already went to Cologne on weekends, so didn't want to go there again.
Linda, Jay, Ana, Dina, Blanca and Laura. Jap, 7 Erasmus people headed to Mainz to rock it!
Linda the prost girl, Laura the Paris Hilton, Ana the no.1 Fan of Paris, Dina and Blanca the Paparazzis, Jay the Security and me the Marie Antoinette. hahahahahahaha

The terrible things happend in Mainz, but it's too long to put here.
I will post about it as a next one. (coming up soon!)
TIP! I lost all of my stuffs except the Camera.
All the people were so crazy, nice and fun.
We were all super drunk ever. - You can try. 1. no breakfast 2. drink Vodka with Juice 3. keep drinking 4. be crazy :P
I will just put some photos of the day instead of writing bla bla bla.









-> this the last photo shows that how drunk I was.. pheww
Well, at last I lost my friend as well, so it was such a panic!
Finally I could come back to Worms, but couldn't get to my home.
So was totally homeless for a day.
Everything went well, from next day..
Well, As I said I'm not going to mention about further things
Because it's too long and too crazy to continue.
The Mainz story is not finished yet :)
ANYWAY,
It was such good days, and FANTASTIC!
I think after coming back to Korea, maybe I will try to come here for the Fasching again! HAHA
What a coincidence/What a small world some of them were studying in Mainz or even had studied in Worms!
They told me I had to go to see Carnival in February.
Yop, I was counting the days even since some months ago.
Finally, on 11.02.10 (Donnerstag) THE Carnival in Germany has began.
- 1st Crazy Party in Worms -
I actually did not know that I had to buy a ticket for some events for Carnival opening ceremony or whatever. I saw some posters on the street in Worms, but I didn't look at it carefully.
So, officially, I missed the Opening party for the 'FASCHING', BUT we had also really great our own private party instead.
It was a friend of my friends' place around the school. quite crowded enough for having fun. The theme was love, peace..like that, but some of us had NO IDEA! (nobody told us!!)
Well, but it was Fasching and a party, so what?
as long as we don't ruin the party, nothing is problem.
It was really a crazy and fun party, and met some new cool people.
I was, again, super drunk so finally wanted to delete all night, but anyway, at least
it was really fun with Cocktail drinks (oi oi oi Wodka!!! TANG!)
-2nd A blast in Cologne-
Taking a rest on Friday, Linda and I prepared to go to Cologne, one of the best cities for Carnival in Germany.
Of course I wore a dress I bought from Mainz with a mask.and Lindi was a butterfly.
- Now she knows that I am afraid of butterflies!!! hahahaha
4 hours from Worms to Cologne.
- I think I've been to Cologne only for parties! OH man,
Well, we were not the only one dressed up for Fasching, so was totally okay!
Especially, in the last train from Bingen(Koblenz?) to Cologne, hahaha YES a lot of Crazy people and perfect costume.. just WOW
As soon as we arrived at station, we were super excited, and had to scream!
Surprise, there were bunch of people dancing in the station with drum beat.
Of course we also did!
Simple sushi dinner at station and head to the centre or wherever people are going!
Well, yes we were ther for carnival, but we had no idea where to go!
Linda had some addresses for a few places, and I had a district or place that usually main parties were going on. But it was actually not enough.
Just walked along the street following random people on the street, and then finally we could get to "ZUELPICHER Platz!" That's what we were looking for, YES!
There were a drumming people again, from the station! (maybe?)
yeap, dancing on the street, love it love it.
spent some time there, and you know what?
Even in Kiosk turned into temporal disko! got in to get some beer and other stuffs
and party for short time with others! haha
And we met very nice people who led us for the place we spend whole night!
forgot names..(oops!) but really really it was nice meeting them.
Yeap, nothing really special, but we did a nice fun great super Fasching party in Cologne.
When we were waiting for train back to Worms, I saw some people I also had seen at station when we had just arrived in Cologne! hahahaha we all same!
Arrived in Worms in morning, like 10 am ... and puha.
we looked.....so so so bad! haha but at least it was a blast!
"VIVA COLONIA!!!"
-3rd the CRAZIEST Mainz: FINAL-
A Rosenmontag. The craziest monday ever. most of my friends went to Cologne for the day, but I stayed in Mainz with other friends. Also I already went to Cologne on weekends, so didn't want to go there again.
Linda, Jay, Ana, Dina, Blanca and Laura. Jap, 7 Erasmus people headed to Mainz to rock it!
Linda the prost girl, Laura the Paris Hilton, Ana the no.1 Fan of Paris, Dina and Blanca the Paparazzis, Jay the Security and me the Marie Antoinette. hahahahahahaha
The terrible things happend in Mainz, but it's too long to put here.
I will post about it as a next one. (coming up soon!)
TIP! I lost all of my stuffs except the Camera.
All the people were so crazy, nice and fun.
We were all super drunk ever. - You can try. 1. no breakfast 2. drink Vodka with Juice 3. keep drinking 4. be crazy :P
I will just put some photos of the day instead of writing bla bla bla.
-> this the last photo shows that how drunk I was.. pheww
Well, at last I lost my friend as well, so it was such a panic!
Finally I could come back to Worms, but couldn't get to my home.
So was totally homeless for a day.
Everything went well, from next day..
Well, As I said I'm not going to mention about further things
Because it's too long and too crazy to continue.
The Mainz story is not finished yet :)
ANYWAY,
It was such good days, and FANTASTIC!
I think after coming back to Korea, maybe I will try to come here for the Fasching again! HAHA
22 February 2010
Mama, Willkommen bei Deutschland! -2-
Part. 2
Day 6 - 7,
After Berlin, we planned another trip far from Worms, which is Basel, Switzerland.
My cousin is living there, and she invited us. It's not that far from Worms, just about 3 hours by train, which is not that bad. It was again my second time to Basel.
We had some time in Mannheim, but could not enjoy shopping at all.
She came to the station to welcome us, and her husband, Christian also came to pick us up. then directly to home for dinner.
She asked us whether we're hungry or not, and mum answered 'not really'. she suddenly shouted 'What?? no!!' hahahaha she wanted us to be hungry as she was! (well, actually we were, a little bit)
The menu was.. Damn, I forgot the name again!!Googled and it is - 'Raclette'
Hmmmmm yummy Yummy ♥
BTW their 2 little kitties are not anymore little kitties but lovely CATS!
I don't have their photos from like 4 months ago, but have the one took it on the day. When I first visited here, they were as small as my hand!

Second day in Basel, we couldn't come up with any idea to do, so decided to do some shopping in centre and go to the gallery, then back to Germany.
It was totally shopping for my brother!
Well, Now he does not need to do shopping for long time!
(well, Should I explain how Korean highschool boys' life is?)

There were 6 people playing some music in front of the department store.
They were actually playing some Carnival music! yes, very soon it's a carnival time!
(will be my next Post ;D)
Well, Baseler Carnival music sounded reather scary..
Christian said, in Basel from 3 or 4 am, they started marching with very calm drum beat... and yes it's really scary..

Yeap, the thing about the day was, we couldn't get to gallery because we were too late.. ( we had to go to the supermarket in Germany!!)
and Christian drove us to Worms!!!!!! How nice!
well, and I had to show my room to my cousin and Christian..which was... 'imagine' :)
Day 8
We wanted to go to Heidelberg, but I had already invited my friends for dinner, so just looked around the city. Oh yes, till day 8, I didn't show the city I am living to my family! ;) shame on me...
They really liked the Cathedral. It is, yes, amazing. =)
Because I told them Worms is super small town and didn't show them at all, they expected really really nothing around. But after some short city tour, mum said 'It is not that small as I expected!' hahahaha well, yes, it is small.
We had Korean Cusine for dinner. I wanted to invite many friends of mine, but had no idea how to organise, so just Linda and Jay came. (really sorry for others, but I really love them ;D )
There were, Kimbap(Korean sushi roll), Kalbi-zzim (Korean gulasch), and Japchae(noddle).. OMG I so loved it. I couldn't have real Korean food for SO LONG!
Day 9, the Final :(
I was so so so stupid and bad that I thought 9(10) days with my family could be too long, but actually it was not!! it was too short, really.
yes, the last day, and their flight back to Korea was in the evening.
Finally, we decided to go to Heidelberg that my mum really really wanted to go.
The view from the Heidelberg castle was really really nice although it was a super cold day ever.

@ Frankfurt Airport
It was a different feeling from when I had left Korea in last August.
Also, the airport was really weird (for me!), so I couldn't even feel that they were going in to the place that I couldn't get in before I took a ticket for the flight.
yes, the 9days were over, and my family went back to their daily life.
When I talked to my mum after she arrived in Seoul, I was really relieved.
It was a super short 9 days with family in Germany.
And I am so so glad that they really liked it.
Yes mom, this is a great place, so don't worry. I'm doing great still.
Day 6 - 7,
After Berlin, we planned another trip far from Worms, which is Basel, Switzerland.
My cousin is living there, and she invited us. It's not that far from Worms, just about 3 hours by train, which is not that bad. It was again my second time to Basel.
We had some time in Mannheim, but could not enjoy shopping at all.
She came to the station to welcome us, and her husband, Christian also came to pick us up. then directly to home for dinner.
She asked us whether we're hungry or not, and mum answered 'not really'. she suddenly shouted 'What?? no!!' hahahaha she wanted us to be hungry as she was! (well, actually we were, a little bit)
The menu was.. Damn, I forgot the name again!!Googled and it is - 'Raclette'
Hmmmmm yummy Yummy ♥
BTW their 2 little kitties are not anymore little kitties but lovely CATS!
I don't have their photos from like 4 months ago, but have the one took it on the day. When I first visited here, they were as small as my hand!
Second day in Basel, we couldn't come up with any idea to do, so decided to do some shopping in centre and go to the gallery, then back to Germany.
It was totally shopping for my brother!
Well, Now he does not need to do shopping for long time!
(well, Should I explain how Korean highschool boys' life is?)
There were 6 people playing some music in front of the department store.
They were actually playing some Carnival music! yes, very soon it's a carnival time!
(will be my next Post ;D)
Well, Baseler Carnival music sounded reather scary..
Christian said, in Basel from 3 or 4 am, they started marching with very calm drum beat... and yes it's really scary..
Yeap, the thing about the day was, we couldn't get to gallery because we were too late.. ( we had to go to the supermarket in Germany!!)
and Christian drove us to Worms!!!!!! How nice!
well, and I had to show my room to my cousin and Christian..which was... 'imagine' :)
Day 8
We wanted to go to Heidelberg, but I had already invited my friends for dinner, so just looked around the city. Oh yes, till day 8, I didn't show the city I am living to my family! ;) shame on me...
They really liked the Cathedral. It is, yes, amazing. =)
Because I told them Worms is super small town and didn't show them at all, they expected really really nothing around. But after some short city tour, mum said 'It is not that small as I expected!' hahahaha well, yes, it is small.
We had Korean Cusine for dinner. I wanted to invite many friends of mine, but had no idea how to organise, so just Linda and Jay came. (really sorry for others, but I really love them ;D )
There were, Kimbap(Korean sushi roll), Kalbi-zzim (Korean gulasch), and Japchae(noddle).. OMG I so loved it. I couldn't have real Korean food for SO LONG!
Day 9, the Final :(
I was so so so stupid and bad that I thought 9(10) days with my family could be too long, but actually it was not!! it was too short, really.
yes, the last day, and their flight back to Korea was in the evening.
Finally, we decided to go to Heidelberg that my mum really really wanted to go.
The view from the Heidelberg castle was really really nice although it was a super cold day ever.
@ Frankfurt Airport
It was a different feeling from when I had left Korea in last August.
Also, the airport was really weird (for me!), so I couldn't even feel that they were going in to the place that I couldn't get in before I took a ticket for the flight.
yes, the 9days were over, and my family went back to their daily life.
When I talked to my mum after she arrived in Seoul, I was really relieved.
It was a super short 9 days with family in Germany.
And I am so so glad that they really liked it.
Yes mom, this is a great place, so don't worry. I'm doing great still.
17 February 2010
Mama, Willkommen bei Deutschland!
Right after my first final exam in Germany, my mum and brother visited me for about 10 days.
Well, I had been waiting for them so bad because I missed them so much, but to be honest, at some point, I hope the trip would be better if it's shorter..
well, that thought finally changed that it should have been longer!
This time, I had to be in time at the airport to pick them up.
I know I usually am late when I was supposed to pick up in Seoul, but it's different here.
They do not have mobile here, no knowledge of language.
and I made it. =)
firstly, I was so happy to see my mum,it was lovely. oh, and my brother.
secondly, yes there were a lot of things for me.
Not only my clothes, but also new things and food from Korea. "SUPER"
- For food and dirnks, I already finished more than half of them, so have no photos. schade.
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The whole journey was
1. Mainz (31/01)
2. Berlin (01/02 - 04/02)
3. Basel, Schweiz (05/02 - 06/02)
4. Worms : FINALLY! (07/02)
5. Heidelberg (08/02)
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1. Mainz
It was really pity that the first day for the trip was Sunday, and here in Germany everything's closed on Sunday!
We just looked around the Mainz Dom, City centre... etc.
Luckily one shop was just open and it was because of Carnival.
AND I'd got really nice costume for Carnival! SUPER GREAT

I will post photos from Carnival with the costume later. ;)
Well, yes, there was actually nothing really special happened on the day.
only, my mom really loved Doener Kebap. hahahaha
2. Berlin for 4 days.
When we were planning for this trips, they wanted to go to Munich for beer.(of course not only for beer) But I strongly recommended them to go to Berlin instead.
(1) It's capital city!
(2) well, yes I couldn't finish museum tour or whatever in Berlin last time, so I really wanted to go there again! and it's perfect chance!
Hostel was really great. Staffs were super nice.
Facility = perfectly clean. very warm. Free Wi-fi.
Breakfast was in cafe downstairs and not free but it was rather cosy and nice although the cafe was super small.
First day was not really important - oh, well, I met one of my friends from school and she was also heading to Berlin. Believe or not, our flight was same :P
yeap, Second day, we'd done the 'Free-Walking-Tour, Berlin' I had already done this tour in Dublin and it was okay. It's good to know the back ground of places, and FREE. so what's more you need? hehe
We'd been walking almost 5 hours visiting almost all the main spots in Berlin.
Our guide 'Maria' was awesome. She knows how to tell the story.:oh yes, she said that she studied ACT. haha

BTW the guy in black Jacket in the pic..He was super bonito :P - and saw him again the next day! MUAK
Although we walked around the city almost 5 hours, we couldn't go back to Hostel.
So, next destination -> Deutsches Historisches Museum
: When I came to Berlin for the first time with the Sommersprachkurs people, I missed it because I thought it was TOO boring, but it was found that totally MISTAKE!!
Now I understand why my friends told me that 4-5 hours in the museum was not enough to look around all.
Then, walked to the 'brandenburger tor' to go to 'Reichstag (hmm don't know how to call it in English.. Wikipedia says it is 'parliament of the German Empire') to see a night view of Berlin city.


The Third Day,
to the East Side Gallery. In September I came here with Soo, and the Wall was not yet filled with the paintings. I mean it was not finished yet.
But this time, it was full. How nice!
I remembered that there were even some continuous paintings to the ground, but because of snow couldn't see them again.
ANYWAY, it was really nice walking along the wall, and the weather was perfect.

- Question,
Have you ever expect that you could bump into someone you know in one of the biggest city coincidently?
After walking, we went to Ostbahnhof chilling out with some icecream and nice coffe and lemon juice...
Then, we were looking for U-bahn or S-bahn to go to centre again, and I saw someone I might know, PATRICK! He came to my university in Korea for summer school. He told me he would also be in Berlin for a few days so maybe we could meet up, but not in this way! What a surprise!! It was really a KRASS. never expected.
Well, the third day's finale was with Pergamon museum, neues museum and Alte Nationale Galerie. Well, I am too lazy to write all about things, so will not mention about it, but only thing...
"Pergamon museum is THE BEST. It is AWESOME" - I can spend the whole day there.

Oh, the special dinner were Eisbein, 1Mass Bier, Weisswurst and Sparelibs.
DAY 4, the last day in BERLIN.
Our flight was in the afternoon, but we didn't have enough time to go somewhere else to do sightseeing. So decided to just walk along the shopping district, but with boutiques. Oho.
Just looking the products, dreaming about it. hahahahahaha
But, guess what, sometimes dream comes true.
Well, all of sudden, my mum wanted to buy a bag from a shop there (Y). Well, yes it is A super expensive store even though I like the design, and I know my mum is not a person who can easily buy those stuffs. She said if it's less than some euros (well, some a lot though.. pheww) she could buy it! I couldn't really believe what she was saying, and thought it was joking. We went into check it, and, yeap, she bought it.
she even bought a red wallet for me. WOW
Well, I was really shocked actually about my mum's that shopping. but yes, she never spent money for her. always for me or my brother. she had not bought new clothes for several, more than several years. She deserves it.
And the thing I knew from that time, : 'She is also a woman. She also wants nice things. She likes also shopping. Who can blame her?'

And the simple lunch at the station right before going to the airport :)

Again, and,
Hallo Worms!
You know what?
on the first day we came to Berlin, I said that I met one of my friends at the station in Worms and we had same flight.
She had the same flight again with us to go back to Worms!
Nice huh? ;)
Well, I had been waiting for them so bad because I missed them so much, but to be honest, at some point, I hope the trip would be better if it's shorter..
well, that thought finally changed that it should have been longer!
This time, I had to be in time at the airport to pick them up.
I know I usually am late when I was supposed to pick up in Seoul, but it's different here.
They do not have mobile here, no knowledge of language.
and I made it. =)
firstly, I was so happy to see my mum,it was lovely. oh, and my brother.
secondly, yes there were a lot of things for me.
Not only my clothes, but also new things and food from Korea. "SUPER"
- For food and dirnks, I already finished more than half of them, so have no photos. schade.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The whole journey was
1. Mainz (31/01)
2. Berlin (01/02 - 04/02)
3. Basel, Schweiz (05/02 - 06/02)
4. Worms : FINALLY! (07/02)
5. Heidelberg (08/02)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Mainz
It was really pity that the first day for the trip was Sunday, and here in Germany everything's closed on Sunday!
We just looked around the Mainz Dom, City centre... etc.
Luckily one shop was just open and it was because of Carnival.
AND I'd got really nice costume for Carnival! SUPER GREAT
I will post photos from Carnival with the costume later. ;)
Well, yes, there was actually nothing really special happened on the day.
only, my mom really loved Doener Kebap. hahahaha
2. Berlin for 4 days.
When we were planning for this trips, they wanted to go to Munich for beer.(of course not only for beer) But I strongly recommended them to go to Berlin instead.
(1) It's capital city!
(2) well, yes I couldn't finish museum tour or whatever in Berlin last time, so I really wanted to go there again! and it's perfect chance!
Hostel was really great. Staffs were super nice.
Facility = perfectly clean. very warm. Free Wi-fi.
Breakfast was in cafe downstairs and not free but it was rather cosy and nice although the cafe was super small.
First day was not really important - oh, well, I met one of my friends from school and she was also heading to Berlin. Believe or not, our flight was same :P
yeap, Second day, we'd done the 'Free-Walking-Tour, Berlin' I had already done this tour in Dublin and it was okay. It's good to know the back ground of places, and FREE. so what's more you need? hehe
We'd been walking almost 5 hours visiting almost all the main spots in Berlin.
Our guide 'Maria' was awesome. She knows how to tell the story.:oh yes, she said that she studied ACT. haha
BTW the guy in black Jacket in the pic..He was super bonito :P - and saw him again the next day! MUAK
Although we walked around the city almost 5 hours, we couldn't go back to Hostel.
So, next destination -> Deutsches Historisches Museum
: When I came to Berlin for the first time with the Sommersprachkurs people, I missed it because I thought it was TOO boring, but it was found that totally MISTAKE!!
Now I understand why my friends told me that 4-5 hours in the museum was not enough to look around all.
Then, walked to the 'brandenburger tor' to go to 'Reichstag (hmm don't know how to call it in English.. Wikipedia says it is 'parliament of the German Empire') to see a night view of Berlin city.
The Third Day,
to the East Side Gallery. In September I came here with Soo, and the Wall was not yet filled with the paintings. I mean it was not finished yet.
But this time, it was full. How nice!
I remembered that there were even some continuous paintings to the ground, but because of snow couldn't see them again.
ANYWAY, it was really nice walking along the wall, and the weather was perfect.
- Question,
Have you ever expect that you could bump into someone you know in one of the biggest city coincidently?
After walking, we went to Ostbahnhof chilling out with some icecream and nice coffe and lemon juice...
Then, we were looking for U-bahn or S-bahn to go to centre again, and I saw someone I might know, PATRICK! He came to my university in Korea for summer school. He told me he would also be in Berlin for a few days so maybe we could meet up, but not in this way! What a surprise!! It was really a KRASS. never expected.
Well, the third day's finale was with Pergamon museum, neues museum and Alte Nationale Galerie. Well, I am too lazy to write all about things, so will not mention about it, but only thing...
"Pergamon museum is THE BEST. It is AWESOME" - I can spend the whole day there.
Oh, the special dinner were Eisbein, 1Mass Bier, Weisswurst and Sparelibs.
DAY 4, the last day in BERLIN.
Our flight was in the afternoon, but we didn't have enough time to go somewhere else to do sightseeing. So decided to just walk along the shopping district, but with boutiques. Oho.
Just looking the products, dreaming about it. hahahahahaha
But, guess what, sometimes dream comes true.
Well, all of sudden, my mum wanted to buy a bag from a shop there (Y). Well, yes it is A super expensive store even though I like the design, and I know my mum is not a person who can easily buy those stuffs. She said if it's less than some euros (well, some a lot though.. pheww) she could buy it! I couldn't really believe what she was saying, and thought it was joking. We went into check it, and, yeap, she bought it.
she even bought a red wallet for me. WOW
Well, I was really shocked actually about my mum's that shopping. but yes, she never spent money for her. always for me or my brother. she had not bought new clothes for several, more than several years. She deserves it.
And the thing I knew from that time, : 'She is also a woman. She also wants nice things. She likes also shopping. Who can blame her?'
And the simple lunch at the station right before going to the airport :)
Again, and,
Hallo Worms!
You know what?
on the first day we came to Berlin, I said that I met one of my friends at the station in Worms and we had same flight.
She had the same flight again with us to go back to Worms!
Nice huh? ;)