tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58086914789957389452024-03-13T06:57:25.843-07:00Dude's Days in Deutschlandaboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-18801475760747087372011-07-26T05:59:00.000-07:002011-07-26T05:59:05.201-07:00Venice, Italy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our Next stop on our amazing trip was Venice, Italy! This has always been one of the places that I have wanted to travel to at some point in my life, and it lived up to the expectations. There isn't very many "big attractions" in Venice. There is San Marco Piazza and the Realto Bridge, but it's true beauty is just in the small canals that run through the island and the amazing views that you can find from seemingly anywhere in the city. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our view out of our window! Pretty sweet right?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How crazy is this? Huge ship cruising through the water.</td></tr>
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Our first day, we decided to just cruise around, wherever our feet could take us. We had quite the long trip that morning so we took a very long nap in the afternoon. Rejuvenated after some rest we got to finally see some of the amazing city!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are just a ton of awesome views like this, you just have to find them!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were several bands getting after it in Saint Mark's square in front of different restaurants. Tons of people gathered around to clap them on which was pretty fun to watch!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the nights we had our own fireworks show, sitting on the edge of the water!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-55076570432746514612011-07-20T08:25:00.000-07:002011-07-20T08:25:10.282-07:00Stockholm, Sweden!<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well it has been an amazing trip. There's no doubt about it! Hilary and I spent 9 days traveling through Europe, seeing some amazing sites, and finally spending some quality time together! </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our first stop on our trip was Stockholm, Sweden! Maybe not the first place that would pop into your head when you think of places you would to go while traveling Europe, but I was sooo happy that we went! Hilary's grandpa was from Sweden, so that was one of the original motivations to go. It ended up being one of my favorite places!</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stockholm is a gorgeous city that is made up of several islands. There are a bunch of historical locations in and around downtown Stockholm, including the old town, called Gamla Stan. The first day that we arrived in Stockholm it was very early in the morning so we had the entire rest of the day to get our bearings. We decided to head into the town and just follow our feet. We found some pretty cool stuff! I'm pretty proud of my pictures taking abilities so hopefully I do these places justice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite parts about Stockholm were the absolutely gorgeous views of the huge, old buildings across the large bodies of water throughout the city</td></tr>
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One Nice thing about Stockholm is that almost everyone there spoke very good English. That was a pleasant change for me and made for an easier transition for Hilary as we began our trip. There were plenty of familiar food and shopping establishments that you might see in the states too. It was interesting to find out that there are plenty of companies that originated in Sweden that Americans use everyday such as Volvo, Ikea, and one I didn't know before I went, Skype!<br />
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One of our favorite stops on our trip had to have been the Icebar in Stockholm. We reserved our stop a month or so in advance to this amazing place. The Icebar is apart of a hotel in Stockholm and is modeled after the hotel made completely of ice that is located in the north of Sweden. The bar is the only "iced" part of the hotel in Stockholm but it is quite the site to see! The temperature is -5 degrees in there, you can only stay in for about 45 minutes and you must wear a large parka which I'm sure you will recognize in the pictures below haha.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our drinks! The cups are made completely out of ICE!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bar (Fun story... The asian woman in the top left of the photo was going crazy and dancing for just about the entire time that we were inside of the bar... so funny. She must have had a drink or two before she got in haha.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet parkas haha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stockholm's City Hall!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Opera House</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Come on dude, put some pants on...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Gamla Stan was definitely Hilary's favorite part of Stockholm, and it was up there on my list as well. It was just a gorgeous area with tall old buildings with quaint shops below along the small tight streets. There was also the royal palace on the island as well which was quite the site to see. We sat across the way from the picture below and had a drink and some pie, just enjoying the evening!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were two or three open squares like this on the island where relaxing at cafés seemed to rule agendas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some traditional swedish garb in Gamla Stan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An example of the nice little streets on the island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Royal Palace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The church inside the palace</td></tr>
</tbody></table>There was also a very sweet area you could go into in the basement of the palace, the treasury. It held a bunch of old artifacts from Swedish royalty like swords, crowns, etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was a theme park that was on a different island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skansen was a large open air museum that housed many traditional types of Swedish housing, tons of Swedish animals and other cool things!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bears, beats, battlestar galactica</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moose!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool Garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the top of the park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw the Vasa Museum which housed a historic ship from a very long time ago, pretty cool stuff</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got a bird on my head, but don't call me a bird head.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So beautiful!</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-92155602718575957622011-07-14T06:54:00.000-07:002011-07-14T06:54:51.829-07:00Lots to Come!So I just arrived back from my trip to Stockholm, Venice, and Rome with my girlfriend Hilary! We had an amazing time seeing some of the most famous and historic places on earth! We were also fortunate enough to see some cool places that aren't on everyone's "must see" list! I have a bunch to share so I will do that as soon as I have a chance! For now here is a little taste of the action...:<br />
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Stay tuned!aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-22897558688135172702011-06-19T17:42:00.000-07:002011-06-19T17:44:23.454-07:00Würzburg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">WThis past weekend most of our little tribe (minus Juice because of his baseball game) traveled to our second stop on the Romantic Road: Würzburg. This is a bigger city that is very pretty in its own right! It was a beautiful river, many churches, and much more. I won't bore you with my typing here for too long I will just let the pictures do the talking, there are some good ones i think! On Saturday night we came and visited Smoke's girlfriend Laura's place. She studies in Würzburg and we had a little shindig in her apartment with some of her friends and roommates. On Sunday we had a traditional Bavarian breakfast and then got to cruise the town with some German guides!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About two blocks from Laura's place<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not the greatest of competition... haha<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The most famous building in Würzburg, the Residence Palace.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entrance, we missed the tour by like ten minutes...</td></tr>
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</div>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-72344962425333555452011-06-18T10:36:00.000-07:002011-06-18T10:36:33.167-07:00Rothen.. wait for it...burg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our friend and fellow Unicorn, Thomas Rauch, decided to bring me, paul, and a few other friends to his home town of Rothenburg. A city included along one of the most famous roads in Germany, the "Romantic Road", Rothenburg has a lot to offer when it comes to historical significance. The old part of the city is completely encompassed by a large stone wall, there are many gorgeous churches, and of course historic german architecture in every building. It ended up being a great trip! I will definitely have to come back and visit again to see more, because I don't think we did it justice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we arrived at Smoke's place we had a great little bbq, with a plethora of different meats and noodles and bread! We went to town til the sun went down on our little shin dig!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once we were done goofing off we headed out on the town to see some of the nightlife! We had a nice little walk through some of the sweet brick wall passage ways and archs, and we even found some authentically clothed people!</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a cool night on the town and then the next day we saw the beautiful city!</div><br />
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</div>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-86537137536843177002011-06-13T14:38:00.000-07:002011-06-13T14:38:00.156-07:00The Return of the BlogSo sorry to keep all my millions of readers waiting for so long... cough cough, ok maybe its only my parents continuously checking it haha, but I have been a little lazy as of late on the Blog-front! There has been quite a bit of excitement in the last few weeks so let me fill you in....<br />
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The Unicorns are still the team to beat in the GFL South Division, as we have now rolled to a 7-0 record, recently defeating one of our usual rivals, the Stuttgart Scorpions. This past Saturday was a big day for us Unicorns, as this was a big test for our team in our quest to win the division. I feel like it was the first coin toss we have won the whole year haha, but we finally got the ball first! And just like Matt Hassleback would have liked to have it, we took the ball and we scored! A quick first drive gave us the early lead, capped by a Walde scoring run. The defense had to bend a little bit but didn't break as Mr. Brenner ripely picked a pass off in the Scorpions end zone to give the ball back to the offense. After a huge gainer by my main man Juice Joslin, it only took a few more plays to put us up by two scores on a Dusty Thornhill run!<br />
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It was all Unicorns for the rest of the half. The defense played great, not allowing a score in both the first and second frames. The Offensive line was playing well, allowing us to throw and run the ball at will against a very shocked Stuttgart defense. Dusty scored several more times, I had a run, and probably my favorite highlight of the weekend was our own Paul Nishisaki caught his first ever touchdown playing football in his life! For those who might not be familiar, Paul plays Defensive Tackle, which is for the most part a tough and thankless position. We have a formation where we put Nish in on the goaline to push some people around and when we called his number on Saturday, he didn't disappoint! He caught a bootleg pass from Macro Ehrenfried in the third quarter to really put a stamp on the Unicorn's victory!<br />
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I was excited to play more than just one drive in the second half this last game, so that was nice for a change. Made it about 3 quarters! The whole team is fired up to continue on this great journey of a season! It was also awesome to see a following of Unicorn fans right at our back the entire game! We had about 300-400 Haller supporters that travled the 50-60 minute drive to watch their team in our important game! I wish I would have got a picture of the crowd!<br />
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In other news, we have been hitting the pool whenever possible, playing massive amounts of cribbage, and trying to do some traveling, while saving money... : / haha. Now that I have regained my blogging powers here is whats up next:<br />
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-I will have a blog and photos up about our trip to Rothenburg, visiting the home of our house Bavarian Thomas "Smoke" Rauch.... gorgeous city!<br />
-Dusty and Justice have traveled to The Bondensee and I will hopefully have coverage of that<br />
-We have a week off this next weekend and we have made tentative plans to visit Würzburg<br />
- I also realize I kind of ditched my "THINK About It" section so I plan to catch up on that!<br />
- I think I will also have a post on the Movies that have interested me as of late, and the TV shows that I have been religiously watching<br />
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Stay Tuned!!aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-79249685920667278962011-05-20T07:04:00.000-07:002011-05-20T07:04:06.894-07:00The Pool<div><br />
</div>So on Wednesday, the sun was out and the heat was on, so the Ami boys decided to head to Schenkenseebad, the local pool. The pool that we had been to was the indoor area. However, on Sunday the outside pool had opened for the summer, and we had to hit it up! The place is really cool. It had two pools, some platforms to jump off of, diving boards, waterslides, etc. The weather was great so that made for a great day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys will be boys</td></tr>
</tbody></table>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-91943242099463846412011-05-15T07:08:00.000-07:002011-05-15T12:11:20.912-07:00Munich Cowboys... Speaking of cowboys... Red Ox anyone?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We showed up at the field several hours before our game against the Munich Cowboys, and it seemed like it was going to be a nice sunny afternoon. The usual pre-game rituals ensued, and as we neared the start of the weather started to change, much to my chagrin. (never actually knew how to spell that word...). Anyways the clouds rolled in and the weather turned a little sour as it began to drizzle. A little rain wouldn't hurt us though, especially me and Nish, we are from the NW... it's an everyday occurrence!<br />
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The game began on defense for the Unicorns, who held fast on their first opportunity. The offense had a few hiccups on our first drive but we showed the resilience we've had all year. After another defensive stop, we drove down, scored, and four more touchdowns later it was half time! Unicorns 38-7. We had two very good drives right before the half was over, scoring twice with less than 2 minutes left. The scores sandwiched a defensive turnover that really gave the momentum to the home team.<br />
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One thing that I was very pleased to see was the coming out party of one roommate: Justice Joslin. The Tennessee boy finally had is break out game and ended up with four touchdown receptions on the afternoon. Of course that was to go along with a bunch of catches and yards. (I don't know what they are exactly it seems to take a while to put them up for the GFL... If you want to check out stats go <a href="http://stats.gfl.info/gfl/2011/confstat.htm">HERE</a>). Also it was fun to play with our new, but experienced, addition to the squad, Dusty Thornhill. Dusty is the returning Non-European player of the year in the GFL and has returned again to do some work in The Hall.<br />
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After having a week off it felt great to finally be back on the field. Some people were actually worried a bit about this game for the fact that three German National Team Unicorns, the Brenner brothers, were absent for the game on saturday. They had to attend a very important wedding of sorts and could not get out of it. (Yes I know some American readers are saying: Whhhattt??). But luckily everyone stepped up as a team and filled those holes. I was very proud of the way some of the backups played in the brother's absence and it just goes to show how deep this team is! For the game recap from the Unicorns go <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.unicorns.de/&ei=J9rPTbqhK4vvsgbSsayiCw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dunicorns.de%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26prmd%3Divns">HERE</a>.<br />
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On another note I would like to give a shout out to all of my Theta Chi brothers who were fortunate enough to attend Red Ox this year, which happened to be on Saturday as well. Of course I am crazy jealous and wish I could have attended! The Unicorns celebrated the win in true Theta Chi style so I can't be to disappointed about that!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wearhouse at Red Ox in 09'</td></tr>
</tbody></table>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-72804324345976569872011-05-09T15:13:00.000-07:002011-05-09T15:13:54.960-07:00Frühlingsfest!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were speeding down the Autobahn at over 120 miles per hour... No looking back... I was at the wheel nervously thinking about who was coming up behind me... Polezei flying past us!........This was how our weekend ended as we escaped from Stuttgart, alive, returning from our trip to Frülingsfest. Why don't we Tarantino this Ish and figure out how we ended up here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We headed out, slightly tarde, from The Hall on Saturday with our bags packed and pockets somewhat full. We were traveling to Stuttgart, via the somewhat back road you could call "highway" 14.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Justice was our chauffer for the duration of the trip</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>We arrived at our friend and teammate Gabi's house as quickly as we could. He lives in a nice little apartment in a suburb of Stuttgart. We went in his appt. for just a little bit and than we hit the trail, towards the festival! We took a train which, at first, was very empty. As we came closer and closer to the festival that crowd got huge, and the train was packed wall to wall with eager passengers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving the train, heading to the festival</td></tr>
</tbody></table>We finally came out of the tunnel and we saw the massive carnival right in front of us! I would describe<br />
the festival as the biggest fair I've ever been too with a very large emphasis on alcohol, especially beer haha. The massive Ferris Wheel was quite a sight as we walked in!<br />
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</tbody></table>We knew that we were too late to get into a tent at that time of day but we had to see for ourselves what the fuss was all about. We came to the first tent and the line was ginormous! Probably a three hour wait time at the minimum to get in, and that means no drinking beer in line if you finish yours already! haha So we decided instead to just walk around, maybe find a spot to sit and drink and enjoy the gorgeous weather! (it was 75 or hotter!). Here is the first tent:<br />
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</tbody></table>We finally found our seat after roaming most of the festival, which took quite a bit! We found several seats at a round table with an umbrella for shade, with some older ladies who look like they knew what they were doing! We had a great time chillin, drinking of course, chatting with our new friends, and fending off other people that were looking for seating!<br />
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</tbody></table>We downed quite a few beers before we had our fill and the day light went away and gave us some night life! Since the tents are almost full at around noon, they actually end up emptying a bit in the later hours of the night. They close at 10 and start having room for anyone around 830 or 9, once the absolutely hammered folks make their way home. Justice and I and our eye on one ride pretty much the whole time we were there. One of those giant swings. So we decided to go on that on the way. After that we went to the tent!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally here outside the tent, still packed!<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So when a lot of us think of a beer festival and these large tents that us Americans have always heard of, we often times think of a place where beer is consumed in large quantities, from large mugs, by people wearing tradition German garb, yelling and singing and having a great time. Well it was exactly that. Absolutely amazing to see so many people standing on benches and singing together and just drinking and having a great time!</span></div></td></tr>
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Overall a great time! We made our way back on the train and were headed back home the next day! Oh yeah about that speeding.... Ok so maybe we weren't being chased by the police but here is a fact: On the way back I got to drive on the Autobahn, and I drove 195 kph which for those metrically impaired is around 120 mph! It was awesome! And we did get passed by a police car once.<br />
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For those thinking about it here is a clip you might enjoy...<br />
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This past Sunday the Unicorns traveled several hours away from The Hall to Plattling, located in the depths on eastern Bavaria. The nice three to four hour bus ride gave us plenty of time to gather ourselves for the battle (and get a little snooze in). We left around 8:30 in the morning, had a pit stop for some grub on the way, and would arrive somewhere around 12:30 if I remember correctly.<br />
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We arrived at the stadium and began our usual pre-game routines at the rather small stadium. Plattling is a smaller team than most as they recently have lost a lot of money I have heard. The Blackhawks suited up somewhere around 25 players for the game!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The game started off on a somewhat positive note for the Unicorns, as we took our first drive down for a score. A few miscues, but we got it done when it needed to be done! The defense got unlucky on their first drive. On fourth down the Blackhawks lined up to punt and their punter decided to fake it by himself and ended up getting the first down. They would eventually score. (I can hear everyone's boooooos). However, the Unicorns came right back with another nice drive resulting in another....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TOUCHDOWN..... UNICORNS.... BRING IT HOME!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the infamous song that the Unicorns play after every touchdown during home games! It is quite entertaining, and of course I love hearing it because that means we've scored! They came up with the song last year for the team, and we've played it since. I figured it was about time to unveil this song to the Uh-Merican Masses since the game wasn't all that entertaining!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Back to the game! We scored three more times in the second quarter and the game was comfortably in the Unicorn's hands, with a 35-7 lead. Also my day was done! 10-16 2 tds through the air and 73 yds rushing with 2 tds was a nice half! Not much action in the third quarter but the Unicorns would add a field goal and a touchdown in the fourth to cap things off!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Our next game has been rescheduled for later on in the season so our next game will be in two weeks against Munich at home!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">UPDATE: A little info about us guarding the Maibaum tree. The tree actually ended up getting cut down the next night!!! We of course could not guard the tree for a second night because of our game the next day so no one else did! Yikes!! hahahahaa</div>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-21291457549489465342011-04-30T10:23:00.000-07:002011-04-30T10:23:52.257-07:00Guarding the MaibaumSo last night after practice our coach came to us Ami's with a proposition. How would we like to make some money? Of course our first reaction and immediate answer was duuuhhh! "So what's the gig?". "How would you like to guard the May Tree?" We had heard about this tradition before but were curious to learn more about it. Basically, for those who do not know, the Maibaum, or May Tree, is a tree that is put up for the celebration of May Day in cities around Germany. It is decorated with ribbons by the townsfolk and is a symbol of pride for the city. It is also somewhat of a tradition to steal other town's May Trees, not unlike stealing a rival's mascot or trophy for a Homecoming Week in the U.S. Check out the wikipedia page on the topic <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maibaum&ei=Veu7Tc7LEoTBswapsqSHBg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3DMaibaum%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DX%26prmd%3Divns">here</a> if you are interested!<br />
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</tbody></table>So to do this service for the town of Schwäbisch Hall, the three amigos would have to stay near this tree in the middle of the city from around Midnight, until the sun rose. Sounds like an adventure to me! So we agreed, of course. 80 euro to split for a night to hang out, sleep in a car, anndd fight off any ninjas that come sneaking in the night? haha. Done deal.<br />
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</tbody></table>We decided to bring as much entertainment as we could so that we didn't get bored. We brought our guitars, the cribbage board and cards, blankets and pillows, some snacks, computer for some music, and a little bit of alcohol to keep us warm! We started our shift by makings some drinks and playing some cribbage, of course yours truly beat Nish by one point on a peg. (Learn about cribbage <a href="http://dudesdaysindeutschland.blogspot.com/2011/03/cribbage.html">here</a>). Then we took some time to swap some stories and eventually we were playing some "Welcome to the Hotel Schwäbisch Hall", making up new lyrics for the old classic Eagles song. At one point an older lady who was very intoxicated came and chatted up Justice for a while. She apparently wanted a ride home in our car haha but we couldn't do that! Luckily there wasn't any group of people carrying chain saws looking to chop down our tree! So our mission was a success!aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-1276492351928165762011-04-26T16:40:00.000-07:002011-06-17T07:26:19.252-07:00First Home Game! vs Wiesbaden PhantomsYesterday we finally had our first home game! It lived up to the hype! There was a record setting crowd there to see the Unicorns take a 33-7 victory over the Wiesbaden Phantoms, a team that is a newcomer to the first league of the GFL. It seemed like the game took forever to get here since we played Berlin last Saturday and didn't play again until the following Monday! This was of course do to the Easter holiday weekend, which they take very seriously here in Germany. That was also to our advantage as Monday was part of everyone's holiday break. No work!? Might as well come out at see the Unicorns dominate!<br />
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The day was meant for the Unicorns right from the get go as we took the opening drive down for a score. After that it was all Schwäbisch Hall! They defense played well and the offense moved the ball with relative ease for the majority of the game. For STATS go <a href="http://stats.gfl.info/gfl/2011/shuwp.htm">here</a>. For the game recap <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.unicorns.de/&ei=7VO3TYypKcrtOeHVnZUP&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dunicorns.de%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26prmd%3Divns">here</a>.<br />
There were also some highlights taken of the game! The video is <a href="http://l-tv.de/webtvplayer/?clipnameid=3151">here</a>!<br />
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After skyping with my parents and Hilary I've felt much better and am back to my normal self (however normal you want to believe that is haha). So still thinking about home and looking for something to do I figure I should give a shout out to my Cat family, doing work back home in Mac town.<br />
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Right now there are some of my favorite people doing work on the playing field of Linfield College. The baseball team is having another great season and is ranked again in the top 10 in the nation. I'm pumped for the boys to get another shot at the world series, as I know they feel that they are capable, as in years past. I was pumped to see my main man Gunnar Cederberg going 4-7 with 2 runs yesterday for the cats. Also my dude Cole Bixenman did work going 4-9 with 3 RBIs and 4 runs, as the Cats came one step closer to another league championship. For the full coverage of the games check out Linfield's site <a href="http://www.linfield.edu/sports/teampage.php?sport=bb">HERE</a>.<br />
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Not only can Linfield play a little pigskin they can also hit some roundball. And if you think I'm repeating myself I'm not talking about the boys. The softball team has been doing work for what seems like forever now. They are demolishing everyone in their path this year and are ready for another deep run in the playoffs! Right now the girls are right where they want to be, in the NWC Championship Game, and in the friendly confines of the Catdome. I've got a strange feeling that they are going to get it done! Check out the tourney info <a href="http://www.linfield.edu/sports/nwctournament.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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Lastly, and of course not the least, a shout out to all the Cats getting up at the butt crack of dawn for spring football! I've been out of the loop a bit but I hear things are going well! The coaches decided this year to have the practices in the morning, nice and early. Thank goodness I got out of their just in time haha. I would love to be out there sweatin' with the boys! I hope all is going well in the Catdome and they are gearing up for another playoff run in the fall!aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-74057012828607846702011-04-21T03:11:00.000-07:002011-04-21T03:11:06.424-07:00The CitySo I know that this is long overdo, but it was an absolutely gorgeous day on Monday. This gave me the idea to take some pictures in the city of some of the beautiful buildings and such. So here they are! This is where I live!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most all of the roads and sidewalks in the city are made like this</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The local discotech, Barfüsser</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The church in the middle of town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A memorial for the Jewish people who's book were burned at this spot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the church, left</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the church, right</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Biggest set of stairs in the city, there are a lot of little tiny passageways like this one</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-27165147965880349212011-04-19T11:19:00.000-07:002011-06-17T07:28:49.323-07:00A Night in Berlin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div> After our big win in Berlin, Nish and I stayed in the city with some of our fellow teammates to see the night life and celebrate! We ended up going to two different clubs, doing some dancing and such with the German boys.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Singing "I've Been Looking Freedom" I believe, oh Hannes..</td></tr>
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</div>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-17811816268294609392011-04-18T06:17:00.000-07:002011-04-18T06:17:12.940-07:00Unicorns Win in Berlin!So we got back from our trip from Berlin yesterday and it was a great weekend! The Unicorns came out with a 34-17 win over a very good Berlin Alder team! If you want to read about the game go <a href="http://www.unicorns.de/cms/index.php?id=44&newsid=1842">here</a> for a recap.<br />
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We left Schwäbisch Hall at 6 pm to head north to begin our trip, and a long trip it would be! Travel time would end up being around 7 hours to and from Berlin including a few pit stops, which for those of you that dont know, is in the north east part of Germany. (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=Schw%C3%A4bisch+hall+to+berlin&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl">Map</a>) I would say its about the equivalent of driving from Mcminnville to Spokane!<br />
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The bus was pretty nice and it was nice to have two seats to ourselves during the whole trip!<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a solid bus ride. Got some sleep in, watched both Seven and 300 for entertainment, while we were riding, and even taught the second Brenner to play some Cribbage. We stopped off in the town of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Delitzsch</span>, where we stayed overnight on Friday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Once we had our walkthrough at 930 am, we hopped on the bus and headed to the big city! It was another hour or two to Berlin unfortunately but we made it finally to the stadium!<br />
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The stadium was nice and big, a place where some of the soccer teams in the city play. It is the largest stadium that we will play in this year, at least during the regular season! Before we started warming up we walked down to a place and got some lunch, as we arrived at the stadium a few hours earlier than we needed to.<br />
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After a couple hours of waiting for the big game we finally got to hit the field, there were only about 1000 fans I would say at the game because football isn't that big in Berlin, soccer still rules all haha. It was a good environment though!<br />
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We started off the game right, by winning the coin toss (I called heads, of course) and we received to begin the game. We had a nice drive that took us down and scored! The defense almost stopped them a few times, but the Alder eventually scored on their first drive too. After a few back and forth drives we put one together and I threw my first TD as a Unicorn in the GFL! It was a simple fade pattern to the big target, Felix Brenner! The Alder kicked a field goal to end the half and it ended at 14-10 Unicorns, with the second half to go. After the break, the defense got a huge stop, and went down and scored again to take control of the game. We didn't let them back in after that. Both teams added scores, the Unicorns added two more, and the Alder one to finish the game with a score of 34-17! Final stats <a href="http://stats.gfl.info/gfl/2011/bashu.htm">HERE!</a><br />
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</tbody></table>I will end this post with that! More about our night (and morning...) in Berlin in a bit!aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-85890328956383847482011-04-07T07:49:00.000-07:002011-04-07T13:05:52.829-07:00Dart Board!As an Ami House, we are really pumped. Today we are putting up our own, tournament official dart board!<br />
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We are very excited because we have developed the itch to play ever since we began watching our good pal Debi compete in his local dart league. We played a game after one of his matches and we have a lot of work to do before we are throwing darts on a grand stage like this one :<br />
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And yes, for all those wondering, this is a picture of a crowd attending a Premiere League Dart Match! Its quite a big deal in Europe, especially in the UK I believe. We are getting some darts and borrowing a power drill so we can start practicing as soon as possible! Darts are actually really fun, and can be a good game to play while having a few beers.<br />
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The standard game that is played in the pros is 501, where you basically count down to zero with the points you accrue during the game. First one to zero wins! You also have to end by hitting a double, which is the outer most ring, so you have to know some adding and subtracting skills (Damn you 6th grade math!!!) The other games you can play are 301, where you start at a lower number obviously, Cutthroat, and Cricket. Cutthroat involves picking numbers and hitting everyone else's numbers. Cricket is my favorite game! You must hit the bulls eye, 20, 19, 18 ,17, 16, and 15 each three times. Once you have done so, you win! Pretty simple! You can find the rules to most of these games and more <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darts">here</a>.<br />
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Watching darts on TV is actually pretty fun! The crowds are nuts, its just a big party. My favorite part of the matches, is when a player gets 180, the highest score you can get in three darts. The crowd and the announcer go nuts!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Gas costs upwards of 8 dollars a gallon over here, and we think we have it bad!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. There are numerous bakeries all over town. They bake all sorts of breads fresh daily and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">each person in the town has their own preferences on their favorite bakery!</div>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-85749469200985357662011-04-04T09:03:00.000-07:002011-04-04T09:03:56.008-07:00Parade!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After our game on saturday, and a late night of drinking with the boys, the Unicorns participated in a parade! The parade was put on for the whole city, celebrating the opening of a shopping mall in the down town of The Hall. It was crazy how many people showed up for the parade, the streets were packed! It was quite the sight to see!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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There was an opportunity for my roomie, Justice Joslin, to have a little fun during the parade. A teammate had mentioned to one of us about a Unicorn costume. Justice heard about this and had to jump on it immediately, of course. I was pleasantly surprised to see how amazing the costume actually was. The pictures will tell the stories best.<br />
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We proceeded to do the ray lewis chant every once in a while during our walk through the town to entertain the crowd, here is the real version. Well we just did the end part.<br />
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</tbody></table> In Germany, you are not allowed to wear screw in cleats. Of course the only kind that i brought were such! I went to the nearby sports supplier with Ziggy and we picked up one of four pairs of soccer cleats that fit me in the store: White pumas with red cats on the side haha. They work for now, but I'm thinking that I will get some football shoes soon!<br />
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</tbody></table> So a sucky part of the game was that two of my roommates, Brian Michitti, and Justice Joslin did not get to play in the game. This happened because there was some screw up in the league offices with their player cards. booooo. Thanks to Justice for getting these pictures for me though!<br />
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Before our game in the morning, us Ami's must make an appearance at the new shopping mall to sign autographs. This should be a very interesting experience! Wish me luck!aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-86157937694027830082011-03-31T16:07:00.000-07:002011-03-31T16:07:44.515-07:00What did you do today? Oh yeah, I set a world record...When I woke up this morning, I really didn't think I was going to change to world. Boy was I wrong. Actually I didn't do much at all, but I did help break a Guinness World Record with those from Schwäbisch Hall! Last night after practice, Coach Gehrke told the team that if they had the time, to come and support the team and help break a world record! There was a new shopping mall area going into The Hall today and to make the opening a grand one, the city decided to break a world record in the process! They had the longest ribbon cutting ceremony in the world! The ribbon was 6.5 km long (which is just over 4 miles!) and everyone from the city helped to hold up the ribbon as they cut it near the shopping area! It made for quite a bit of excitement on an otherwise rainy afternoon!<br />
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Boy my father must be hating my very mediocre photography haha. Oh, and we might have also been on TV. The mayor was getting interviewed after the ceremony and we made numerous attempts at getting ourselves into the cameras view... Picture Bandit!! Shout out to Mickey Inns and Mace's crew moving into their new house and being willed our glorious B pong table! May it serve you well fellas!aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-63750804495876499402011-03-29T11:47:00.000-07:002011-03-29T11:47:12.637-07:00Bike Ride Number One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were riding on the outside of a little community</td></tr>
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Since we have so much free time as Ami's, we were talking on Sunday and decided to plan out our day a little bit more, instead of just being bums until we worked out. So I also decided to document our day, giving you a pretty good tour of where the heck we are at over here, and where we go during the day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We began our day by having Nish pump gas for the second time in his life.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we had some sandwiches at Subw.. (cough)... Mr. Sub!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we headed to the gym to work out at the Reha.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is our main man Pit! Works at the Reha and plays DE for the Unicorns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice pic of the main area</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice little gym where we like to shoot hoops or play indoor soccer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The logo of the Club the Unicorns are affiliated with, TSG. We went to the field to throw the ball around</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside Debi's Pizza, which is at the stadium</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had some chinese food, then decided to make a fire pit in the back yard. Not too shabby.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then a late night Mcdonald's run, check out the giant ketchup package!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-35735177544221161002011-03-27T04:03:00.000-07:002011-03-27T04:16:57.131-07:00Whhhaaaattttt!When I came over here I did not know much about foreign television. I really don't know what I was expecting when I arrived but I don't really think what I thought and what I got were the same. Of course all of the channels that we get on our satellite are in German, not surprising at all. However what did surprise me was that there just was a lack of selection. Not a knock on German culture, just means they probably watch less TV than Amis do. The reason that they have less of a selection is because, like most countries, they don't have something we like to call Hollywood. There just isn't a comparison to in the rest of the world. There are so many things being produced and put out from Hollywood that we almost take it as normal around the world. In fact, as I have said before, most of the sitcoms or dramas or movies that come out over here, are those that have already played in the States. Things are dubbed over, and bits and pieces are changed here and there, then they air over here. This production value is also especially true for sports. As you may know, I love sports and competition. Gunnar and I constantly have sportscenter on the TV. There is nothing like ESPN in Germany. We've only found two or three channels, and they really don't compare!<br />
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</div><div>Which brings me to the point of this post...well two: There just isn't as much material on TV over here as there is in the States..... We have been watching the first full Season of <a href="http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/">Psych</a>!!</div><div><br />
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</div><div> Luckily, my roommates all have found some sort of enjoyment in watching one of my favorite shows of all time. And double luckily, it just happens to be the only DVDs that I brought over from the States, three seasons in fact. If you do not watch or follow Psych here is my own quick synopsis of the show:</div><div><br />
</div><div>Shawn (on the right) is hyper-observent. He notices things that others don't. This added to the fact that his father has trained him, despite his best efforts, to become a detective, give him the ability to figure things out that others cannot. Therefore he acts like he is a psychic-detective. His partner in crime (pun intended?) Gus (left), helps him to solve the cases that they receive from the Santa Barbara Police, drive him around, keep him out of trouble, and resists Shawn's crazy antics. The witty humor throughout the show makes it for me. They are ridiculously funny as a pair, with sarcasm to the max. There is also Shawn's love interest throughout the seasons, Juliet, and the stiff, hardcore lead detective Carlton Lassiter.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I would recommend the show for everyone! It really is quality!<br />
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T.H.I.N.K about it:<br />
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5. They don't have school or college sports in Germany. Almost all sports are done through clubs. For example the Unicorns are affiliated with the TSG club in Schwäbisch Hall. These clubs start sports very young. There are youth teams, junior teams, and of course pro teams. The Unicorns even have a flag football team that competes that is coached by Unicorn players!</div>aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808691478995738945.post-34354502665950405252011-03-25T08:03:00.000-07:002011-03-25T08:03:26.961-07:00BarfüsserOn Wednesday we decided to take a little adventure and head out for the evening after our mid-week practice. Training got done at around 945, we took a quick stop at Debi's (more on Debi later), and then hit the bar about midnight. There is a certain disco-tech here in town called <a href="http://www.barfuesser-disco.de/">Barfüsser</a>. When an Ami first thinks about a disco-tech, they immediately go to a place in their mind that includes the Bee Gees high pitch voices, John Travolta's white suit, and pointing back and forth from your waist to the sky. This however would be less accurate than many would like to think. A disco-tech basically means that it is a dance club of sorts. There is a nice dance floor, several bar areas, two floors, and some seating arrangements. I quite enjoyed the set-up!<br />
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</tbody></table>Now the second interesting fact about places like Barfüsser. German's do not dance like Ami's do... At first it is somewhat of a shock, but after a little while, I seemed to almost enjoy it more than the regular (fill in the blank) american style dancing. Let me go into more detail about German dancing. For one, you rarely see a guy and a girl "grinding" as you so often see in the States. Most all of dancing is, what an Ami might consider, friendly dancing. Just getting after on the dance floor! Second, it is not uncommon for men to be dancing in groups with each other, again just getting after it. At one point in the night Nish and I viewed about 8-10 fellas, huddled together as if they were preparing for the final play in overtime at the super bowl, jumping up and down. Quite the sight I must say! As foreign as it may be, however, it is quite refreshing from the typical bump and grind we see in the States!<br />
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The music is definitely a bit different as well. You will hear all of the classics in one night. On Wednesday, for example, we heard everything from Blue by the Eiffel 65 to Barbie Girl by Aqua to G6 by The Far East Movement. It is a vast selection that does not shy away from the old and gray, the overplayed, and controversial songs we know in the US. You name it, they might play it. And love it.<br />
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So we ended up having quite a good time, finding several of our fellow Unicorns there who proceeded to buy us probably one too many drinks. Bars in Germany also don't close until the wee hours of the morning! We proceeded to close down the place at a mere 4 am (on weekends it is usually 6 am!). We walked back towards the Ami house and found a bakery, where three men were making the next day's bread!!! Blew my mind. We purchased a few croissants and peaced back to the house for some cards until the sun rose! We are off to a place called Mausefalle tonight!<br />
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2. When shopping, you have have to pay one Euro to purchase a shopping cart. You must also pay for any bags that you use. Also many of their beers come in crates that you must pay for, but can return for money.<br />
3. Most German television is sports, news, or dubbed over American TV. They love some of our classics such as Seinfeld, How I Met Your Mother, and many others<br />
4. It is an unwritten rule that you carry a towel in the gym. This towel marks all of your territory and if you do not place it on the machine you are using, it is free game to be used.aboehmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14052783571585433125noreply@blogger.com3