Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tschaikovsky the news.

Hello again!
I do actually have some news :) I'm officially a member of Kammerchor Vocalis! It's a really awesome choir run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Just google it.
My trip to Friedrichsdorf for the audition/Probe (choir weekend) was rather more... eventful, shall I say, than planned for. Even before the actual trip, I had a lot of difficulties. I mean, schedule conflicts, transportation issues, a change in location after I bought my train ticket... you name it.
After it came up that the first Probe night would be in Frankfurt instead of Friedrichsdorf, I had to find a way to get from Friedrichsdorf to Frankfurt. I found a member of the choir who would be able to take me. Brilliant! So Friday morning the whole family set out to Wuppertal for my host-mom's parent's 50th wedding anniversary. It was strangely cheaper to catch a train from there as opposed to from Braunschweig, even though it takes about the the same amount of time.
My first train took me to Köln (aka Cologne). No problems. I just wish I had had a bit more time so I could properly see the Cathedral as opposed to just seeing it from the train. It's right next to the Hauptbahnhof.
The next train was fine. Until I decided to get off. The time was right, but not the town... And the dumb train didn't have the little LED display that tells you what stop you're at and nobody came on the loudspeaker. I somehow missed the sign at the station, but got off anyways because the time was right. Stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. It turned out to be some random tiny town without even a proper station and no sign of a pay phone. I still don't have a cell phone, but it won't stay that way for long... Anyway, so I panicked a little bit, prayed a lot, and my miserable situation improved. Some random dude asked me for a lighter, which I definitely don't have, and I asked if I could use his phone. I was able to call the girl who was to pick me up later and we got things sorted out. I took the train to the next bigger station to buy a ticket to Frankfurt. Yay! There went thirty Euros!!!
And life was looking up.
Then...
Just before Gießen, my train randomly stopped for a few minutes, causing me to miss my train to Frankfurt by about ten seconds. I literally ran up the stairs only to see it pulling away. CRAP. Somebody really doesn't want me at this audition. So I got to use a payphone for the first time in my life. Of course, they were in rehearsal, so she didn't pick up. I got on the next train just hoping that somebody would be at the station to find me. Luckily that was the case :)
So, it took me all freaking day to make this little journey. Was it worth the time and money? Well, my friends (and random people), I'm going to have to say yes. It's sooooo good to be in a choir again, especially one this good. To sing. To have something to do with people my age. To be a part of a group, even if I don't know the people yet. To belong.