oktober(fest)

So now that someone else has posted I feel like I can write something again (this is actually a good way to remember what I'm doing I think). Since whenever ago that was, I've been to Nice, Monaco, Cannes, Munich/Oktoberfest, and Paris. Some highlights:

-Going to the beach in Nice/watching Somerset's walk of shame home from the beach at 2 am after he decided to strip and go swimming

-Running away from scary 30 year old guys who kept jumping in our pictures and trying to give us Russian business cards

-Seeing how ridiculously beautiful the Cote d'Azur is (it's really really...blue)

-Spending 10 hours on a bus from hell that stopped for 1/2 hour break every 45 mins and took way too long for the 4 1/2 hour drive to Munich

-Almost getting trampled trying to get a table at Oktoberfest when one of the halls opened

-General drunk-people watching

-Getting stopped by German police on the way back because the bus driver didn't actually have the right papers to drive in Germany

-Paris is gorgeous. Just...gorgeous. Everyone go, NOW. Actually if you go Thursday night, I'll be there again.

-Seeing my friend Helen, who I've known since I was 4 and who's studying in London

-Walking up the Eiffel Tower for the 3rd time, always a good workout and totally worth it

-General rugby world cup madness

And I have trips booked to Rome, Venice, Florence, and Barcelona

But for something that Georgetown should definitely start (but would never start), my school had it's annual Trophée de la Bière on Thursday night...and it was hilarious and awesome. Basically, the students association starts advertising for it two weeks before, and the idea is you get 5 people together to make a team. Then they bus you to some random undisclosed location (I think we stayed in France this time) and put most of the IECS in a sketchy warehouse. The competition itself consists of boat races/chugging races, and if you win, your team ends up going 4 times. So I wasn't on a team, but everyone went anyhow to go watch what was inevitably a shitshow. The team I was supporting had been in "training" for a week, and decided wearing bikinis would be a good shock factor (all guys). Not sure if they made it to the semis or finals, but it was still ridiculously amusing. In between rounds they put on European dance music (ie techno) and turned it basically into a club. Then they bus you back to school at 3-4 in the morning and expect you to be completely fine giving your presentation in your 8 am.

Anyhow no clue how it would be possible to do that at Georgetown...but it would be reaaallly entertaining.

Up next week: Rome/Venice/Florence for Toussaint, our week-long break

Hope everyone survived midterms!