That's My Middle Name, Danger *wink*

Halli Hallo!

Today we country hopped. Unlike bar hopping, it involved more train rides and more languages, but just like bar hopping, it involved a lot of peeing and required no passports. We went to the Netherlands!!! 

But, before we got there, we stopped in Aachen, a quaint little town by the border of Germany and the Netherlands. On the train there, Kara thought she struck gold when she saw a closed bottle of beer on the shelf above our heads on the train. Zia found out the hard way that there were only, in fact, a few drops of beer left in the bottle. They ended up on Zia's pants, but this time it wasn't her fault! #westillloveyouKara #Ziasjusthappyitwasnther

After that, we spent a good hour reminiscing about stories involving throwing food, soda explosions, and weird sister sleeping stories. #youlearnnewthingseveryday #cryingoflaughter #everysingledayforIdalia #Americansareloud #dontworrywewereinthetalkingcompartmentonthetrain

When we got to Aachen, we walked around and saw some sweet statues, checked out a chocolate and cookie store (one of the few stores actually open on a Sunday #religiousGermany #stillneedthatchocolate), and saw the main attraction of Aachen: the holiest church with the most beautiful and not too over-the-top mosaics. As we were walking out, we noticed the light coming through the window and our lives changed forever. 

#soakinupthesun #HOWISTHISREALLIFE?!

On the way back to the train station, we ran into these bad boys chillin' on this fountain. They asked us if we could join them and we soon each saw ourselves in one of them. We became one with the fountain. 

#temporaryexhibition #limitededition #wishitcouldbepermanent

The second train ride of the day was just as eventful as the first. Our favorite quote was "mistletoe is the opposite of consent!" -Idalia Rose Bamert, who looked like a couch from the 1970s today. #goldvelvetshirt #checkitoutinthelastpic

Sophia cleverly added in that mistletoe is the opposite of consent in biology too since it's a parasite of trees, slowing sucking their life juices out of them (even though they look like disco balls in trees). #partynotparty

["Are you adding my joke about the mistletoe?! WOO!" -S Bamert]

Another highlight of the second train adventure was seeing a man wearing, we kid you not, wooden clogs. #inthenetherlands

Zia is a doll and Idalia is homeless

We spent the second half of our day in Roermond, a town in the Netherlands that none of us knew anything about, but ended up being the best city in the world. It had a church, a river, a cafe, and a gazebo (like the one in Stars Hallow #whaddupgilmoregirlsfans), what more could four American tourists ask for?! 

We like columns 

Not only is Dutch a sweet combination of German and English (and casually uses double a's in many words), we found the Netherlands to be a relaxed and welcoming environment, with really yummy peanut butter too! #oneuppedGermanyonthatfront #favoritenewcountry #butactually #westillloveyoutooGermany

We were able to cross off another thing on our bucket list (and Kara and Sophia's Germany bucket list too) on our last train ride of the day: TRAIN BEERS! You see, in Germany, you can drink ANYWHERE. On the street, on your way to work, riding your bike, and even on the train!

#mostlovingprostever #eyecontactiskey

We got back to Sophia's jank apartment and (kind of) collectively made the most dank fried rice ever. #Englishwordsoftheday 

It featured 1 Euro fresh tofu from an Asian market nearby. 'Twas insanely delicious. 

Tomorrow's our last day in da big MG! We'll try to pack in as much ridiculous German TV as possible. 

Less than one week left of blog posts! #cryingourselvestosleep #weknowyouaretoo

Love your sentimental bloggers,

Zidalia

Word of the Day:

fremdschämen = to be embarrassed by your friend(s)

Einer Freund Idalia's hat ein Wort auf English erfunden. Das Wort ist "yully" und man kann "to be yulled out" auch sagen. Aber, Deutschen haben eines Wort mit der gleicher Bedeutung wie "yully" schon erfunden. Das Verb ist "fremdschämen." Wir finden, dass das Verb sehr praktisch ist und wir brauchen es jeder Tag. Danke Deutschland!