Now Thats A First

I went to Brussles to see a good friend from that I played rugby with in the US and his wife who moved there a few months ago for work. I left Paris for Brussels around eleven in the morning on the speed train expecting to arrive an hour and a half later. the weather was kinda nasty but nothing too extreme, a little rain and a little wind. around me sat 2 other backpackers, one from the UK and another from Argentina. Two really sweet girls that i hit it off with very quickly. about 30 minutes away from our destination the train started to slow and came to a halt in the middle of the track with an anouncment that came in four languages stating that the train had stopped... odviously... and that we had a delay of 30 minutes.... no big deal, if everything on my trip went to plan i wouldnt have had nearly as much fun as i am having. but 30 minutes passed and another anouncment came on saying the delay was closer to 2 hours.... nice. then all one of the train opperaters walked through the train speaking in very fast french and everyone seemed pretty angry all of a sudden and we were frantically looking for some to translate what was happening. so through three people we finally got the message that the train had been cancled due to flooding on the tracks and we would have to get off at the next station and take busses into brussels. well we get to the next station and there are no busses but we must go to another terminal and get on city trains one stop and a train there would take us the rest of the way. so one stop later we had 2 more companions, a guy from Chicago and a guy from Amsterdam. so now 5 strong we get off only to be caught in mass confusion in too many different languages to get any information... As we looked for someone to ask what was going on a sweet looking girl came over to us and asked if we were trying to get to brussels, we frantically said yes and she said we must get back on the train and go for a few more stops. now six people strong we got back on the train and found nice seats to take the 30 minute train to another city so that we could finally make it to brussels. we all started to talk and found out that our new companion was a north carolina girl from hikory and that we actually knew some of the same people... small world, i know. so we finally made it to the correct stop and caught the correct train to brussels, our one and a half hour journey turned into 5 hours but in the process we gained a lot more friends and once i found my way in brussels i met up with two of the train crew and we saw all the sights together... that was a first for me. But getting into brussels my friend Va'a and his wife Shinobu picked me up from the train station and with a great sigh of relief i sat in there car happy to not worry where i was or if i was ever going to make it to my destination. for the next few days i saw the beautiful sights of brussels with Va'a, his wife, and my new friends from the train, i tried alot of the belgium specialties including chocolate, beer, waffels, fries, and mussels. I also had the privalege to go to rugby practice in brussels and get smashed by some really great guys that really know their rugby. As the week came to a close we decided to go to Bruges for a day and saw the belfry, alot of the great shops, and the same places that are in the colin ferrel movie "In Bruges".
Early on friday morning i jumped back on the train and headed back to Berlin to hang out with the great friends ive made there. so far weve all been out to the bar together, made nice dinners together, and went dancing together. This past weekend we decided we wanted to go to the hottest club in Berlin called Berghain but saturday night we were just too tired so like any normal people would do we thought it would be perfect to get up on sunday morning and go to the club... at 7:30 in the morning... so we did... we got up at 7:30, got ready, had screwdrivers for breakfast and got to the club around 10 to a pounding beat that you could feel from outside and people actually in line... i knew this was gonna be fun. we got to the door and the bouncers looked at us and he was actually contemplaititng not letting us in.... on a sunday morning.... but we made it in and  started with a few energy drinks to wake us up and began dancing for the next 8 hours to some pounding electro. i saw things i hope to never see again in that place, guys in bondage outfits, girls with shaved heads, and too many other things that im trying to force from my brain. but it was an amazing time and ill never forget it.

Definately a few firsts and i hope a few more soon