Monday, April 22, 2013

Hostel Refresher

Oh boy, when I was making up my hostel bed yesterday I realized it had been quite a while since I'd stayed in one. It was like relearning an old skill.
First you check in, get the 'orientation' of the building, lockers, sheets, kitchen etc then you go check out your room, find a bed. They provide a pillow and comforter and clean sheets to put on it. They don't want you using your own because they can control bugs better. Ew, but its true.
As far as I can gather 16 'beds' share one shower/toilet combo and one toilet room. Its a little bit much. Shower when you can, when no one is around and you hear yourself think, "now's my chance!" I goofed on that yesterday. Rookie mistake.
When it was time to go to bed (I went first, old lady in the house) I had a moment of panic trying to find my ear plugs. That's the one thing you need when you go to bed early, a way to block out the noise. I've learned to sleep with the lights on and the ear plugs in and that way people aren't fumbling around in the dark when they could just as easily have the light on.
This morning it seemed we all got up at once. Which meant we were fighting over the one shower. It was kind of hilarious. So either get up early and get to it or what I'll end up doing, come back mid day (break time anyways) and take care of business then.
Its raining at the moment so I'll keep it simple today. Coffee shop?? Maybe I'll pay for the hop on hop off bus around Hamburg, then I can see it all from inside a vehicle.

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