Mittwoch, Oktober 12, 2005
Do you have Irish ancestry?
Ahh... my cache of older British lovers grows ever larger... (just kidding mom!).
Since there are no sororities in Hannover, I decided to start my own. The first meeting of the 'English-Speaking Au Pairs Club' met tonight--after Deutsche-Stunde Tara, Marta, und ich walked our bikes down to Balzac Coffee (after saying a long goodbye to the hot Italian boys in our class). On the way there this rollerblader--overhearing our random chattering in English--stopped and introduced himself. This guy's name is Golden (what were your parents thinking??) and he is an American chiropracter working in Hannover. He was cute enough--we will probably call. Although, he did inform us that he is 'too old.' Apparently he suffers from the same babyfaceitis that I do--cause he looks like he is in his early 20s while in fact he is 30. Whatever Golden---as I said to Tara when we walked away, 'C'mon... can you imagine screaming out Ohh Golden...' Please. ;-)
The three of us met up with Whitney and Rachel for a cup of coffee. Rachel is an 18y/o Canadian au pair---she seriously graduated from HS and came to Hannover. Can you imagine?? It scares me to to think what I would have been like as an au pair right out of HS. For one, I would have let myself get walked alllllll over. I wouldn't have known how to make friends. I got homesick at WM--six hours (by car!) away from mis padres. Ugh, I shudder to think. It did feel pretty cool to have orchestrated this club--and there are at least 2 other Au Pairs who will join us! I feel like Kristy, of Baby-Sitters Club fame. I almost wonder why we aren't meeting in Claudia's room searching for candy amidst hidden Nancy Drew novels. Although, as a kid I always identified more with MaryAnne, which is strange (in hindsight) because I wasn't shy like that--I definitely am a Kristy--bossy, pushy, all those lovely things. Maybe cause MaryAnne lived with her dad... (Richard Spier, widower, who then married Dawn's mom and they moved to that haunted farmhouse--remember!?!?!) Whoa... I digress. I will have to look online and see if there is a 'Which BSC Member are you?' quizie or something.
After coffee, we trudged up to the Irish pub in the Old Town section of Hannover. I <3 the Altstadt (old city). It is so charming--full of cute little cafes and pubs, awesome apartment buildings with ivy growing up the sides, and this huuuge old church. As we walked past the church there was this camera crew filming the statue of Martin Luther, which they had lit up kind of eerily. It was really neat. We made our way to the Irish pub where we bumped into these 2 British guys while we were ordering. Needless to say, they supplied our drinks for the evening--or their company may have. :-) One of the guys was in his early 30s, the other had to be late 40s/early 50s. The younger guy warned us that the older guy had seven kids, 'Stay at least a foot back.' Hilarious. OlderGuy turned to me and asked if I had Irish ancestry--I do... but I have never been asked that before. I look really (really!) German (in fact, Ina recently told me that I would look good in a Dirndl--that traditional German dress!). He told me that I have very Irish eyes--the most Irish eyes he had ever seen--and in fact he continued to tell me this for the next few hours. Ooohh, old British men. hehe.
We hung out with the Brits and each other for a few hours--I sucked down a couple Black Adders--this mix of Guiness & Cider, sounds gross but tastes good. Then the first meeting of the Hannover Au Pair Club concluded--next official meeting is for Halloween Kareoke at the Irish Pub! :) **sorority snaps for me**
Also, wanted to point out that the NYTimes recently wrote an article on Gamma Phi 05ers' Senior Year. Haha... this article may apply more to 'Triple Trouble,' but I like to pretend I was that hardcore. ;-)
Since there are no sororities in Hannover, I decided to start my own. The first meeting of the 'English-Speaking Au Pairs Club' met tonight--after Deutsche-Stunde Tara, Marta, und ich walked our bikes down to Balzac Coffee (after saying a long goodbye to the hot Italian boys in our class). On the way there this rollerblader--overhearing our random chattering in English--stopped and introduced himself. This guy's name is Golden (what were your parents thinking??) and he is an American chiropracter working in Hannover. He was cute enough--we will probably call. Although, he did inform us that he is 'too old.' Apparently he suffers from the same babyfaceitis that I do--cause he looks like he is in his early 20s while in fact he is 30. Whatever Golden---as I said to Tara when we walked away, 'C'mon... can you imagine screaming out Ohh Golden...' Please. ;-)
The three of us met up with Whitney and Rachel for a cup of coffee. Rachel is an 18y/o Canadian au pair---she seriously graduated from HS and came to Hannover. Can you imagine?? It scares me to to think what I would have been like as an au pair right out of HS. For one, I would have let myself get walked alllllll over. I wouldn't have known how to make friends. I got homesick at WM--six hours (by car!) away from mis padres. Ugh, I shudder to think. It did feel pretty cool to have orchestrated this club--and there are at least 2 other Au Pairs who will join us! I feel like Kristy, of Baby-Sitters Club fame. I almost wonder why we aren't meeting in Claudia's room searching for candy amidst hidden Nancy Drew novels. Although, as a kid I always identified more with MaryAnne, which is strange (in hindsight) because I wasn't shy like that--I definitely am a Kristy--bossy, pushy, all those lovely things. Maybe cause MaryAnne lived with her dad... (Richard Spier, widower, who then married Dawn's mom and they moved to that haunted farmhouse--remember!?!?!) Whoa... I digress. I will have to look online and see if there is a 'Which BSC Member are you?' quizie or something.
After coffee, we trudged up to the Irish pub in the Old Town section of Hannover. I <3 the Altstadt (old city). It is so charming--full of cute little cafes and pubs, awesome apartment buildings with ivy growing up the sides, and this huuuge old church. As we walked past the church there was this camera crew filming the statue of Martin Luther, which they had lit up kind of eerily. It was really neat. We made our way to the Irish pub where we bumped into these 2 British guys while we were ordering. Needless to say, they supplied our drinks for the evening--or their company may have. :-) One of the guys was in his early 30s, the other had to be late 40s/early 50s. The younger guy warned us that the older guy had seven kids, 'Stay at least a foot back.' Hilarious. OlderGuy turned to me and asked if I had Irish ancestry--I do... but I have never been asked that before. I look really (really!) German (in fact, Ina recently told me that I would look good in a Dirndl--that traditional German dress!). He told me that I have very Irish eyes--the most Irish eyes he had ever seen--and in fact he continued to tell me this for the next few hours. Ooohh, old British men. hehe.
We hung out with the Brits and each other for a few hours--I sucked down a couple Black Adders--this mix of Guiness & Cider, sounds gross but tastes good. Then the first meeting of the Hannover Au Pair Club concluded--next official meeting is for Halloween Kareoke at the Irish Pub! :) **sorority snaps for me**
Also, wanted to point out that the NYTimes recently wrote an article on Gamma Phi 05ers' Senior Year. Haha... this article may apply more to 'Triple Trouble,' but I like to pretend I was that hardcore. ;-)
# posted by Heather @ 11:44 PM 
