Monday, March 12, 2007

Passport Please!!

Well, I few adventures have transpired since I last posted. On Saturday the Perry's and Brielle and I went to Dresden for the singing there. We went early so we could see the gruenes goewelbe...that's my approximation of the spelling...it means "green vault" in German. They have some pretty neat stuff in there that's not your typical collection. A huge green diamond is part of it too...it's green because of radioactivity...maybe that's why martians are always green. Anyway, so we couldn't go to the "old green vault" because the tickets were all sold out and that has some of the cooler stuff but we'll go back. The singing was funny to me because they take it so very seriously. Each part had it's own section (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and we had a really good time. It was sad though because it was the last time for the perry's...so many things are like that for them now.
I had to catch my train at 9 min after 7 at the hauptbahnhof. I made it there fine and got on the train and I was really excited to be finally on my way to the czech republic. At least i was until I heard the voice of the customs officer "passports please!" my heart went to my throat and then sank....way, way down. yep, i definitely committed the cardinal sin when travelling internationally...i forgot my passport in leipzig. I wanted to kick myself. The customs officers were really nice though and they just told me that i would have to get off the train. bummer. and the place i got off at was the little hole in the wall town...but it was ok because right there was a train waiting to go back to dresden. so i got on, but wouldn't you know it, it didn't make it back to dresden in time to catch the train that the Perry's and Brielle had to get. So...thought I was going to have to buy a saxon ticket, which is good for the region and is cheaper, but just as I was about to put my money in the machine, this guy came up to me and offered to sell his to me for about half what I would pay normally. God was definitely watching out for me, despite it all =)
I am now in Olomouc, though, and having a GREAT time with them here. They picked me up at the train station yesterday afternoon and we worshiped together last night and in the end watched videos of some of the team members boxing one summer...pretty hilarious stuff.
I definitely remembered my passport this time around!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh, you're having fun now, aren't ya baby? Love, Mom.Please, no more coronaries.

Anonymous said...

:) Glad to hear you made it, even if it was in a rather unorthodox way. Don't worry. Now you've got something in common with Mitch and Graham, who forgot theirs for the weekend in Wroclaw, Poland. Luckily they remembered before they got the train, but still...
I'm here in NOLA. It's good. It's gonna be a crazy couple weeks with work down here and thesis reading and writing and my cousin's wedding. Pray for me!
Give the whole team a big hug from me! Love ya!
Laura