June 13
We were all pretty exhausted from the day before still and
the weather was forecasted to be rainy so we decided to take it a little easy
with our day’s schedule. Going to the
Hamburg Museum exactly fit with how we all were feeling. Anna and Alex had some studying to do so they
would spend their day at the university while Irene, Brian and I would go out and
about.
The subway ride was a little bit interesting, or at least it
was very interesting to me because I don’t take the subway every day. At the first subway stop after we boarded the
doors opened and in stepped two men speaking Russian to each other. The doors closed, one of the men turned on a
speaker and the other assembled a saxophone.
It was a flash jazz mob (2 person), as the music played out of the
speaker, one man played his saxophone and the other sang. No sooner had they begun the subway had
arrived at the next stop and they quickly disassembled their show and departed
the from the subway car. With a little
bit of a walk from the subway station we arrived at the Hamburg Museum.
The Hamburg Museum was spectacular. However I do think I say that with a lot of
bias because I am a person who really enjoys history and museums. The museum did an excellent job with their
displays using very detailed models, exhibits, and projector displays on the
development throughout Hamburg’s history.
After spending a few hours in the museum our hunger drove us to find a
restaurant to eat some lunch. We found a
restaurant/brewery that makes craft beer like in America and settled down to
eat. And then it began to rain.
We dined on our food and just continued to drink beer
since the rain was keeping us put (oh bummer, right?). Eventually Alex and Anna met up with us at
the restaurant and we talked about our enjoyment of the museum. Also there was a bachelor party going on at
the table next to us and the bachelor all dressed up in a Popeye costume. He tried
to sell us a potato as part of his duty if he ever wants to get out of his
costume, an experience that is both very funny and embarrassing for him. The rain subsided and we returned to Alex’s
apartment to rest up a bit before deciding our evening plans.
Alex and Anna prepared us a simple but very delicious dinner
of homemade tomato soup and quiche. We
all sat in a circle on the floor of Alex’s office as we ate our dinner while
drinking some whiskey cocktails that Alex had prepared. Around midnight Alex and I went on a walk
while drinking a few beers and we reminisced the last time that we were both in
Europe together in Barcelona. We
wondered back about an hour later.
Tomorrow Irene, Brian and I part ways with Anna and Alex and leave for Lubeck.
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