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one girl's international adventures

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Last Chance at Singledom

For those of you who don't know, our friends Thomas' and Jeannette's wedding is just two weeks away! That in mind, both bride and groom were ready to start partying single-style.
The boys spent a day sight-seeing, wine-tasting and finally beer-drinking at Mannheim's Broker's Inn - a pub with a stock market theme. My boyfriend's umcommon level of intoxication when I arrived home told me that they enjoyed their time thoroughly. And Thomas, the groom, more than succeeded in his bachelor assignment: to receive a kiss and an autograph from a girl of every letter of the alphabet; he ended up with more than 50 signatures on his ABC shirt! Some of the boys even crashed in our barren livingroom (still couchless; don't even get me started on that B.S.!!) which gave me a great opportunity to get to know them a bit better and to get even more excited about the castle-weekend wedding at the end of the month!
I met the ladies in Heidelberg where we began our day by taking a boat cruise up and down the Neckar along the city. The scenery was fabulous and the onboard commentary was offered in both German and English! After several stops to eat and shop, about 3 hilarious run-ins with various bachelor party groups that were also celebrating in the city, (like the guy here, from who I bought a kiss for our bachelorette) a sit-in for a portrait, (we had an artist do characatures of us) we ended up at a very crowded "U-30" (Ueber/Over) party. These parties are famous in Germany and intended for the more mature crowd who aren't interested in meat markets and sloppy-drunk 18-year-olds. Apparently the only entrance requirement is that one must dance like a complete lunatic - we had some good laughs at some "interesting characters" we spotted on the dance floor. Just like the good ole days!
By the end of a great day, I was worn off my feet, but so happy for the girl-time. Thanks to Nicole for planning our day - I know it was a tiresome and stressful job - and all the best to Jeannette in her last weeks as a single lady!

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