So, I accidentally got on a plane to Germany...

Hello world, so, I'm currently in Germany visiting Sez, my bestest friend in the whole world, for her 21st birthday. And this means I managed to get to Mannheim, Germany, just. Now, I don't know how many of you have used London public transport but generally it's very good. On Thursday it totally wasn't. Thanks to a number of delays, trains that decided they weren't actually going to go to terminal 5 even though they said they were and the sheer number of people trying to get to the airport it took me over 2 hours to get there. OVER 2 HOURS! Was a little bit stressed and nearly missed my flight but thankfully managed to escape the motherland to pastures new.
This is where my tale of stress turns into tales of joy. Sez met me at the airport and after a coffee, a train journey and a trip to the local shop we settled into her lovely flat for the night for a catch up and some sleep. Waking up alone on Friday, the poor girl had a three hour lecture on her birthday, at 8:30, owch, I got up and ready to explore. We visited Universitaet Mannheim, where she's studying for the year, which is a castle, jealous much?

We also had an explore of a couple of other places but the main event of yesterday was the Adler Mannheim ice-hockey match which was INSANE! Now, I've never been into ice-hockey, it's not really a thing in England but really, after watching last night, I have no idea why. The game is fascinating, fast paced and has a nice edge of physical contact which keeps it super exciting. The atmosphere throughout the entire match was electric and I can safely say I'm now a Adler Mannheim fan, and we totally smashed Munich. The end score was Munich 0 - Adler Mannheim 9. GO ADLER MANNHEIM! Here's a couple of snaps of the pre-game display and the pitch.

After we arrived

 Pre-game warm up

More warm-up

And we're off!!!

So, the lesson here boys and girls is that I'm now an ice-hockey fan (I know some of the chants and everything, even though they're in German). And that Sez had an amazing 21st birthday. That's all for now, I'll finish my tale, including today's events and extra details, when I get back to the UK but for now, tatty bye :)

If you want to here Sez's opinion on events check her out at http://studiesintheschloss.blogspot.de/ it's also an interesting account on Erasmus for those considering doing a year abroad.

All comments/questions/requests welcome :) xx