Sylvia and I slept in again (me about 12, Sylvia about 1) and after we got up we had lunch of Brötchens and bread topping stuff. After lunch we finished getting ready and we headed to the train station. There I bought a ticket and Sylvia wrote out for me very specific directions on taking the train back to her house.
We got off the train in the center of town and Sylvia walked my to the Museum Ludwig, which is Köln's modern art museum. She made sure I knew my way and showed me the river which was nearby. Then she helped me buy a ticket and left. She had to go to work so I was going to wander the museum myself and take the train back when I was done. It was very simple to get back (just one train and the station was nearby. plus most people speak English so I figured I could handle it). So Sylvia left me and I went into the museum.
I went downstairs where they had an exhibition of an artist named Roy Lichtenstein. What I didn't realize was that I had seen a painting by this artist before. It was in MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) in NYC, and it had been one of my favorite pieces I had seen there. I liked it so much I bought a post card of it and hung it on my wall at school. So once I realized it was the same artist I was very excited. I went through his exhibit (liked alot, but he had some stuff I wasn't too fond of). Then I went through the rest of the museum (it was 3 floors so it took a while). As with most modern art museums some of it was really cool and some of it was really stupid. They had this huge window with a poem on it that I liked. They also had two rooms of just Picasso pieces, that was really cool. I was actually surprised by some of his pieces because I didn't know he did sculpture and I didn't know he did some "normal art" (aka not in the Picasso style at all, more in the traditional style your taught in art class). Other than that it was very random, but cool. I stayed almost till closing. Then I went to the gift shop and bought another two postcards of his art (now I've got a little set :) ).
After the museum I headed to the train station, it was very close by. I looked at the time and realized it was only like 3 minutes till the next train I needed and there was no way I could get my ticket and catch it. So then I had a half hour to wait. So I stopped at the little train station cafe, bought a cola light, pulled out my book and relaxed. I figured I would read for about 15 minutes then go get my ticket and catch the train. So after a bit over 15 minutes I went to the ticket machine and tried to buy a ticket, well at first I couldn't find the right ticket, then it wouldn't take my euro coins. So I waited in line and tried another, then waited in line and tried another and by this time I'd missed my train. I was rather frustrated with the stupid machines.
So I stepped back and spotted a nearby kiosk for Lufthansa airlines (the airline I was planning on using to buy my plane ticket to Ireland). My intended flight had a 4 hour layover, so I thought I would go in and ask them if there was a better option. So I talked to the guy at the counter who informed me there was another flight which meant I would only have a 2 hour layover. I asked him how much, but he said I had to use the Lufthansa phone to call in and find out. So I picked up the phone and talked to the lady on the other end. She informed me the flight with the shorter layover was booked so I'd have to take the 4 hour layover option. Oh well, I thought. I had checked the price online, but thought maybe there was a discount buying it here so I asked how much it was. She responded $650...$650!!!!!!! That's 3 times as much as I saw it for online I said thank you and left immediately!
Now I was in panic mode thinking... [crap I haven't bought my ticket! What if it jumped to that price? It can't have jumped that high in one day!?!? Mom and Dad will kill me if the ticket is $600!!!!] I realized I had to get home and check online immediately hoping I hadn't screwed up. I bought my ticket (I finally found a ticket machine that worked). But I still had like 15mins to wait. I was so nervous I wanted comfort food. Unfortunately/ conveniently (whichever way you want to look at it) there was a McDonalds right next to my platform. So I went in and got some french fries to eat while waiting for the train and trying not to panic. (The funny thing was that the McDonalds french fries here actually taste like their made of potatoes, weird I know. Even stranger is that the fries tasting like potatoes is weird).
I got on the train, made it back to the apartment and immediately jumped online to check the ticket price. The price had jumped a little but was still no where near $600. I was so relieved. After I got the ticket I called mom and talked to her for a bit. Then I saw Gusy was online so I called him and talked to him for a bit. Then I took a shower and waited for Sylvia to return.
Once she did we cooked dinner and hung out. We ate dinner and talked about stuff. Then we decided to watch a movie. We stuck with my unintentional Scarlett Johansen theme and watched Match Point. It was pretty good, but not what I expected. It reminded me of another Woody Allen movie, Crime And Misdemeanors. Match Point was interesting though, it kept me on the edge of my seat. After the movie we headed to bed.
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