I had to be evacuated from my flat on Tuesday!
Monday we received a letter saying that they had found an old bomb from World War 2 in the park opposite our house, and therefore they had to evacuate the surrounding areas while they removed it. I’ve kept the letter for ‘OH LOOK I HAD TO BE EVACUATED’ sakes!
Slightly annoying – I was ill off school on Tuesday and didn’t particularly want to leave my bed… managed to leave before the police arrived to tell me to go, but I saw an army of Stadt Dortmund’s Ordnungsamt people piling out of the U-Bahn – a sea of navy blue uniforms and red berets, what a sight. Everything in the area was pretty much on lockdown, including the Biergarten in Westpark and the supermarket nearby – not the U-Bahn though thank goodness, so Ciaran and myself went for a cheeky bit to eat (Bratwurst for me, Kebab for Ciaran!).
Not nearly as eventful as I’d hoped really. My flat was still there when I arrived home, so that was a bonus.
I’ve been ill this week, so that’s why I’ve been lacking on the posting front, been feeling a little bit too sorry for myself really! Also can’t believe that I’m in my last four weeks here in Germany. Going to miss it so much, but I’m looking forward to getting back home. Been thinking a lot about the lack of Karate in my life, and I want it back. Imagine not sewing for a year for various reasons, and I’m sure many of you would be feeling how I am! On the one hand I’m really looking forward to getting back, but on the other I’m terrified of how crap I’m going to be! The only way I’ll get better is by training though, so that won’t stop me.
I had a last ditch attempt at finding somewhere to train two weeks ago, did a trial at a Wing Chun club; it wasn’t too bad! Very very different from what I’ve done previously, but unfortunately not worth what they wanted to charge me. It’s 59 Euros a month to train there, but on top of that you have to pay a membership/insurance charge which ranged in the 100s somewhere. Obviously I was only going to be there for about a month and a half, so they cut me a deal in which they’d charge me a lump sum of 130 Euros for everything – twice a week training plus insurance and that. Let’s put this into context. I pay £25 a month for 3/4 times a week training at Karate, and I’m fairly certain the insurance doesn’t come anywhere near £50, let alone £100. So you can see why I was reluctant! Also another of the guys training there really wound me up. He would laugh at me whenever I’d make a mistake, misunderstand something or whatever, which certainly isn’t conductive to making me want to stay and train there.
Phew! Excuse the rant!
