Cirque Du Soleil Verakai

I had seen an ad on the side of a bus or train last week that Cirque Du Soleil was in Munich. I've always wanted to see them live since I was a kid watching them on Canadian TV. So I had been toying with the idea, looking at ticket prices, trying to find other people to go with me... and then my day off came and Lisa convinced me to go by myself. I found out about a special offer for 60% off the best seats so I grabbed my stuff, printed out my e-ticket, got a ride from Hannes to the bahnhof, and was on my way.
After jockeying with school kids to get a seat on the train I made the hour and a half trip to Munich and then took the U-Bahn up to the Olympic Park. I got there early and got an ice cream bar at the ridiculous price of 4 euro(should have read the sign first!) and looked at all the stuff for sale in the gift shop area. Then once they opened the main tent I found my seat in the 5th row(Thanks to the 60% off offer for that) and waited for the show to start. The show was a total of 2 hours long with a half hour intermission in between. I found Youtube videos for some of my favorite acts...

These guys were amazing!


The Russian Swings were my favorite part. I was in awe!


It was totally worth it and I'm so happy I went. It was a dream come true!!
Another show is going to be in Munich again in September and I might have to go then too! :-D

The Volatile Volcano

So I've been getting some questions about how the Iceland Volcano has been impacting my life. So far personally I haven't had any issues. The air is fresh, the sky(other than the rain) is clear, nothing is gray. My roommate and friend went on a trip last week to Scotland and have been stuck there for a week and counting. My mom and brother were supposed to fly to Sweden on Saturday but are still in the States. So people around me have had their plans disrupted. The restaurant that I work at is closing for dinner for a few nights because the occupancy rates have dropped because so many people can't get here. This doesn't really impact me because I usually only work mornings. The only other thing I can think of is that our mail is flown in so we haven't gotten anything new. So that's about that. Life goes on.

New Room!

So I moved yesterday to my new room with Lisa. We now are about 30 steps from the bathroom rather than 3 miles and we have a sink in our room and a balcony! Sweet! We're still arranging things and decorating. Pictures to come soon. So excited! :-)

ok so now that we've made it to Ikea and back, assembled and rearranged the room it's ready. It took me a while to get the pictures up but here they are... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2097658&id=44801562&l=39f3e924c0