Enticing Deutch Odyssey

So, for easter holidays, i spent 5 days in Cuxhaven (the town which coastlines the North Sea) My host parents rudy and tina n younger bro aaron and I were hosted at rudy’s aunt’s (Margita and her husband, Heinz) house with great hospitality. The fisrt day was quite a bore for me, upon arriving till bidding good night, they spent 7 hours non-stop talking. Aaron and I slept at Hidon’s place (Heinz and Margita’s daughter) as there weren’t

Day 2 was starting to get interesting.We walked along the coastline with Uncle Heinz as our tour guide. Visited the Kugelbake. a typical site for Cuxhaven. It stands 30meters tall and is approximately 200 years old. It functioned as a guide to lead the ships thru the North Sea to Hamburg. Later on toured the Cuxhaven town. Was slightly bigger then the nearest town I live to, 50000 inhabitants.. (Its still SOOO puny! But have to be contented lah)

Day 3, went to Helgoland for a day trip, an island located 70 minutes North West from Cuxhaven. Its greatest attraction known to many is the Langen Anna. She is 60 million years old and is on the verge of being washed away by the fierce North Sea. Another attraction is that, at Helogland, things sold there are duty free, cigarettes, alcohol, perfumes are damn cheap, but came back with neither of those.. J Anw, one thing I would like to highlight… the ‘breeze’. Remember making sarcastic jokes that a thin person might be blown away by a ‘breeze’, (don’t laugh) it can happen at Helgoland. I could virtually lean backwards 20 or 25 degrees with the wind coming supporting me from behind and not fall backwards. Likewise for leaning frontwards. Sometimes it took quite some effort to walk frontwards against the wind. NO KIDDING!

Day 4, visited a Fishing museum and toured another coastline in Cuxhaven called Duhnen. And yes, now I can say it loud and proud that ive been IN the north sea. Nope, there isn’t any grammar error with that sentence. The north sea has a specialty which most seas don’t. When low tide happens due to the moon’s gravitational effects, the water goes away as much as 15 km compared to the normal 10 or 15 meters of normal low tides at most beaches. And so, I went INTO the north sea.. haha.. I took a pic too…J Personally, I think the beach in Cuxhaven is nothing really, except for its super low tides. Coz its basically sand and water and when low tide comes, mud (the seabed) and the beach has NO TREE! Not a single one in sight for a very long stretch. (How can u call it a beach when theres no tree?!?) But germans think that its magnificent, the north sea WOAH!! haha.. And we have to pay to sit on the beach! (I wouldn’t pay 3 euros to do that *shakes head*) Cant blame them, haven’t seen better beaches like those frm msia, so makes them think their tree-less beach is the best.. haha In the evening, went for a swim in the swim hall.. Was kinda delighted coz I thought, that would be the BEST place to meet chics *get wat I mean? evil grins* Coz seriously, being here for almost 2 months, I haven’t really seen groups of attractive gals..But wth! There wasn’t any!! Where has all the german chics gone to?!?! Grrrr…haha…

Day 5, visited Bremen after breakfast. It was my first visit to a big city in Germany. Damn cham u noe.. For 6 weeks, being in a town which stores n hot n happening places are no bigger then PJ State (New Town) and which has only 20000 inhabitants. If I go into a pub in my town on a weekend night, it is guaranteed to see at least 10 or more peeps frm my school.. This proves one thing.. THE TOWN IS SUPER PUNY! haha.. Anw, upon arriving, saw Bremen FC fans cheering, and a band playing in support of FC Bayern. Apparently there was a football match later against these two teams..(Bremen won 3 neal) And then visited the town.. ahaha.. So the answer to my previous question, where has all the german chics gone to? Bigger cities..hahaha.. Bremen has approx half a million inhabitants, so its quite reasonable. Visited quite a lot of famous attractions of Bremen. Among them were the Bremen Town Musicians Statue. A children story which I believe is quite familiar to all originated frm Bremen about a donkey, a rooster, a dog and a cat. (Read it here and most of u will go Oh…. http://brementownmusicians.com/en/main ) The Rathaus (sth like the city’s administrative office, 600 years old) and the Statue of Roland (Signifies civic rights, 600 years old) were attractions here are World Heritage Sites by UNSECO. There was also the St Petri Cathedral which if im not mistaken over 1000 years old. Well, walked around the shops too.. Had a range of shops I think catering for mostly the above middle class as goods sold there aren’t cheap at all… some of which can go up to 300 euros for a jacket frm Marc O’Polo, 200 euros for a pair of shoes frm Prada etc.. times the figure by 4.6, u’ll get the price in ringgit.. ;) Walked around and headed home at around 3:30pm..

Overall i had great fun, starting to like Germany.. haha.. Till next time.. :)