We kicked off the night with glühwein, a Christmastime specialty wine here in Germany that is meant to be served hot. Although there are probably more classy ways to prepare and serve this traditional beverage, we made do with what we had, which was whatever a 26 year old college male has in his dorm room: cheap pots and plastic cups.
No matter, the wine did it's job and before long we were singing to Sebastian's guitar as he played songs by The Beatles.
Shortly after, Sebastian's BFF (best friend forever, for the uh, older readers) in Germany arrived. Meet Ivan, friend #3 from Ecuador.
After polishing off a bottle of wine and our secret stash of lime beer, we put on our heavy duty coats (the temperature has recently plummeted) and headed over to a little international party located in... the basement. Let it be known that it is legal to drink, smoke and party on university property. This is a very backwards concept compared to the strict regulations back home, but hey, when in Rome, party like a German!
No one actually informed us that this was a masquerade shindig, but we lived it up. Here is a very creepy German college student in a woman's blouse. Heck yes I was going to take a photo with him!
All in all, it was a good night. It's always nice for me to escape to the city, and Kate has been nice enough to offer me her apartment floor for whenever those times arise. (ps. Those are community pretzels. Under other non-inebriated circumstances, I would not have had them in my mouth).
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