My first full day in Germany was AWESOME! It was so nice waking up in the Heining house...felt like home! I had breakfast with Patrick and his brother, Thorsten, and then we headed to Starnberg (3 hours away) where Patrick's apartment is. After dropping off our stuff we were on our way...to...BLINK 182!!!!!!!! I had been waiting for this moment for so stinking long. I was so bummed when Blink broke up because I hadn't seen them in concert...so when they got back together I was stoked to finally get a chance! However, I had just moved to Australia when they got back together so I completely missed their US comeback tour. Thank goodness they decided to head to Europe :)
Me, Thorsti, Patz, and Fabi (Patrick's best friend) made our way to the Chiemsee Rocks Festival where Madsen, Billy Talent, and BLINKKKK played. It sort of felt like home aside from the beautiful mountains surrounding us and the giant pretzels, schnitzel, and bratwurst being sold by every vendor. As soon as we got to the festival there were drunk people EVERYWHERE. There was a small grocery store near the entrance of the festival and so many drunk kids were inside buying last minute supplies of beer and food. Once we got inside...at around 4 pm...the 5 hour countdown began until Blink hit the stage. We watched some other bands while we waited and hung out in the biergarten (beer garden). The coolest thing at the festival was that when you buy a drink it comes in a large plastic cup and if you return this cup you get a 1 euro deposit. So Patz found 7 cups that people had dropped by accident and we were all able to buy water...free drinks! This idea is so genius...I don't know why we don't do it in the US...it's so much better for the environment!
Finally 9pm rolled around and Blink hit the stage. I don't know any other word to describe it besides...AMAZING. After they played their first three songs Mark Hoppus paused the show for a bit to point out that one of the guys in the front row had been to every concert on their European tour. So what does Mark Hoppus do? HE GAVE THE KID HIS BASS GUITAR!!! How freaking awesome. I would have passed out from excitement. Patz is 6 foot 3 so he kept picking me up during my favorite songs so I could get a perfect view of the stage. SO.MUCH.FUN!!! The crowd was pretty tame for the most part until this drunk German girl decided she wanted to jump all over the place like an idiot...and not just normal jumping up and down. More like jumping 5 feet side to side. Well after she almost knocked me down a few times I told her she needs to jump away from me and not to do it again. Patz also told her and Thorsti too. Welllll maybe this wasn't the best idea because she got super pissed and came up to me shouting WAS LOS?! WAS LOS?! That's like what's up or what's the problem. I just kept speaking English to her which I'm sure pissed her off even more but in order to avoid getting punched in the face on my first full day in Germany I moved away from her. Then the coolest part of the concert was the encore! Travis Barker came out and did his drum solo to a hip hop song and the whole time he was on a moving platform that flipped upside down.
One of the next posts will definitely have to be about the amazing food they have here. I've only been here for a total of 3 days and I am in love. You know you are in Germany when they have bratwurst and Apfelschorle (100% apple juice mixed with sparkling water) at McDonald's. Oh and yesterday we came back to Patrick's hometown of Waldershof where his parents live and I went on a run through the Bavarian woods. There is a small paved road that goes for miles and miles and is surrounded by a national park. It was so beautiful and so relaxing.
Until next time... :) Tschuss!
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