I'm pretty confused right now with regard to time. I slept about 3 hours on the flight. Arrived here at 11:45 am local time, but it felt like 4:45am for me. It is super sunny yet still about 30 degrees (Fahrenheit :/)
Not knowing German is hard. I wandered aimlessly around the airport looking for signs for the regional train. Paid for a ticket and ended up never using it during my ride to the city. How is it that when you live somewhere, public transit seems so easy, but when you go somewhere else it's like reading hieroglyphics. Either way, I made it to the main train station and found a pretty chill hostel not too far from the center of of the city. Also, it's in the red light district. You don't really feel it though.
I share a room with 5 other people who are all Chinese. I don't speak mandarin and they don't speak English and none of us know German. I think charades will be our common means of communication. They seem very nice. There is a pretty diverse group of young people living here. I've already met a Swedish girl, a Chilean guy, and a group of Russians. The hostel is really cool and has a big lounge with a cafe/bar in it. The reception desk is really more of a bar with a computer. They also host social activities and tours every day so I think I got more than my money's worth. Tonight is trivia night and since I'm a new visitor, they said I'll get a free drink if I attend. If I have one drop I'll probably pass out so we'll see how that goes. I wanna go run around town now. I'll try to post more pictures in the future. Tschuss!
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