I got on the blog train....

Thanks to my wonderful friend Chelsea, I decided to start a blog about my time living in the wonderful country of Germany. Although "wonderful" might not be the best word to describe it. I can write---or rather ramble--on here as things happen instead of forgetting about them completely and not sharing my weird stories/observations with others. Everyone that knows me should know by now that my memory isn't exactly something to be proud of. So bear with me as I'm learning my way through the blogging world.

I have to share my first experience in a German movie theater. It was quite interesting. Every Monday they play an English movie. This week "Dark Knight" was playing and Darin and I decided to go with another couple from North America. We get there and we are given our assigned tickets. With assigned seats. But really, who would really follow assigned seats...in a movie theater of all places? We walk in and it's only half full, if that. We take random seats and what do you know? A couple walks in and kicks us out of our seats. Mind you, there was an open row in FRONT and BACK of us, and the fact that there were seats open on both sides of us as well didn't seem to appeal to them. But these Germans, they follow the rules and wanted THOSE SPECIFIC seats, so we moved. And laughed a little. Of course, us four North Americans didn't go to the seats we belonged in. That would just be too easy. We just moved a row back. And it's only natural that two girls walked in shortly after and we were occupying their seats too. Never mind the half open theater, apparently the assigned seats are a serious matter. We moved. Again to random seats. And this time, no one kicked us out. Halfway through the movie, it stops, the lights turn on. It's a break so everyone can go out and smoke a few darts. CIGARETTE BREAKS! None of us smoke those cancer sticks so we sat patiently waiting for the movie to return to the screen. 20 minutes later...it finally did. Now it might seem like I'm complaining. Maybe I am. But I mean, c'mon, it's complaining that's rightfully so!

The GOOD thing about this theater---yes, I did find a positive in this situation---were the seats. Amazing, comfortable, soft seats. Bravo to that Germany!