Verb conjugation of "informieren" in German

All people held signs with names on them and on one plate I saw name, of course misspelled. I went with the person to his oldtimer car. We drove to his cottage and I was surprised about the nice reception.
It's like a fairytale. Many green areas, play grounds and many children playing on the streets and a gold court at the end of my street. I've found a great partner from Greece to play with at the weekends.
I was the only one at the beach, as it was too early and all the party people were still sleeping. After that I hired a motorcycle in order to drive around the island. I never drove before that.