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My layover in Munich, Germany was 9 hours long.

Which is far too long to spend in an airport, but just enough time to take the train into the city and explore.

As I’d never been to Germany, I was quite excited at the prospect.

And it didn’t disappoint.

From the clocks with moving, jousting knights.

To the stalls selling gigantic rounds of cheese.

(Tragically not carry-on size-able, so unable to be brought along to South Africa.)

To the bicycles locked down everywhere.

(Munich is more like Amsterdam than anticipated.)

It was a lovely day.

Plus, I made my mom go ask a strange man in a blue van for hate literature.

And that’s the ending to all great International tours.

I have more to share about the hate literature story

As soon as I learn German

Or remember to use Google Translate,

Megan

Hate Literature, Jousting Knights, & Delicious Apple Fritters (An Afternoon in Munich)

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I shall miss you, little one.

Accidentally exposing myself never gets any easier.

You’d think after I’d flashed all of southern Spain, or been photographed semi-topless by a stranger next to MLK, or groped myself sitting in an Indian restauran, or exposed myself to an entire wedding I would have come to grips with my clothes propensity to showcase my body to all around.

You’d be wrong.

(And the length of those examples is concerning to myself as well.)

For yesterday, I went out at lunch.

Not to eat lunch, mind you, but to frantically drive to see Molly (pictured above) and stand outside in the biting wind yelling at her to pee.

She never did pee, which makes the futility of my lunchtime escapade all the sadder.

I’d left my office and already traversed the upstairs hallway and the stairs and the atrium and was halfway down the driveway to the parking lot when I heard the front door of the building open.

I turned to see our receptionist running out behind me and he stuttered to a stop and said “Megan, uhhh.”

Though he hadn’t come up with a way to phrase his news, I somehow instinctively deduced his meaning and reached behind me to pull my dress out of my underwear.

As I tried to process the embarrassment of having just flashed my entire office, I managed to force out “thank you so much.”

“You were going out, so…” he replied.

Which is sweet, though raises the worrisome question of whether, if I’d been having lunch in the break room, he’d have let my dress in underwear fashion statement go un-referenced.

Either way, none of this would have happened had I not given into my mom’s constant requests that I wear underwear, so it’s hard not to blame Haines for my newly acquired need to enter and leave my office through the side door.

Return tomorro

For the regularly scheduled

Embarrassing story from South Africa,

Megan

I Flashed My Work and It’s Underwear’s Fault

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South African Game Reserve Walk #1

Home again, home again.

Yes, I officially survived South Africa, though the terrible state of Internet connection did leave me with some lingering anxiety.

(I can Instagram any time I want to now.)

(It’s enough to bring tears to my eyes.)

This coming week will be filled with:

Joining Jeff and Lindsey to frantically catch up on The Walking Dead before the season finale on Sunday.

(Wish us luck!)

Re-painting my yellow entryway.

(One day…)

Dog sitting Molly.

Dog sitting Monroe.

(It’s quite the dog-heavy Easter.)

Anna’s quarterly Night of 1,000 Casseroles party.

(I spent roughly 15 minutes trying to track down a certain Night of 1,000 Casserole party post to link to, only to discover it was a Thanksgiving party Anna threw a few years ago. But I’m linking to it anyway. ‘Cause what’s more casserole-y than Thanksgiving?)

Writing down my South African tales for all of you, including shaming myself in front of hotel staff (rather a vacation staple), taking adorable #ExcitedFace photos with an elephant I’ve named Louis, and eating something that came from a pile of poop.

(As showcased in the above photo.)

I can’t wait to get started.

What did I miss while away?

I’m hoping you all have fabulous tales to tell,

Megan

Gathering Strength To Share the Most Embarrassing South African Tales

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