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"If into the infinite you wish to stride, Just walk in the finite to every side."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

(G-Lost in Frankfurt)

Excuse me.

- Excuse me, do you know where the Metro... - NO!

Excuse me, I'm looking for SKYLINE PLAZA?

I don't understand you.

(Hi Kris, welcome to Frankfurt.)

(Enjoy your stay and good luck... Frank)

(Day 2 - Everything is new)

- Hello? - Hello, can I help you?

- Good morning. I'm Kris. - Marco.

Oh, Kris! Your first day at work.

Welcome. Come in, I'll explain everything.

OK.

The first and most important rule: No sex in the shop!

OK.

- Everything cool? - Everything's cool.

- The usual? - Yep, you got it on you?

- Of course. - Hope so, for your sake.

- 50, like always. - 60, bro!

Sorry, supply and demand. You want it or not?

- I need it bad. - That's what I thought.

- Enjoy! - Thanks.

Ciao.

- Hello. - Hi.

Can I help you find something?

Thanks, I'll have a look first.

Sorry, my bad.

- Everything alright? - Yeah.

Are you new here?

Well, yeah, it's my first day.

Really? OK.

Where are you from?

I'm from Warsaw.

Just moved here?

Yeah, we'll see...

It's a nice city.

Yeah, it is.

My name's Damiano.

Kris.

Nice to meet you.

Likewise.

Um, have you seen much of the city yet?

Not yet.

Do you want to?

Well, maybe. Why not? Maybe...

You want to give me your number?

Then I'll just give you a call.

Uh, OK.

- Hi. - Hello! You're here.

Of course! I said I'd be here.

- Just a minute. - No hurry. I can wait.

Everything cool?

Let's go downtown. I'll show you around.

OK.

- Yeah. I'm free. - Cool.

Let's go...

Should we sit down over there for a minute?

Yeah.

So what made you decide to come here anyway?

I wanted to change some things.

Such as?

Aw, you know:

Job, friends, etc.

Ok, the usual. Right?

Um, do you have any other plans today?

Should I show you the real Frankfurt?

Mmm, yeah, I'd like that.

Yeah? Cool. Then let's go...

OK.

(Pictures here)

Come on... Oh, picture! Picture! Picture!

Wait, wait...

Wait, wait! One more.

Yeah! Great. One more. One more. Wait!

Ah, nice!

Here we go!

Watch out! Careful!

(Day 3 - The Seducer)

Hello, can I help you?

Uh... No, thanks!

OK.

Hey!

Hey. What's up?

- David, Kris. - Hello.

- Hi, David. - Kris.

So, you alright?

No, I'm a little out of it today.

I can imagine. It was a long night, wasn't it?

Yeah!

But way cool. I really enjoyed it.

It was great.

Cool, 'cause we're going out again tonight. And you're coming along!

No.

Yes!

Again?! That's a little crazy.

You're in Frankfurt. You're new here.

There's a lot you have to see...

I have to?!

And with the three of us it'll be even more fun!

- I don't know... - Oh, come on! We'll make it an early night.

I promise!

Oh, alright. What time?

Seven o'clock? We'll pick you up here after work.

- Alright. Now I have to do some work. - Cool.

See ya.

- See ya. - See ya later.

Hi!

- Hey, what's up? - Hey.

Evening.

- Andreas? - David!

Sorry!

Well, let's go! Ready?

So the night begins...

- The second night! - And again...

- Let's party! Yeah? - Uh, Ok.

Come on!

David!

What?

You and your shoes. Man!

You have plenty at home. Come on, it's time to party!

Party! Party, man!

Close the door! The door!

- You, too. - Just a tad more.

Open up! I know you're in there!

Let's go!

Open up. Get out of here! Wait, wait, wait...

Give it to me! If you don't I'll throw your asses out!

Come on

now get out of here!

(Day 4 - I want more)

What's taking them so long? Jeez!

And he's bringing someone else along?

David met two guys and is on his way here with them.

- OK. - Whatever, I guess I'll just wait...

Hey, there he is.

Hey George! How're you doing?

- Everything alright? - Yeah, everything's great.

- Hi Andi. - Hello.

Kris, Damiano, George, Andi.

Hi, Andreas.

Hi, Damiano.

Yeah, you called and said you were on your way...

I'm always late. I know! Bad David! Bad David!

- So what's the plan? Is there a plan? - Yeah, should we go downtown?

Definitely! Right? I'm in. Yeah!

- Should we have a drink first? - We can do that.

We are one crazy ass group of guys. Aren't we?

Totally!

You're a monkey.

- You're definitely the craziest. - Yeah, I know.

It's always been that way. Even in my family.

Just because you're crazy, or also because you're gay?

A homo in the family.

Yeah, being gay on top of everything else.

An Italian family

it's pretty rare for anybody to accept

that they have a gay son.

How'd you figure it out?

- How I figured it out? - That you were gay.

I remember it very well.

I was

14.

It was summer,

and I was hanging out downtown with my best friend.

When I got home that evening, it was the silent treatment.

I didn't get it at all.

Until my sister told me that

our cousin had seen me.

With my friend.

And since we're Italian, word gets around fast.

And everybody knows.

Pretty much from then on it was just

never talked about. Nobody

ever talked about it.

Nobody asked.

It was just a weird atmosphere from then on.

And I still remember, Christmas that year

the whole family was together... that was when

my brother started to say something about gays.

And my mom goes:

Now is not the time for that.

Not on Christmas.

And that's when things

started to get really distant between us.

We never really connected again and I

moved out not long after that.

I never actually told my parents.

I never thought it made sense to.

We live so far apart and don't see each other much.

So I just couldn't see the sense in telling them.

And being "out" in Poland

is a little different than here.

Yeah, the whole story.

My parents were totally different when it came to being gay.

My mom used to know this gay guy: Aunt Henry.

So being gay was never a big taboo for us.

He was like a member of the family.

Then when I came out, my mom was the first to accept it,

and my dad never really talked about it until the day he died.

It was actually two days before he died. I was at his bedside and he said:

You know, son

if I've given you the impression that I didn't care about you

all these years, I am truly sorry.

Yeah, he was Mormon. He just couldn't talk about it.

But overall, pretty much the whole family has accepted it now.

I guess I was luckier than you guys.

What about you?

It was kind of the same with my parents.

I never actually said anything about it.

I'm not really sure whether my mom somehow knew.

I think she did,

but I'm not sure.

I came out to her while I was out shopping with my boyfriend.

I was pretty casual about it.

She called and asked me where I was.

I told her we were at the furniture store

buying a couch for our apartment.

She goes: Who's "we"? And I said "me and my boyfriend".

So typical for an immigrant family.

Just so Greek, too.

My mom goes: You and your boyfriend?

Yeah, me and my boyfriend!

And like a typical Greek immigrant:

And how's the weather there?

So I asked her: How do you think the weather is?

Mom, we're 20 kilometers away from you.

The weather's the same here as it is there!

Well then you have a nice day! And she hung up.

And since then it's never come up again.

It's not mentioned, we don't talk about it...

I visit her.

But we don't talk about it any more.

We don't actually connect at all any more.

We have basically no contact with each other now.

But that's just the way it is.

When I came out it was no big deal.

The first person I came out to was my sister.

She was sitting in the kitchen. I just walked in and said...

- I think I should tell you something. - Yeah?

I think I'm gay.

The only thing she said was: ¡§I thought so!¡¨.

And that made us both laugh.

Then my brother walked in. So I told him, too.

He was pretty cool about it.

I told my parents a little later.

My mom on her silver wedding anniversary.

We were a little tipsy, sitting around a campfire.

So I said to her: Uh, mom, I'm gay.

And she says: I'm not stupid, I've known that for a while.

And the rest of the family also took it pretty well.

That's about it in my case in terms of coming out.

Sometimes it's that simple.

Cool.

Here's another question, guys: You ever been with someone

who was a terrible kisser?

Oh yeah, and it was a woman.

She kissed like a washing machine.

Lots of tongue but no feeling.

What was your worst experience?

I hooked up with the hunchback of Notre Dame.

He'd pull out his tongue and swing it back and forth: Ding, Dong...

- Sexy! - For hours.

It totally sucked.

And you?

I had a chameleon kisser.

Did he change colors?

No, I did! Really.

Well, I'm pretty sure I had the worst of them all.

- Why? - Really?

I'll show you a good kiss!

You dick!

- I still feel like going dancing, you guys! - Yeah!

I'm pretty beat, to be honest.

You'll be fine, won't you?

Won't you?

I think I'll take a few drops and I'll be good to go!

Have a wild night! Up till dawn!

- You got something with you? - Yep!

- What? - G.

- Oh, yeah. - But where should we go?

- Downtown? - Where?

To Robert's?

That's in Offenbach - too far away.

No way. That's too far...

- Monza? - They closed.

A long time ago. They closed ages ago.

- What's that other place? That U-place? - I think it's U60311.

- They closed down, too. - Really!? OK, well...

Everybody goes to GIBSON these days, it's right around the corner

pretty cool, pretty crowded.

We could check it out and see, right?

We'll go to GIBSON or look around to see

where else we could go.

We'll see if these guys are still up to it.

They don't have a choice. Come on, guys, we want to go to a club.

- Are you coming? - We voted and you're coming!

- Clubbing!!! - Let's go!

- Yeah, OK. - I feel like dancing.

(Day 5)