Mission: Mainz.

http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/region/mainz/meldungen/10901608.htm

I'm in Mainz sitting on the ground floor of a friends flat. Actually it's owned by a church, however there are about 13 of us sleeping in one room. Windows are open, the train station across the street. It can be quite loud, but it feels great...

The past couple of days on tour we've played at an Irish Pub and Berliner, a nice little bar in Frankfurt am Main. The Irish Pub was great. I honestly felt like I was back in the states which was suppper weird considering I'm in Germany and that the band playing was both German, AND covering the Doors... Interesting night for sure. Meeting people from all over, people who can speak 3-7 languages. Learning more German. Driving a Voltwagon Van in Mainz. Food is great here. Also, you can buy a 1,5 Liter bottle of water for €0.19. and an Ice Cream cones for €0.90. I can eat a nice meal for about €3.00-4.50 too.
So water: Water is interesting to purchase. In Germany you don't just ask for water and get water... There is water with gas and without... (Sparkling water and still water...) and THEN there is Tap water.
Sparkling, Wasser mit Kohlensäure... Still (my favorite) is Wasser ohne Kohlensäure and then tap water is called Leitungswasser...
Mit meaning with and Ohne meaning without.

Hanging with the band has been lovely. I love these people, so naturally, it's been a blast.

Missing people at home ;)
Loving the cities here.

as Soon as I get back to Hernnhut things will be less hectic, finally ill be able to start writing to you all, posting more in depth blogs and relaxing...

love you all. :)

Brian

Wind Energy. Pt 2

Halllo

Wind Turbines we visited and walked UNDER.

"Slow Death" - The path we walk down from town to the castle

One of many amazing views

Wind is fun.

My own little la blogotheque. Wandering the streets of Mainz, Germany.

A parade of photos. Day One.

On a 7 hour plane ride to Frankfurt. Actually wasn't too bad until Sean let me know I could ask for seconds for food... -_-

Ok some pictures skipped down to the bottom, but this is a little shop in the Frankfurt Airport where I finally picked up a German dictionary for vocab, a postcard for my darling in Orlando, and some Haribo Juice Gummy Bears. Gummy Bears

Waiting in the DeutschBahn train information line to get a train ticket even though i know how to use the little digital ticket purchase kiosks... it was confusing since there were the long-distance trains and regional... 

This is me sitting inside a train at as you can see... Frankfurt am Main Hbf (Hauptbahnhof)

I was tired and forget where this was ha.

Like I said, i was tired...

Coming into Dresden? All I know is this is beautiful...

Houses passing by. The homes and villages are beautiful.

My train into Dresden Hbf was 30 minutes late so I missed my train from Dresden to Löbau(Sachs) :/ Had to run around figuring it out until I just went to a kiosk and bought a new ticket... Arrived in Löbau at 21:11...

Sean and I at Döner. Eating Döner for the first time! Place is awesome...

Wine I had on the plane from Montreal to Frankfurt. FREE.

My meal on the plane.


More pictures and explanation to come, but I'm hungry!

My plane has arrived... to the future.

Well it's that time...

I'm sitting at the Airport in Cleveland, Ohio and things are kinda starting to "get real" for me...
I honestly have no idea what is going on. I think my brain has no understanding of this new experience since it is just that: a new experience... I have Euros in my pocket and I'm very tired. Benadryl in the pack,  iPod is charged. I love people watching and I swear I just saw Hans from Die Hard get off the plane I was just on... Cool!

This trip up to Ohio has been lovely, time in Atlanta, Nashville and now Cleveland.
To top off my great American departure, I went to a baseball game with my dad and he got me a beer and a hotdog. So awesome.

This is the beginning.

The beginning of a new season, of a new understanding. I'm very privileged to be where I am. :)

I'm flying to Montreal right now on flight CO2785 and then I'll have a 5 hr layover there. I leave Montreal today at about 5:30pm and I arrive in Frankfurt at 6:30am the next day. Once I land and go through immigration and customs and whatever else I will make my way to the Bahn, the German train system and figure out how to get to Löbau which is the closest city to Herrnhut just east of Dresden.
That will be about a... 10 hour train ride byaw! So about almost a day of traveling in and I will arrive!

I'm so overwhelmed right now, and for the past couple weeks with emotion that it's hard to piece it all together haha. So eventually in Germany after I rest, I will go a little more in depth with my posts.

I'll will post again once I live in Germany, in the future. peace

bk

Sitting in Buford, en route to Ohio

Greetings! Long time I know... but so much has been happening, traveling, driving, eating. Yes eating.
Right now I'm in Buford, Georgia just a stone's throw away from the Mall of Georgia where some Disney star, Selene Gomez is making an appearance... so, way too many teenagers and kids. So here I am, tucked away in a secluded hallway making a dent in my blog posting.

Since I arrived in Georgia on Tuesday afternoon, I've spent some lovely time with my Aunt and Uncle whom I lived with during my senior year of High School some 5-6 years ago (whoa...) The first night we had dinner at my Aunt and Uncle's house. My other Aunt, Aunt Mary Jean came over as well as family friends Denise and Stephanie Valenti. The second day, Wednesday, I visited my Uncle's work, Tri-tech roofing, and had lunch with most of my dad's side of the family, my aunt's, uncle's and cousin. Golden Corral. I found it funny that the way they set the buffet bar up at Golden Corral is separated by holiday and ethnicity. Thanksgiving, southern, cajun, american... etc.

Went up to REI with my Aunt and Uncle and got some gear for my trip... a new knife, XL travel towel, stuff sack, granola bars, new carabiner... I love love love walking around REI just starring at everything... wishing and wanting... being content with what I do have though ha.

All in all, I've had a great time in Georgia visiting. Tonight I rock climb with Misha Golin at Stone Summit and then he and Caroline (friends that used to live in Orlando) and some other Orlando friends are going to Piedmont Park to watch 16 Candles in the park. stoked. Tomorrow morning I'll make my way to Nashville, even though I feel so good being here in Buford... It's only a 5ish hour drive, so should make it there pretty early, roam, hangout with my good friend Chris Adams, HOPEFULLY we can rock climb there too.


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Right before I left, my friend Doug Jackson came over the house and did some "gear shots" for me. Pictures of the stuff I'm taking basically. I finished one today...

If you click on it, it'll give you a little bigger picture that should be readable...

Support is coming along. Gonna be writing a lot soon. Thank-you's, Hello's, How are ya doings...

Miss everyone, but excited to be on this adventure. :)

Video blogs being edited. Should be uploaded soon...

for now...

Love Brian.

Two weeks and counting...

Ok, 13 days until I begin my journey...
First I drive to Ohio then Fly to Germany.

Ill be honest and say... It's incredibly overwhelming. Hoping for a lot of strength and endurance, knowing I will go through much.

I'm hoping to write a longer post but not right now. I'm sleepy.

SO here is a video my friend Mike took of me, throwing a Palette or whatever you'd call this...