Käse, Downtown Dresden, and Großer Garten

Hey, me again!  I've still been feeling pretty bored lately.  Any suggestions?  I wish I could watch more TV, but I can't find any free streaming sites here in Germany and I'm worried about filling up my traffic quota too.  Surfing the net and reading stuff doesn't seem to use much, so mostly I've been reading random articles, like on cracked.com or The Frisky.

Bierkäse
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Yesterday Jason and I spent most of the day walking around and shopping.  He helped me find the Sportkomplex where my Aerobics class will be on Tuesday, and then we went to Prager Straße to do some shopping and just walk around.  I helped him pick out and buy some new clothes, but I didn't have enough money to go shopping for myself.  I bought a new shiny ring (my flower ring broke in Prague) and some Bierkäse (beer cheese) from a Dutch Cheese Shop.  Definitely one of my new favorite stores - if only I had a job and a disposable income here!  I was so excited to try it that I bought a Brötchen from the shop next door and sat down and cut myself a slice of cheese.  Delicious!

Robin, my friend studying abroad in Berlin, was visiting Dresden with his class yesterday, so we met up after dinner to hang out.  He went out dancing with Lin and I later that night.  We wanted to check out more of Neustadt, so we went to this club called "Downtown Dresden" which is pretty popular.  It was Ladies Free before 11:30, and we got in line by 11:20, but we didn't get to the ticket booth until 11:40 or so.  I thought that maybe we'd still be able to sweet talk our way in, but the cashier was a woman (albeit a lesbian, but I didn't think that would work as well in our favor.)  So we had to pay the 4 euro cover for students, but at least we got a free glass of Sekt (German champagne) for being there before midnight.

The music wasn't bad, but it wasn't House.  Mostly Black Musik and some Pop.  The DJ played Cascada's "Evacuate the Dancefloor," which could count as techno because DJ Manian and DJ Yanou are wellknown Eurodance artists, but I think after the initial CD, Cascada just sold out to mainstream Pop and Club.  (Same with Basshunter...schade.)  Also, the cashier and the large percentage of females there should have tipped me off to this right away, but I'm pretty sure that Downtown Dresden is either a lesbian club, or was for that night at least.  We were on the elevated stage dancing with a bunch of lesbians, but none of them tried to hit on me.  That would have been a welcome change! lol  Maybe the girls here don't get as "bi-curious" during their college years as American girls do.

There was also a second floor of the club with an Ü25 Party (25 years old and up.)  They were playing 80's and 90's hits.  We got excited for the American songs and sang along, but when the German songs came on we were at a loss and listened to the Germans sing along.  I got really pumped up when they played Macarena, and I was expecting everyone to start doing the dance like we do in the States, but either no one knew it or no one wanted to do it!  Oh well, Lin and I were really breaking it out, booty shaking and all.

Today was *finally* sunny!  I went for a run on my long route around Großer Garten.  It was kinda windy so a lot of the leaves were falling and blowing around.  Hard to be in a bad mood after that!  I wanted to go walking again later on today, but no one else wanted to go and I was kinda tired from yesterday anyways.

Now I'm munching on some Salz Brezeln (salt pretzels), which are so much better than what we have in the States!  They actually taste like real baked pretzels, and they're wicked salty.  Perfect snack for going along with your beer or rum & coke (don't worry Grandma, I'm not drinking right now!)