In Germany!!!!

Well, I'm going to start writing my Germany story here. I'm still here for a few days but the past two days have been very eventful.

It all starts out on Halloween. The day before that, we had found out that Oma (grandma) died. That's a long story in itself, which I don't wanna go into detail. So, anyways, my dad needed to come over to Germany for the funeral. Germans don't embalm their dead, so the funerals can't be held two weeks after a person dies. :) So, my dad orders 2 express tickets to Germany. One for him and one for my mom. Well, it turns out that my mums passport had expired, by 6 months. After calling ALL OVER, there was nothing we could do to get it 'unexpired'. Instead of wasting the outrageous amounts of money my dad spent on the ticket, we payed a little bit more to have the name on it changed to mine. So there I was, on Hallow's Eve, knowing the next day, I'd be flying to Germany.

I got some sleep, and woke up the next morning. After saxing our goodbyes, my dad and I left for the airport. Not much happened there, we had a lot of waiting. Although, Elizabeth Smart's mom sat next to me in the terminal. Dad didn't notify me until she left. :) We flew and flew, until we hit Newark, New Jersey. We were to get our connecting flight from there. We had a few hours though, so we ate at a steakhouse. They were pretty proud of their steaks. $48 for their most expensive one. I didn't get that one, but rather the 10 oz. Filet Minion, order to 'Medium Rare.' About 45 minutes later it finally came out. As I ate it, it got redder and redder, and it was raw when I got to the middle. I guess Medium Rare is different in New Jersey. I'd have to say though, that it was the best steak I've ever had in my life!! We then left and flew to Frankfurt. The flight was long, and that's all I'm gonna say.

We finally landed, and waited for about an hour for our luggage to come. Well, maybe not that long, but it seemed like it. After that, we went to our rent-a-car place and picked up the BMW that my dad rented. It was p-h-a-t PHAT! We threw everything in, and hit the autobahn. You have to realize, driving on the autobahn is so cool, especially with a native driver. I think on the drive to Kappel-Grafenhausen, we hit at least 170 MPH, it was something like 260 KPH. We even got a speeding ticket. Before we went to my dads house, we stopped in this trucker restrauant, and ate some really good quality German food. Once again, delish! Then we drove to his house.

Everyone was glad to see us, and we were glad to see them. My uncles Rik and Kai were there. Ben would come later that night and so would Marc. So we chilled at the house, and then went shopping in Frieburg for a new suit for Kai. He needed one for the funeral. Then they planned the funeral, while I talked on MSN 'till Midnight.

Today was different. This morning was really busy:getting ready for the funeral, playing with Rik's ugly cats, etc. Then we got dressed and went to the funeral. It was about an hour long, and there were tons of people there. More than the family expected too. I didn't really understand the talks, but somehow I got the gist of it. Then came time for the burial. But of course the casket had to be moved. I am honored to say that I was one of the bearers. I feel very lucky to be one, because it was my dad, his 4 brothers and me carrying it. We then placed her, and they (my uncles and dad) lowered her down. Its a lot harder to lower your own mother down, but I admire them for it. Everyone then proceeded to throw a flower in the hole, and take a little shovel and sprinkle a little bit of the burial dirt on the casket. That was sometime I'd never seen before, but I'll never forget it. Then a whole ton of people talked to me, and just said some things. Then we went out to dinner. The whole family was there. This is where is started to meet some of my cousins. I re-met little Anna and Lucas, who are so big now. But even more, I got to meet MiLou, and Little Nel. I played games with both of them, although Nel liked to talk more and play a lot more. I think it has to do with the fact that she is a bit older than MiLou. She looked really sad when we had to leave the restrauant and she had to go home.

So yeah, that's the story up to now. Well, the condensed story. It'd be A LOT longer had I told you everything. I'll write what happens tomorrow and Sunday later okay? Greetings from Germany!

Bye!