I meant to write this so long ago! I even posted all the pictures yesterday, but got caught up in an 8-page extra credit packet that was unnecessary but I did all of. Whoops time management, yay bonus points? I've got my final theatre class this afternoon, my German exam tomorrow, and my Media exam on Thursday. So I guess it's good that I'm writing this now; prime procrastination fodder ;]
This past week has been filled with mini-feasts. Went to my first all you can eat sushi place (which included miso soup and green tea bread which was awesome tasty) in Poppelsdorfer Allee which totally wasn't as sketchy as all you can eat sushi could be! The International Office hosted a 4th of July shindig for us Amurikans, but everyone was invited, natürlich. Everybody, study abroad in Germany: your program gives you free beer! Lots of grilling and potato salad and there was even a guitar circle going for a while! Quote of the night was hearing someone say "Can I touch that baseball? I've never seen one in real life before!" Oh, world, I am so sorry you didn't grow up going to baseball games on the weekend and singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame and hotdogs and cracker jacks and t-ball and baseball caps... My favorite sport :] Though basketball's a
close second.
Sunday night, I went with my Theatre class to Euro Theatre Central Bonn to see an adaptation of Albert Camus'
The Stranger, oder
Die Fremde auf Deutsch. The theatre itself is tucked away in the middle of the city center, very innocuous. It only holds I'd say 40 people and the stage was very small. If you want to be entertained/confused/horrified, you can read the summary of The Stranger
on Wiki, but what we saw was an even weirder, absurdist,
German adaptation of a weird absurdist novel. Two men in black turtlenecks and slacks, covering themselves and the plain black walls with white duct tape. The stage consisted of a dozen random chairs pointing every which way and a dozen sparkly gift bags with books and sand and water. I think they both played the same character, and other characters, and would switch sporadically? We had class today and since the weather was nice and our class + teacher is only 6 people, we sat at a cafe outside and discussed everything as best we could. I may not have understood everything, but I sure enjoyed it. I prefer theatre and art that disturbs me or confuses me. Something to think about is better than formulaic and predictable, ya dig?
Yesterday I spent all day at Starbucks filling out aforementioned 8-page extra credit packet about all sorts of random deutsche medien-related grammar things. This Starbucks in Münsterplatz has become a sort of unofficial meeting ground for.. everyone! I saw probably 20 people I knew throughout yesterday? It's fun to always have a study break friend right there, or someone in your class to help a sister out. Today I popped by the last Kaffeestunde :(, then had a nice lunch with Amy with Pizza Happy Hour, whatever that means. But so much delicious spinach and mushrooms and salami pizza! Whaddup, leftovers for dinner. And lunch tomorrow XD But now, I'm back at Starbucks, soaking up this free wi-fi and staring not longingly at my pile of study material. Everything is just so weird that it's ending. I leave three weeks from yesterday. Some earlier. I have to deep clean my room, buy souvenirs, pack, use as many coupons in Bonn as I physically can, abmeld with the city, make an appointment with my hausmeister or whatever to check my room, make sure everyone has my US cell number so we can keep in touch when I'm done with my awesome cheap-ass sudoku capable Handy...
But until then, PHOTO DUMP WOOOO
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| Katie and I in Bad Honnef. I will miss the sheer photogenicity on Europe. |
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| HOW DID THAT PFERD GET UP THERE THOUGH?? |
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| Too soon? ;__; It was such a fun run though. I'm so proud of the German team! Gomez, marry me |
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| A pop up festival in the city center of Bad Honnef. |
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| There's bound to be one staple beyond cheesy America-related thing that looks old as hell. |
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| European roller coasters and rides are the best because they look so dangerous, go super faster, and more often than not, no seat belts. Kids were flying all over the place on this puppy |
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| For you, dad! |
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| Birkenstock Mecca. I bought a pair of brown ones for only 25€! Whatta steal |
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| The Rhein. I will go swimming! Just one more week til my tattoo's fully healed I think! |
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| The Residents? On a menu for a hole in the wall burger restaurant? Hmm... |
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| When I'm not taking day trips around the country or studying for my final exams, I spend hours on the Rhein reading and party boat watching. When the weather's gorgeous, this is hands-down what I'm going to miss most about this city. |
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| Wooooo |
Last Saturday, Rachel and I went to Düsseldorf for the Open Source Festival! It was an all day music festival in the middle of the woods, absolutely perfect. Beirut was headlining, and we got prime spots for them <3
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| Hanf im Glück, a happy/pop/ska band from Düsseldorf, and the only band to sing entirely in German! |
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| Africa Hitech. |
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| A pretty sweet band from London. We caught the beginning and end of their set and they were good! |
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| A little blurry, but it's Mouse on Mars! We didn't want to spend too much time making our way to the front since we were going to leave early for Beirut. |
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| Ah, yes. Beirut. |
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| Zach Condon <3 |
Okay, back in Bonn. I waited as long as I could, but I finally bought a pack of the perfect German pens that everyone falls in love with here! That journal become significantly more colorful towards the end
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| Lining up for Flunkyball! I decided to actually play as many rounds as possible (5) since we're nearing our final weeks . Yeah, Jon Bonn Jovis! |
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| The enemy team. Bonn Diggitys |
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| The Hauptgebäude and tent set up for graduation |
This past Saturday, I travelled to Düsseldorf again with some friends to explore the city. Trevor took us on a little pub crawl
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