The Never Ending Story...Continued...actually coming to an end...so it's not neverending

Guten Tag Leute!

Hello again readers.  So,  I know what you are thinking and yes, it has been a very long time since either Meri or I have updated you on our adventures/crazy lives.

So here is an update on what we have been doing:

Both Meri and I have been super busy.  During Christmas break Meri and I met up in Amsterdam for a New Years celebration.  We spent 4 days there biking, partying, eating, shamelessly walking the streets, and couchsurfing with our friendly, but a little bit strange, host, Fabian.

How to describe Fabian?  He is a little like a wannabe gangster but not so much gangster.  I guess it is hard to say, but just imagine you are staying with a complete stranger that you met online who just opens his home to hundreds of guests a year (he says he's had hundreds) and doesn't know how to use a heater in the dead of winter.  Yeah, that is exactly what Meri and I did.  Fortunately, he turned out to be a pretty normal guy, however, I say normal lightly.  Meri definitely approved of him on the last day.

While we were saying goodbye and getting ready to leave, Meri gave Fabian a parting kiss.  Now I know it was an accident, one went in for a hug while the other a cheek kiss, and one thing led to another and there you have it, lips were locked!  I really can never let her live this one down.  I just wish I had a camera to document and share with all of you.  I really had to just turn around and laugh a little on the inside.

After Amsterdam, and Meri's unfortunate collision with Fabian, we got busy preparing for the end of winter semester and all the dreadful exams that come with it.

February was, well, great.  Meri left for Finland the day after the semester ended for a big party hosted by her home university.  She had a blast seeing all her old friends and her family.  I also left the same day for Valencia, Spain.  I was there for 4 days.  Meri was gone for almost 2 weeks.  Lets just say I missed her loads.

I finally purchased a second or third, maybe even fourth hand bike.  The first day Meri and I hit the road with our bikes together, she was hit with a car.  But don't fret, my readers, it was very lightly and she was not injured.  The guy seemed very sincerely sorry and we went on our way.  The guy even recognized Meri the next day while were were having lunch out and came to apologize once more.

March has been a little bit slower.  The weather has been so good we have spent many of the days out at the park.  The first day out we lost the volleyball in the river.  Our friend, being the good citizen that he is, stripped down to absolutely nothing, and I mean nothing, to jump in the river and retrieve it.  Just think,  we were in a public park set up next to a playground with tons of other people enjoying the first good weather of the year.  Lets just say we got a lot of attention for those few minutes we had a naked guy in our group.

Also I wanted to share with you guys something very special that happened recently.  The neverending story has finally ended.  It happened on a cold rainy night in.  Meri finally got to put her nipple to my bellybutton.  Yes, it is true she was overly ecstatic when I gave her the permission to do it.  She almost didn't believe me.  All you really need to know is that it was about the weirdest most awkward situation I have been in for a while.  I honestly can say that I don't think even Meri enjoyed it that much either.

Well there you have it...an ending to a ridiculous but fabulous memory that I may or may not want to remember.

Oh and today we leave you with this clip.  It's also pretty freaking ridiculous.  Leave some comments and let us know what you think.  I will tell you in both Meri's and my opinions, we do not support her ideas or words.

And of course we couldn't leave without the song of the day:

but wait...there's more!

I'm back my dear readers!

First, I just want to say that today's post is a little different than the ones you know and love.  Of course, this won't become an ongoing thing, but I just wanted to share something special that happened to me recently.

Enough foresight, I'll get right into it.  Wednesday December 18 was my 21st birthday.  A day my little American butt has been waiting for for what seemed like a million years!  However, being in Germany I knew it wasn't going to be as big of deal because I've been able to legally drink here for the last 2 years.  No big deal, right!?  Still, turning 21 is a major milestone for an American and I still wanted it to be a blast.

So as the day was nearing, Meri kept asking me what I wanted to do.  For some reason in the weeks nearing the special day I wasn't necessarily keen on really doing anything big.  I don't know why, but it seemed like it wasn't that big of deal to me anymore.  I told Meri, "Oh, I think maybe I will just ask a few people to go to Frankfurt for dinner or something like that."  Meri wasn't having that at all.  She would say things like, "Oh no you have to have a party. We can go to Frankfurt and drink and have fun!"  With all of the things going on I really just didn't feel in the mood for a party.  I posted in our ERASMAS group message on Facebook that I would be going to Frankfurt for a dinner on my birthday and if anyone wanted to join they were more than welcome to.

A couple days later I still had no response to it and I then realized, "What the hell am I thinking, I'm turning 21.  This is special!"  I wondered why no one had answered me back and even the people I had asked face to face had all said they had plans or had come up with some kind of excuse to why they couldn't make it. Really, I was beginning to be bothered, did I do something to piss people off and now they wont even come celebrate my Birthday with me? I told myself it was no big deal and that I shouldn't be upset, because in fact we were all nearing the Christmas vacation and everyone had a lot going on.  People were studying for midterms and getting ready to go back to their families for Christmas, I was the one being selfish asking for people to do this for me.  So I didn't ask anyone else.  I figured I would go to Frankfurt with Meri and make the best of my day and have a good time.

Well the day finally arrived.  I made Pie the night before, "because no one should be without cake on their birthday" is what I always say.  Instead I chose pumpkin and apple pie and another special treat.  Pekko arrived with flowers in the morning and we all ate pie and enjoyed the morning until it was time to get ready to go to Frankfurt.  And we were off.

We met Stuart at the train station and I was delightfully surprised by Zach and his girlfriend, Stephanie.  They also joined us.  It was a good thing Meri had made the reservation to the restaurant for 5 because now we were 5.  When we got off the train in Frankfurt was another surprise.  Natalia was waiting.  She said she was waiting for Bulat (our shitty Russian Friend).  So I simply asked her if they wanted to join us for dinner.  This is where it gets interesting.

Ok, so for the people who really know me.  Honestly I am pretty oblivious to everything.  I had no idea what was going on and I really just thought that everything was a coincidence up to this point.  I said to Meri, "We should call the restaurant and tell them we need a few more spots at our table."  All of the sudden Meri starts going off, "Ok ok fine! I got 15 of your friends and we have been planning a surprise for you the whole time.  That is why everyone has not been talking to you all week.  Everyone was going to surprise you at the restaurant! Uggg!"  Needless to say she was pretty flustered and cursing, in the middle of the train station, because she almost pulled it off completely.  The whole thing was rather amusing.

But for me it didn't matter.  It was the sweetest thing ever.  I actually started to tear up while she was having her little tantrum(Meri's English word of the day).  Really, the day before I had been so sad that everyone was blowing me off on my Birthday I actually started to cry at home the night before.  What wonderful friends for doing something so sweet for me.

We all ate an awesome meal and had some great drinks and then went back home.  I wasn't able to have a typical get drunk, drink 21 shots, and pass out 21st birthday because I had an early morning class, but it still was just what I wanted.  I enjoyed it so much.  I looked at all of the people there and thought.  These are the people who I want to be my friends.  These are the people that truly care, and it really warms my heart that they would do something so special and sweet.  I was a happy girl in the end of the night.

BUT WAIT....THERE'S MORE!!!!!!

The next day I didn't plan to do anything.  I had already had the greatest surprise party thrown for me so I was ready to relax.  I had night class that night and it was the last class before the Christmas break so everyone was having a party in the German Christmas Markets to celebrate and experience a little German style Christmas.  I did that and I was with everyone in my class.  When I was ready to go I texted Meri and asked her to come to the Christmas market and meet me and we would go home together. (She was already in the city center to do some other various errands.)

While walking to the bus she suddenly said to me, "Alex. I really have to poop."  I didn't think anything of it.  Just normal Meri.  Really, she does this kind of thing all the time.  I told her to go into the Mcdonald's and just use their restroom. No big deal right?  No! By Meri's standards that is not ok.  She kept going on about how she couldn't use public toilets to go number 2.  I don't neccessarily understand, but whatever. To each his own, right?  So we got to the bus and she asks, "Marjorie lives around her doesn't she?  I'm just going to call Marjorie and ask if I can use her toilet."  By this point I was just like, "Ok, whatever call her and see what she if she's home."  

Turns out Marjorie was home.  Meri started to head there but I was going to sit at the bus stop and wait.  She wasn't having that and told me I had to go with her.  I wasn't thinking anything of it and just going with it.  When Meri has to poop she has to poop.  Such a strange Finnish girl.  Anyway, we get to Marjorie's place and Meri bolts up the stairs to the restroom.  I start talking to Marjorie and apologizing for Meri's strange actions and then we continue to talk about random things and she keeps trying to get me to go inside the apartment.  Still, at this point I'm not thinking anything of anything and everything is completely normal to me.  "Do you want some tea," ask's Marjorie.  Well of course I wasn't going to turn down her offer! How rude would that be!?

When she opens the door...BAM! Everyone is there with Balloons and yelling, "Surprise!" Not only had Meri planned one surprise party, she had planned TWO! I couldn't believe it!  I really was so surprised and had no clue whatsoever that this was happening.

Anyway, that night turned out to be one of the best nights I have had in my life.  All my friends came together and threw me not one but two surprise parties for my 21st birthday.  I want to cry just thinking about how lucky I am to have met such wonderful caring people in this experience.  Now I know that these are the people who are going to leave a mark on me.  These are the people whom I will remember for the rest of my life.  Not only because they did such a wonderful thing for me, but because they are such wonderful people themselves.

I learned one big life lesson as I was looking at the people surrounding me that night.  Surround yourself with people who care about you and who make you feel good and people who want the best for you in your life.  All those other people in the world don't matter.  I really am a lucky girl to have all these great people in my life and I couldn't ask for a better or different exchange year.

Thanks to all the people I have met this past year! You have made it great and memorable!

With Love Alex

Yo man Chicago

Today has been pretty interesting. But first look what Alex found yesterday:

That is a f*cking huge spinach leaf - she's gonna be famous one day FOR SURE 

So today has been a mess. Literally a mess. I was an emo for a second, Alex did her nails and then she became an emo because of the f*cking life and stupid top coat for the nails that doesn't work. Just 10 minutes ago I threw my banana slices in the air and spilled the coffee all around our kitchen table - sorry don't have a photo of that situation, it was pretty funny. Now my knee hurts and I think it's gonna be pretty beautiful at night with the bruise and stuff, ach so. 

Everybody throw your banana slices in the air!

Look at them nails bitches 

Even though all this has happened, we had time to be a little bit feminist and think about women rights and shitty stuff that we have to handle in our lives. So why we would like to be guys:

1. Alex said, that if she was a man she would move to the mountains and be a mountain man. Then she could also be able to do "Brokeback mountain"stuff - AWESOME OR WHAT ?! ps. Heath Ledger, you'll always be in our minds.

2. This is the thing that girls think about every month; why guys don't have periods? Why, why, whyyy....... It costs so much money and we don't even want to have it. 

3. Makeup - this time guys always say "you don't have to have makeup, it's your own choice." Oh yeah, we wouldn't even have this conversation if I didn't wear makeup. 

4. Hair - ok, guys have facial hair BUT girls can't have hair anywhere. So we need much more razors than u do, mister. 

5. Hair - ON OUR HEADS. Usually it's better to have long hair than short - and that's expensive. 

6. Walking on the street - It's f*cking dangerous to walk on the street at night when you're a girl. Especially if you come from the bar and u look nice - then u can't even hide it that you're a girl. Guys can walk on the streets when ever they want, also naked if they want! If girls walked on the street naked it would be "hello rapers" for us. 

7. Assumptions - girls have to clean, do food, take care of the kids... It is proven, that the people that stay at home and don't go to work are more likely to suffer from depression. 

Ok, I'm not gonna continue this feminist blog text, because after all we love being a woman. I think we'll never stop complaining how unfair it is for being a woman - we just have to suck it up and be as fabulous as we can. Even though it's f*cking expensive. 

With love,
Meri

Ps. Today we're going to have a lot of fun in the Audimax party! 

Okeyy aaaand YouTube doesn't want want to work with me. So fuck you YouTube. Ah, it's going to be such a good night. 

Bellybuttons, Nipples, and Cinnamon toes?

Ok, I'm going to start off saying: No homo.

The reason for that is because, what you are about to read may come of a little on the lesbian side.  I assure you neither Meri or I are bating for the same team.

Now that you have read that little disclaimer...

Living with Meri has been quite an experience.  We get along so well that it's almost creepy.  Of course there are things we don't agree on a lot of the time, but for the most part we are pretty much always on the same page.  Everyday is pretty normal.  As you have seen in previous posts from us, we usually sit around our kitchen table with our laptops and surf the internet and talk and drink coffee all day, that is, until we actually have to come back to reality and have some responsibilities and leave the house. That thing called school sometimes requires our attention, unfortunately.

Anyway, most of our conversations are pretty normal.  We talk about the things happening in our lives with boys, school, gossip, and our families.  (Despite being thousands of miles away from our families, we have come to the realization that we still have lives back home that we are connected to requiring our active participation.)  Sometimes, ok really like a majority of the time, our conversations take a turn for the downright strange.  I will let you read for yourself.

Conversation between Meri and I:

Meri: "You know, what are those things that some people have with their bellybutton?  When it sticks out and there is like a knot in their bellybutton."
Alex: "You mean an 'outie'.  I have an 'innie' and some people have an 'outie'."
Meri: "Oh so a lot of people have them?"
Alex: "Yes. It's pretty normal."

Mind you she had just come from the shower and was changing.

Meri: "I'm always just walking around with my nipples out.  It's so nice that we can be roommates and that this doesn't bother you."
Alex: "I mean we are both girls and I have boobs to, not a big deal to me. I don't even notice it  anymore."
Meri: "Can I put my nipple to your bellybutton?"
Alex: (long and confusing pause)..."WTF?" No.
Meri: "But...but it will be like a blood pact that you do with your friends when you are kids!"
Alex: "No. Not going to happen. Think about all the kids who now have AIDs from mixing their blood together like that."
Meri: "It's just my nipple going into your bellybutton.  I would do this with my sister!"
Alex: "No. End of discussion.  You will not be putting your nipple anywhere near my bellybutton."
Meri: "Please, please, please! We will be even better friends if you let me do it! I just want to see what it is like, please!
Alex: "No. Your nipples are going nowhere close to my body at all.  Seriously I'm just going to forget you even asked that question at all."
Meri: "I'm going to do it when you are sleeping and you will never know."
Alex: "Not going to happen. End of story."

I thought the discussion had ended, but to my dumbish surprise, it hadn't.  Saturday night we invited our friends Pekko and Stuart over for a movie night.  I had been sick all weekend so Meri thought it would be a good idea for me to have some human interaction other than her! While I stayed at home in bed, she went to meet with Pekko for some drinks and Finish conversation.  Later they came to the house and we had banana bread and tea while we waited for Stuart to show up.  Here is where my dumb self shouldn't have been surprised.  Meri says, "I told Pekko about me putting my nipple to your bellybutton!" and Pekko says, "I think it's such a good idea.  I can just imagine someone putting a nipple into a bellybutton.  The thought is so nice."

I was dumbfounded.  Really, this conversation again.  "No. No. No. It's not going to happen.  I don't want Meri's, let alone anyone's, nipple in my bellybutton.  How about she puts her nipple in your bellybutton Pekko?" I said.  "I think it would be better with two girls." Pekko explained.  Typical guy, always up for girl on girl action.  Not to disappoint, Pekko, it's never going to happen.  I don't know what it is about these Europeans, but they are all so open to their sexualities, don't get me wrong I consider myself pretty open about my sexuality, but this is just to much!

So in conclusion, I am still being badgered about letting Meri put her nipple in my bellybutton.  Not only by Meri, but now also Pekko and Stuart are on board for this to happen!

I'll open the question up to the readers:  Do you think I should let Meri put her nipple into my bellybutton?  Leave some comments and let us know what you think.

Here is a little clip of what we are listening to today:

P.S.
Last night I stayed at a friends house because it was to late to walk home in the dark.  While I was sleeping on the couch, my toes felt like I had hot cinnamon sticks on them :)

With Love Alex :)

Welcome to Hangover Land! Home of the Hangovers. Can I get you a Hangover?

GOOD Morning our hungover readers!

So last night was a banging success! Meri and I figured out some sexy and creative costumes.  Although they were very last minute, they turned out to be great! Just take a look:

Scarecrow and Black cat! We are soooo cute :)

This morning however, has not been a success.  We woke up to this lovely apartment:

And then this happened:

Goodmorning from hangover land!  We are both pretty useless today.  Can't pour our coffee. Can't make our eggs. Can't do anything.  Time to go back to bed lol :)

Oh! And somewhere in the world someone made this video:

Last but not least! Our music selection today:

with love Alex and Meri

It's Sunday....in Deutschland

Ok so for all you people who do not live and have never been to Deutschland(Germany) here is a little explanation of why Sunday in Deutschland is such a big thing:

ABSOLUTELY ALL THE SHOPS ARE CLOSED ON SUNDAY!

So in most peoples minds you would think, "Great a day I can be super productive and get so much stuff done like homework and housework and other miscellaneous random ass shit that I procrastinated doing during the week because I've just been to busy to even try to do it." That is not the case for Meri and I.  Here is a little look at our day that we should be doing shit that we need to do:

This is what I find when I come from the bathroom.

Highest level of Procrastination achieved. (Along with some salad dressing).

Procrastination!

We have been talking about doing our laundry for a week.  Sunday is usually laundry day in the Almer Forwie household.  Still procrastinating that one.

We would rather do shit like this.

my reaction to the above picture :)

 Oh yeah and we ran out of toilet paper.  It's sunday......

 

Meri really has to shit!

And just a little look at what we are listening to:

So basically Sundays are a fun filled day of procrastination and doing stupid shit that makes no sense to anyone but us! Peace and Blessings from this crazy bitch :)

With love Meri and Alex!

ALEX

This is Alex

She's the other part of Broke Internationals, the American one. Her name is Alex, she's 20 and her birthday will be 18.12. - We're gonna have a big party on December! 

The first time when I saw her, I thought she's quiet and that she doesn't like me - she's quite the opposite! She's loud, she loves me and she's just fucking awesome. Sorry for my bad language, I'm not sorry höhö.

The first night together

We were sitting next to each other in the bus sending pictures 

Alex doesn't like microwaves that much; when her food gets cold, she doesn't want to warm it again. The same goes to tea and coffee; she drinks it, even though it's cold.

We moved to our house! 

Alex likes the color pink. She loves animals and wants to get a cat in our apartment.

Alex eating finnish candy in a S-bahn!

Alex likes to meditate. One night we went out, she said she feels like she's high because of meditation. She really has the strength to concentrate and she can keep her mind about things - I mean if she wants something, she's gonna get it. I really envy that part of her. 

The annoying laundry day in Unterhof

Alex doesn't like licorice; I will get some finnish licorice to her and then she'll love it! Whoop whoop

She loves black chocolate and is always making something good for us.  

We have our weird moments and I have a lot of videos of Alex where she's dancing. I love her sense of humor, especially when she can get my stupid jokes. The way that she makes people feel around her is really really amazing; you can only feel like home around her. She's always making sure, everything's ok. So unselfish.

We were going to eat Spaghetti eis!

Alex is an vegetarian, even though we ate some turkey for the first lunch in our house. She likes eggs, loves spinach and could cover the whole fucking sachertorte with sahne. She's mad about whipped cream and of course peanut butter and nutella - especially the mixture of them. 

Alex is an amazing cook! And that's one of her dreams, to have own restaurant. She makes the best avocado pasta and cookies. She knows that she's good at cooking, and that makes her cookings more better! She has the talent, and she's not afraid to use it. One time she made a cake and was unsure if it's good. It was just fucking awesome! I could have swam in that cake. 

DJ's birthday

Alex has one whole bag full of chocolate, just for her grand mum. Under you can see all of the beauty of the bag - we have ate a lot of that chocolate. I'm a chocolate freak.

Our first night in our crib with chocolate

Alex is really bossy sometimes. She likes to take control of everything and it's fine by me! She's always the leader of the group and is always ready to help everyone. She's so shearing and warm person.

In Frankfurt

Alex is a traveller. She wants to see the world, she wants to see what's out there. She enjoys just to experience things and is open to everything. Even though she's pretty strict about what she wants, she can always do compromises with everyone. She never wants people to feel bad or sad about their selves.

She was being funny 

As everyone, Alex also has dreams. Dreams about what she wants to be. Sometimes I with I could be more like her, I think she doesn't even know how amazing she is!

Alex plays golf and just now she put a flag on our wall with signatures - of course golf players signatures. 

Our intelligent drunk-night <3 

So that's her! My little hunny booboo. I love you with all my heart and you're my best friend and I know, that's gonna be the fact of the rest of our lives. PUSIPUSI 

With love,
Meri