Pitstop in Hamm, Germany

Saying goodbye to Gustav and Marianne

We left Graes and headed to Hamm around 11:30am. We met up with Aimee's parents and loaded all of our stuff onto the train. We have so much stuff! It is crazy! It was a two hour train ride but it was nice talking to Aimee's family. They are all really nice people. When we got to Hamm, more of Aimee's family picked us up. Their names were Alexa and Franca and Aimee hadnt even met them before but the rest of her family did. They were nice but a little strange at times. We had to load into a taxi and some people had to walk because they only had one car and there were 7 of us. It worked out pretty well and they paid for the taxi which was nice. Their apartment was absolutely crazy. It was huge! I didnt think we would all fit but Aimee, Emily, Jake, Brady and I all fit comfortably in Franca's room. It was so funny. They then put Aimee's parents up in a hotel. Franca then took us around Hamm and it too was a cute city. It had a Christmas market but it was smaller than the other ones we have seen. She had to go to work soon so we hung out at the apartment until dinner. We all went to a restaurant called Delphi's. It is a greek restaurant where Franca works. Alexa's husband was playing the piano there too because it was their Christmas party. It was so much fun! The food was great and I loved the music. We all sang along with the music because it was mostly in English and then something funny happened. Why me? We were sitting at our table kind of dancing and the owner of the place came over and asked me to dance! ah! So we got up and danced in the middle of the restaurant! haha! It was funny but those types of things always happen to me. We kind of made a scene in the restaurant but everyone loved it because we were having fun. They played Christmas songs and we added our own little words to Rudolph the Red Nose Raindeer. It was great! Then the owner's daughter who was also a waitress made Aimee, Emily and me sing Jingle Bells. We got up to the mic and sang it together. It was so funny! We stayed at the restaurant for quite a while and ordered some more drinks. It was a really fun time and before we left they said they would cover the bill. It was insane! There were so many of us and each of us said we must have had over a 20 Euro bill. It was very nice. Then we went with Christina and Laura who we met at the restaurant to a club. Franca got to leave early from work to go with us since Christina was the owners daughter. We went and danced for a couple of hours then went back to the house to go to bed.

Hamm Christmas Market with Franca