oh frankfurt...

so. hung. over.
here i thought that it might be a quiet first night, i'd catch up on some sleep and take it easy... little did i know that would be the exact opposite of real life...

as i got into my bed for a late afternoon nap, i was greeted by a roommate in my 6 bed dorm... mika, 30, is a polish-born new yorker; she had recently been traveling through asia... minutes later, roomie number two -- pavle, 26, is a croatian-born scotland dweller; he is in town on business and taking the weekend for pleasure... next thing i knew pavle and i were grabbing grub from the grocery store and promptly heading back to the hostel to crack a bottle of wine... another bottle... trivia night in the hostel -- our team name: fat kids always win at seesaw...

the wine kept pouring and then i, in good form, busted out the jager bombs... it had to happen... repeat, had to... when i bought the red bull at the bar in the hostel of course i ran into two girls from my hometown, of course... c'mon -- in the middle of f-ing frankfurt... we drunkenly yelled to each other about the mutual friends we have and sure enough they party at the bar i used to work at on the regular...

with just enough booze in our systems and the clock hitting midnight, it was clearly time to hit a club... a short and twisted cab ride later, with the most playful and sarcastic cabbie of life, and we were at some indie music club... it was tiny -- i'm talking the size of someone's living room kind style... dimly lit and crawling with great looking people... i went to the bathroom and asked if this was actually the place to be, to which all the girls confirmed... sure enough we gave it about 20 minutes and the place was jumping... great music, everyone dancing, drinks, drinks, drinks...

we booked it out of there by about 3:00 and i honestly couldn't believe i was still walking... (reminder: i had not slept a real sleep in about two days at this point... or something like two days -- i am living in the future, so i'm not sure) back to the hostel for more unnecessary drinks and watching the strange "red light district" crowd light it up along the street... in bed by 4:00... up by 8:00 for breakfast this morning... i am officially running on empty mixed with awesome... i've just booked out of my hostel, using mika's computer and popping ibuprofen... i'll get to munich sooner or later...