Birthday Weekend

Although this post may be a bit late, I would like to take the time to describe an interesting event following my quasi-birthday celebration.

Last week Friday, the night of my birthday, a few friends and I decided to cook some dinner before we attended an event with many of the other international students.  The dinner was great, the night was fun, and at around 1:30, a few of us decided to go back home.

Unfortunately for us, the trams, buses, and trains all tend to stop running at about 12:30am, with the exception of a few.  We were able to take the last tram to the main train station.  From there we had either the decision to walk or to rent a taxi.  The vote was in favor of a taxi.

Across the street from the tram stop is not only the main train station entrance but also the taxi gathering place.  After the decision to travel by taxi, we crossed the street.  When the light was red, signaling "do not cross."  Upon reaching the other side of the street, we were approached by two police officers, who then asked for our identification.  We then handed over our identification, and after about 20 minutes of waiting, we were let off with not only a warning (to not cross the street on red), but I was also given good tidings from the officers for my birthday!

We took the taxi home, and that was the end of a really fun night!

There was another small random party happening on Saturday as well, which further added some enjoyment to my birthday!