
So this is the part where I rant about how we stayed in three different rooms before we were allowed to move into our apartments.
Room Eins
So the first hostel we stayed in was called Alex30 on Alexander Str. and conveniently the owner was also named Alex. Anyway, so when I had booked the reservation I told the guy that I wasn't sure how long I would need the room, and he told me to book a shorter reservation then try to extend it because if I had to shorten a longer one, then I have to pay like fees and stuff. So I was like, OK.
We got there Thursday afternoon stayed there the first night, (and here is the view from our room there, yea that's a pretty hot tram stop, isn't it?) But anyway, so it was a nice place, everything was clean and it didn't seem like crazy people were around and it was about 27€ a night. Friday morning I go to see the Hausmeister if I can move into my apartment, and of course I can't. Oh, and this is also when I discover there is a limit as to how much you can withdraw from an ATM at one time. My limit is 250€ /day. So me and Kelley had to pool our money to be able to have enough to pay for one of our room deposits. But anyway, so when we got to the Hausmeister's office, he pretty much stared at me a bunch then finally said, "Nein. Das Zimmer ist nicht frei. Montag." Well OK, fine I'll just stay in the hostel until then I think to myself.
So we took the tram back to Olgaeck with the hopes of extending our reservation until Monday, and this time we actually paid for it. When we took the tram to the Hauptbahnhof the first time we thought you paid on the tram. Turns out you have to buy your tickets ahead of time at the machine thing that they put at pretty much every stop except for, naturally, the tram stop at Olgaeck. Turns out they are doing away with the 15 tram and converting it to a U-Bahn. Whatever, anyway. So luckily we didn't get caught riding the tram for free that one time, because freeloading on the train system in Germany is, I guess, like a really big deal. Not only do you have to pay like a 40€ fee, but supposedly you get publicly humiliated.
Anyway, so we get back to the hostel and they tell us we can only stay one more night since they are all booked that weekend. Great. But it was all good, as we had found another youth hostel that wasn't too far away, and it was cheaper (21

Travel to Room Zwei

So we decided to save money and walk there. According to Google Maps, it wasn't all that far away and the roads seem clear enough. Turns out that the route we picked involved about of quarter mile of stairs (the hypotenuse distance I guess is what I mean). Now this isn't too bad when you've got just yourself, but add our probably 250+ pounds of luggage, and the stairs become a nuisance. See to the right, how they're labeled there. Yea, Staffel = stairs, and it was too bad we didn't make that connection before we set out on our adventure. Yea the tram takes like 5ish minutes to get around that area. We took 2.5 hrs to get all our shit up those two sets of stairs. Pictures and possibly even video will come later if I ever get them. So yea, it was a fun adventure, and I was sore for like three days after that. Anyway, the new room wasn't too bad and things seemed like they would be working out. And next comes the "but;" there was a mistake in our reservation so we only have the room for one night instead of two. Oh joyness. We decided to wait until the next morning to see if they had any cancellations, and I didn't really care at the moment since all I wanted to do was sleep.
Room Drei
So they did end up finding a room for us, so that was good, except the lock kinda didn't work so well. But oh well, right? It was a plus that we finally got a chance to explore the area called Bubenbad; it was quite scenic.
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