Decemer 23, 2009
Germany is cold! Today I am flying to Munchen to meet my family for the beginning of our holiday vacation. I am hanging out at the airport, eating a brotwurst, because that is all they have that is warm and tasty under 3 Euro. It is the 16th Brotwurst I have had in the last 8 days. I go through the security and sit at the gate and a lady starts speaking over the loadspeaker…in german, which I still can’t understand. A guy sees me looking very confused staring into a german-english dictionary and tells me that the roads are icy and the planes can’t land, or take off, and that the plane we were going to fly on has been diverted to another aiport. I smile, and say “Ahh, Danke!” and eat some gummy candy.
Since I have some time, I may as well talk about gummy candy. Gummy candy here in Germany is amazing. Usually, I would consider gummy bears to be for children. Here, gummy candy is akin to a gourmet treat and adults love the gummy candy! The only word in the ingredient list I can understand is Fruchtsaft. “Fruitjuice.” Since I have been overloading on brotwurst instead of fresh produce, I consider my little pack of gummy fruits to be quite healthy.
Four hours later, we land in Munchen. The flight is only an hour. I arrive at the hotel and decide to walk around. Here in Munchen, it is a balmy 40 degrees, and I decide to leave my arctic-polar-goose-down-puffy-marshmallow-coat in the room.
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