Our last day it was pouring rain and it being a Sunday in Europe, nothing was open. We lucked out and found a traditional German restaurant. It was a bit pricy, but it was our last day with Dalton and Colin so we didn't care. I ordered the potato soup and Frankfurt plate thinking the soup would just be a small bowl. Nope, it was a large bowl almost as good as my moms. My main course was three kinds of sausage with potato salad. These dishes along with some German beer left me more than full. But my shit head companions convinced me to order desert along with them. I orders the waffle with cherries and vanilla ice cream. I figured it would be one waffle. Wrong again it was four. So here I sat bursting at the seams looking like some tub of shit American. Everything was delicious but my stomach hated me. We tried going to the only English language theatre in Germany, but they didn't have a film in English that day.
We left in the morning to fly to Bangkok, once again we had some trouble at the airport. We had a flight into Bangkok but no flight out. This as it turns out is a fairly recent rule, so we had to vacate our spot in line and book a flight with a discount airline. It ended being twice as expensive than if we had just booked one ourselves but we couldn't get wifi in the airport. Everything worked out ok and we took off to Abu Dhabi. The customs officers in Germany were the friendliest I've ever encountered. We told the man about our travels and he seemed excited for us and wished us well. Our flight to Abu Dhabi was great, the plane was only 1/2 full, the selection of movies was awesome. They even had video games. The food was excellent (even for airline food), and free liquor! I watched two movies but fell asleep during both endings and never found out how they concluded. We landed in Abu Dhabi with just enough sunlight to catch a few glimpses of Dubai in the distance. The terminal was incredible and our airline (Etihad Airline) offered lounges to even economy class customers, with cigar rooms, spas, buffets, and more. We didn't have time to see any of this though. Our second flight to Bangkok wasn't as comfortable. Every seat was full, I didn't sleep at all. Once again the food and movies were good though.
It was different flying on a Arabic airline, everything was bilingual (English and then in Arabic). The plane had many passengers in traditional Middle Eastern garb including women in burqas (something I always hate to see, because there usually accompanied by some douchey looking husband in a polo shirt and designer sunglasses.) I wondered how some redneck American would feel flying on one of these flights.
After 12 hours total in the air we arrived and took a cab to our hostel. Bangkok reminds me of a wilder, more diverse Tokyo or Yokohama. The traffic is crazy, everyone including our driver saw the lanes as mere suggestions and drive on the shoulders, in the middle of the lanes ect. Our hostel is near Sian Square, the best shopping in Bangkok there's a massive mall, tons of booths hocking knock offs, but there's almost no bars here. The street food is unreal though, for about 3 Canadian dollars I got two stick with barbecued meat, fried dumplings, and sausage. Beer is also cheap.
We've got a month here in Thailand total, then we fly to Melbourne, Australia. Might have jobs lined up for us, we'll see.
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