so i just returned from travel weekend. it was pretty cool. i was the co-head-chef alongside Robin Griffith. cooking for fifty people meant we had little free time so i got to see very little of the Austrian Alps. this was a shame but fortunately we were able to sleep in most of the time and watch plenty of movies and tv shows. we played games endlessly as well which was nice. i learned the best card game ever called craphead which was invented by a guy from the bode. cooking was however the majority of our time. we hit the kitchens ever night at three oclock and had supper on the table at six thirty. after a very quick supper, robin and i dashed back into the kitchen to make sure the cleanup wass not too disastrous and also to prepare 2 vats of hot chocolate and cookie plates for dessert at eight thirty. movies, jam sessions and card games typically lasted until about 230 when we hit the bed and woke up at about nine thirty. then we ate and played games all day until i had to cook again. it was good. i knew i couldnt go on any of the hikes due to my cooking schedule so i set off alone for a brief trip up the mountain. as i stepped up on a log in the path, my foothold slipped and i crashed my full weight on my shin which throbs now any time i move it or sit still. Zara, my frined from india helped in the kitchen most nights and has successfully taught me swearing in eight languages. it made cooking more fun when grease splashed me and i could scream JE-DAH! which is Bhutanese for crazy donkey. well, the hut drew to a close and robin and i had recieved our ride to the hut from Sten, a Norwegian guy at school. most other people had to take a train but sten was kind enough to give us a ride in his car. this was nice on the way ther becaus e we left last and got there first. however, he wished to go on a hike so robin and i had to wait in the nearby town while he hiked. being sunday, everything was closed. so we watched the office on my laptop unitl it died. then we waited for 2 1/2 hours. we became so bored that we literally calculated teh percentages of which cars were most common on austrian roads. the most common was by far volkswagen. if you were wondering.
upon our return, we heard stories of other people's travel weekends. a large group of girls randomly chose a paris hostel not really knowing it was in the absolute worst part of paris. one group heard someone knocking on the door and when the girl answered the door a very large black man started to force his way in. the girl threw her full ( and not very large) body weight into the door and locked him out. it was a literal miracle. he then proceeded to do what he could to break in the door which he failed to do. two other girls were walking to their room and a man was following them. they walked faster and so did he. they ran and so did he. again, by a miracle, they managed to get in before he did. the same girl also lost her passport in a cab and miraculously had it returned to her. all i could say was wow. another group went to paris, stayed in a hotel and had an amazing and safe time. so....that is it.
well, now i need to leave. that was travel weekend though.
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