This weekend was really good! I feel like I'm finally getting out there and meeting people. I'm bound to stumble into a few lasting friendships the more people I meet.
Friday night I met up with Eddie and some of his coworkers. Even though they work/live in/around Ansbach (40 minutes west of Nürnberg), they were in Nürnberg for a going away dinner. Eddie was kind enough to invite me along. I met up with all of them at the restaurant. We stayed there for a bit until everyone was ready to leave. They all were planning on going to another bar for some more drinks, but Eddie wanted to check out another bar called Rush first. We got ourselves some drinks and then went to sit down, which just so happened to be next to three other Americans. Small world, eh? We chatted with them for awhile before we left to go meet up with his co-workers again. The next bar, Finnegan's, is apparently a hot spot for Americans. I made friends with some cool strangers there (people from places like Ireland, Canada, and Germany) and spent a decent amount of time talking to them. Eddie left a bit early to meet up with a friend back Ansbach, so I stayed out a bit longer with the people I had been talking to.
Saturday was another action packed day. I helped One carve a pumpkin in the morning. HP had never carved a pumpkin before, so I tried to impart my wisdom on them so that they can do it next year when I'm no longer here. The pumpkin turned out really great and I was happy to be doing something from home. That evening I went to a MeetUp event at a Chinese restaurant. I was a little apprehensive in the beginning but I ended up meeting some really cool people. These events are always a little awkward in the beginning because most of us are strangers and the language differences can be difficult. I'd say there were about 25 people there, split between three tables. The six other people at my table were from the US, Germany, India, and Spain. The conversation was flowing almost the entire time and we laughed a lot. Not everyone could speak German well, so we stuck with English. After dinner we all went to a really interesting bar. On the inside it kind of looked like an old theater. I definitely plan on going back sometime. I really hit it off with three people in particular, Simon (Germany), Mike (US/Japan) and Theresa (Germany/US). Dinner started at 6pm and I didn't head home until 12:30am. I don't think any of us had planned on staying out that long. I hope we all can hang out sometime soon.
Sunday was typical for me. I got up and had lunch with the family, skyped with some people, went for a run, had dinner with the family, etc.
Next weekend is Halloween! I'm really excited to see what kind of trouble I can get into, maybe with some of my new friends.
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