[OOC] [MATURE] The Vampire RP

[CountDracula]

@Aisling Been to a carnival parade today. Stood for six hours straight. Shouted "Brunswick helau!" every three minutes for six hours... now, my back, my feet and my throat hurt. But hey - I've been given a plastic pistol, a necklace, a green santa hat for children, a sewing kit, and two big bowls of candy xD

[Aisling]

Sound like you enjoyed your self. I went to a girlfriend's house today. We had fun talking about various books including Harry Potter, did our nails and had a taco salad.

[CountDracula]

@Aisling Nice :)

The carnival parade I went to was one of the biggest in Germany :) it's in Brunswick and it's called "Schoduvel", which is old German for "shoo (the) devil"

[Aisling]

@CountDracula

How many people were there do you think?

[CountDracula]

@Aisling 300,000 were expected, but my mother told me that on TV (there was a live broadcast), they said that less people than expected came... they didn't say a number, but taking a look at the numbers of visitors of the previous years, it probably were 250,000-280,000. 250,000 is the average, more or less. Since last year, the 'Schoduvel' had to be cancelled due to a terror warning, and since so-called 'sympathy bracelets' (bracelets that allowed you to travel to Brunswick, get a free donut and brown ale and take part in the aftershow party) were sold outside of Brunswick as well, more visitors than average were expected to come. So, I guess it was above 250,000, but below 300,000.

[Aisling]

@CountDracula

About how many people are in Germany? We had 318.9 million in 2014.

[CountDracula]

@Aisling 81 million, I think

[Aisling]

@CountDracula

With that kind of a difference between the two countries would make your turn out a very good turn out. Each New Year's Eve, New York, New York had 1 million people in Times Square which is 5 blocks by 2 blocks or an acre of footage. There are buildings that people stick their heads out of and I think apartment buildings on top of stores.

[CountDracula]

@Aisling Brunswick is an old town without skyscrapers, so not that many people fit into it, first of all...

However, up to a million people come to the carnival parade in Cologne every year (it is the biggest one in Germany, while Brunswick is the fourth biggest... Cologne, Mainz, Dusseldorf, and then Brunswick).

[Aisling]

@CountDracula

And each one of our states except some of the Original 13 states, can be a country. Texas and California can be several states as large as they are.

[CountDracula]

@Aisling Founding a state isn't about the size. There are three things you need: Land that doesn't belong to any other state or that the other state has lost interest in, people, and a government. Such a state theoretically could be as large as Russia, or as small as your backyard.

Actually, Germany is smaller than Texas...

[Aisling]

@CountDracula

I didn't realize that Germany was that big! I haven't looked up the actual size of Texas but it is one of our biggest states.

[CountDracula]

@Aisling Germany is bigger than other European countries, but still smaller than Texas.

[Aisling]

@CountDracula Did you look it up?

[CountDracula]

@Aisling Yup. Germany is 357,168km² big and the area of Texas is 696,241km².

[Aisling]

About twice the size of Texas.
I think my grandson has an ear infection. He is so fussy and not feeling good. His ear is red. I'll call the doctor in the morning and get him asap.

[CountDracula]

Ouch :(

[Aisling]

Yeah.... Mom worked late and now has to get up early for work. I'll be doing the calling and taking of him. Poor baby.

[Aisling]

@CountDracula

I'm gonna head to bed. Good night.

[Aisling]

Rowan is awake now and I get to watch him until his dad gets home. I'll be back on later. Sorry.