Tuesday, January 31, 2012

I can slowly feel my German getting better, I was in a store today and was completely evesdropping on someone's conversation (though I'm not sure if you can call it evesdropping when you can barely understand) But nonetheless! I understood a few words and it felt awesome. I'm picking up this language somewhat quickly, surprisingly. It definitely helps to be immersed in the culture! 
The guided city tour was really interesting! It was easy to tell the actors really enjoyed their jobs, and were very believable in the characters they played. The woman that played the wife of Martin Luther was very humorous and made the tour very enjoyable despite the freezing cold. The city is beautiful at night, to see all the building glowing with the dim streetlights is something that no camera could ever accurately capture, the feeling of such a comforting and peaceful city.  Also seeing Dylan in the medieval handcuffs was pretty funny as well.

Monday, January 30, 2012

"We don't talk about money, we just have it"

A German saying, we learned today, when talking about the taboo topics in Germany.
Leipzig.

Leipzig so far has been my favorite city, the architecture of it was simply gorgeous.  I love the coffee museum, although we didn't look through the museum itself, just walking up the stairs to get to the coffee shop was increasingly beautiful by each step.  Despite how cold it was today, it was still a wonderful city.  The choir we saw was really great. The church was arranged in an odd fashion, where no one could actually see the church from where they were sitting, but I suppose the concert was more for listening than watching. After that we embarked on our usual wanderings through the city checking out coffee shops and other stores. I definitely want to pay a visit to this city again.
Leipzig.

Thursday, January 26, 2012


Flower Power: the fun bar of the night.

airberlin

AirBerlin is by far my favorite airline. They serve you food twice in a 7 hour flight, offer you (complementary) Wine, Bailey’s and Bourbon every time they pass you in the aisle. And it was by far the smoothest ride I’ve ever had.  Not to mention the incredibly nice flight attendants.
Thus far— Smooth sailing with slight turbulence today.

Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany