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Student Travel, Holidays and the rights of an American Citizen 1st June 2003 in Bremen, Germany


I didn"t photograph the $30 in Aussie change on my desk or my enshrined airline ticket to Tokyo and OZ but here is my room:




I went up to the pub in Bremen last night. There were loads of 17-year-old American students sticking to themselves, acting like fools and drinking Guinness which they referred to as "the hard stuff". A couple of them asked the bar tender where they could, you know, get some drugs. The barman, a bitter ex-patriot Canadian, told them that drugs were legal in Germany and they didn"t need to worry about anything. He then drew them a map giving them instructions on where the dealers usually are. They asked if there was any risk of violence, you know, guns and stuff. He told them no and sent them on there way. I wouldn"t be surprised if there are 7 or 8 American students in the Bremen detention centre tossing the salad and demanding their "rights as an American citizens" right about now.

In all fairness Germany does lack speed limits, prostitution laws and anyone who can hold a beer can drink a beer so it would be easy to fool them, especially with Holland being about 150KM away.

I ended up chatting with an English guy and a French girl all night while Anja sat there board as hell. I guess she wasn"t that interested but the Pub is something I really look forward too.


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