May 8 – The day after the party and Mother’s Day

We had a party at our small flat yesterday in celebration of Cora’s birthday! We spent all afternoon decorating and it looked really great. It was a German-themed party, so we had German flags up all over. It’s actually really an issue for German people to be patriotic, because there’s still a sense of shame over their history which prevents them from being proud of their heritage. The only ones who proudly wave the German flag in Germany are the Neo-Nazis and you would be considered to be a part of them if you were patriotic in the slightest. Anyways, we disregarded those things last night for the sake of good fun, considering that none of us are Neo-Nazis.

Alex, Cora’s boyfriend, and Christiane, her sister, where here to visit from Germany. Alex brought “Ahoy” powders. It’s like Pop Rocks and it comes in many different flavours. What you’re supposed to do is say “Ahoy!”, put the powder in your mouth, add a shot of vodka, shake your head to mix it, and then swallow. Hah! It’s a lot of fun with lots of people. I had a lot of these that night and I was quite drunk. I’m going to try to bring some back to Toronto!

Drunken Incidents:
1. poured vodka all over kitchen floor.
2. bumped my head on our dish cabinet.
3. slipped and fell on our doormat in the hallway.
4. slipped and almost fell down the stairs to town. Luckily, Peter was holding me up.

We went to the Elephant afterwards, and I can now say that last night was the best party night I’ve had since I’ve gotten here – even better than Casablanca! I was just dancing all night and I didn’t get tired at all. I think I went to bed around 6:30am, but I woke up hangover-free, although sluggish.