Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles

Well, in this case, it was measured in kilometers, but that's besides the point.
I went to another Tagung. The destination was the exotic Darmstadt, Germany. Never heard of it? That's ok. I had only heard of it because one of my roommates was from there.
I left Thursday afternoon to go to the train station. I met my friend Anna there. We were to take a train to Hannover, where Felicia was to pick us up so we could then travel to Darmstadt in her rental car. For some unknown reason, the train was randomly cancelled. Luckily we were able to take the next train and everything worked out perfectly. We had a great time traveling through the country. Darmstadt is not quite four hours south of Hannover, depending on how fast you drive. Autobahn, you know... Germany is such a beautiful country! I know I've said that before, but, honestly... We were fortunate enough to see the sun set over some mountains in Hessen. I think I shot more pics of the sun than the actual Tagung...
The Tagung was... well... a Tagung. Nothing Special. There were three dances, some workshops, a sport day, etc.... Interestingly enough, I think I met more international people than Germans. Felicia and I hung out with some Scandinavians and a pair of British girls, usually. I did hang out with some German friends too, but they were mostly talking amongst themselves. That tends to happen when you are thrust into a new group of friends that have already known each other for years. I'm not saying they were excluding me, because they certainly weren't, but only that it's sometimes easier when the others in the group are also pretty new to the scene.
Points of Awesomeness:
1. The Awesome Kammerchor Vocalis is having auditions next month. They need women, especially sopranos. You should have seen me when I found this out.
2. Remember the Scandinavians? Some of our Danish friends rented a really awesome BMW M3 for the trip. And guess who got to go for a ride in a four-hundred-twenty horsepower beauty? That was the coolest thing ever. Except for what happened to my hair. It was my first ride in a convertible and DANG was it freaking awesome. I was drooling over it before we were even offered a ride.
3. And our rental car? Well, it turned out to be a Fahrschule (driving school) car. Still wondering about how that happened... I didn't know you could even rent those.

I love road trips, and this one was a lot of fun, but I'm glad I'm home. Time for a vacation from vacation.