A decent sized group of the internationals went to Münster yesterday although we were missing several due to conflicting interests. Some of the students from Poland and Turkey went to Munich for Oktoberfest, Layla (from Iowa) went to Berlin for a few days and then planned to go camping (leave it to the Iowans to come to Europe to camp), and my friend Tammy (also from Iowa) decided at the beginning of this summer that she wanted to do something unusual, something tourists don't do, so she's running the Berlin marathon this weekend. I guess she trained for it this summer and had ran long distance when she was in high school... but ya. I guess I just don't know what to say about that except, "Go Tammy!" (Which translates into: You couldn't pay me to run a marathon). I definitely support her though, in fact, I support her sooo much that I'm her emergency contact. Special. I know.
It's at this point you're wondering why I've spent the last paragraph talking about people who didn't go to Münster instead of Münster. Well... because Münster sucked. The city wasn't bad, and there's definitely a lot worth seeing there... but it rained for a good twenty hours yesterday. Not pleasant. In addition to that I missed my train and had to wait for another one. So I sat outside in the cold and the rain for thirty minutes before I even left Dortmund, then I called Sam when I got there to see where she and the other were, and then it really got messy. They were at "the" church. Well, I went to two and a half (one ended up being just a really pretty, really tall, clock tower) churches before I got to "the" church. The bonus was that I saw far more than a lot of the others did.
A basic summary of my day in Münster:
Get off train. Call Sam. Go to A church. Call Sam. Take pictures of A church. Call Sam. Go to what looks like A church. Realize it's not a church. Call Sam. Get poked with old mans umbrella. Call Sam. Go to A church. Decide that this ones pretty, so take more pictures. Call Sam. Interrupt tourist group by making a loud annoyed phone call to Sam. Find ANOTHER church. Realize it's THE church and find Sam. Go inside, take pictures, walk around church and talk to Sam about her devotion and unwavering belief in science. Go to lunch with Gwendolyn, Sam, Marine, and Vilppu. Plan the rest of the day around the availability of restrooms. Meet up with Kamil and his German friend ____? who lives in Münster. Go to Münster City Museum. See everyone else (as it's a dry, warm and free place to be. Go out for coffee. Go back to train station. Miss train by 3 seconds. Get another thirty-five minutes later. Sit next to a group of ten year old German girls who can't help but stare at you when you speak because in between the Finish guy, the French girl, and the two American girls your with none of them can tell which English speaker is which. Decide Pig Latin is a better alternative.
TAMMY JUST CALLED:
She finished the marathon, all 42 km (26 miles). She said she wishes she would have trained longer and harder (she took the last three weeks off) but she said she feels fine and is going to try to catch an earlier train back since she's starting to get tired (surprise).
Well anyway... that was my non-eventful day in Münster. I do have pictures of the churches though and I'll be sure to post them within the week.
*Side note* Anyone with Skype should shoot me an e-mail letting me know their user ID.
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