Tuesday, January 29

Things got complicated, but ended up being even better

First, I will say some things about my school experiences. As Bethany pointed out, I finally wrote about school, which I haven't really done yet. The first thing I want to mention is the ridiculously long bell they use at school. Maybe it is because I have never attended a school that used a bell that actually sounded like a bell. My grade school didn't have one at all, and my high school was no bell sounding, more of a ding. But at Humboldt, it is a bell, and it is always a bit longer than I expect it to be, so I always think that is actually the fire alarm going off. You would think that after five months I would have gotten used to it.

The second thing is about a new student in one of my 11th grade classes. We are currently reading Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Tennessee Williams writes some of the parts in a southern dialict. I have gotten used to the German-English accent, but this new girl didn't have that. She said she lived in London for four months, so she has a really good British accent, but when reading a play that is intended to have a southern accent, it just sounded really quite funny.

And the title of this entry is about my search for a cheap flight to Rimini, Italy for Easter. I will be playing Paganello again this year. This is a huge beach tournament with teams from all over the world (there is even a team that is Chicago based, which I love!). I am playing with a team from Luxembourg, and playing mixed (guys and girls). And now I am at the point where the flight needs to be booked. Had I booked it a month ago, I would have gotten an even cheaper deal than I did, but I am doing it now (there are still two months until the tournament). Orignally, I was going to fly with Russ, but now he isn't sure if he is going to go, so he told me I should book my flight to get the best price. For the past few days I have been searching the cheapest way to do this, because as another Frisbee players told me, "You are either rich in time or money" and right now I am very time rich. The end product looks like this: flying out a day earlier than I wanted from Berlin to Venice for 20euros, and then flying back on the day I wanted from Venice to Hanover. Now, this seems quite strange, but the airline offers a train special, so I booked for an extra 20euros my train ride to get back home. The other reason I really wanted to fly with this company (TUI) was because they are German, and I can use my German debit card for no charge to pay.

Woo! Booked for Paga!

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