02.25.12 - Samstag, Saturday
Uh, well. I can't say much. We slept in kind of late because of the late night before. I watched Futurama in German, and had to suffer through a poor German voice actor for Bender, I caught up on How I Met Your Mother, etc. We also figured we would go shopping because we had very little food left. We get to Edeka, and there are no bananas, hardly any fruit or vegetables, and that's basically our favorite things there. So we bought some milk, pizzas, frozen vegetables, and a small head of lettuce and decided to buy the rest to following day. (This adventure is continued in the last paragraph :( ) I also tried taking a picture of the orange cat, but she's so elusive! I've been trying for almost week.
02.26.12 - Sontag, Sunday
We had planned to go to the Focke Museum in the past, and when we saw the Goethe Insitut was offereing a trip for a slightly lower price, we took them up on the offer. It was a bit of an adventure to get there because we had to transfer trams, which we basically just caught in time. We arrived, went in and wandered around for a little while. It was a bit difficult to thoroughly enjoy it all because it was only written in German and we couldn't understand everything, however I do trust my eyes to tell me what's interesting.
I suppose I will just be explaining the pictures at this point. The left one is a painting of the old Rathaus (Town Hall) from years ago, I thought the detail was very impressive. The middle picture is of an old engine from an silt machine that dredged the bottom of the Weser (local river) a while ago. The right picture is of an old swimming club, their suits greatly amused Rachel and I.
I thought the intricate wood carvings were amazing because I know they were all hand-made. I don't know exactly what they are for though. The paiting with gold in the middle was also very beautiful, and my camera took a very nice picture of it. Now the right, is very interesting. My picture does it no justice. It is wallpaper made out of leather with gold and silver leaf, it was incredibly impressive that they had that much leather and time. I guess without technology, there's a lot less to do and more time for everything.
While wandering, I found the entrance to Narnia! Unfortunately I was not able to open it and could not get a glimpse of all the secrets that laid with in. Shortly after I saw some very interesting glass items. I like the color (red from gold impurities in the glass) and the etchings are very intricate and beautiful. Next, we found ourselves in a political history room. There were a few posters from the political parties saying "Vote for us!". Again, I could not understand everything, but the shear idea was fascinating.
Lastly, in this political history room, there was a filing cabinet full of names. "Juden" means Jews, "Zwangarbeiter" means forced labor, "Zeugen Jehova" probably means Jehova witnesses, and lastly (not pictured here) was a drawer for forced sterilization and the mentally sick. There are a few more pictures of this in my full picture album. We were able to look through the doors and see if we could find names. I did not see any Maier's but Rachel did see Schmidt's and Eiler's. There was another glass section that spoke about Hilter's Youth and people who served under Hitler and badges that people received. Again, many more pictures in my album. This particular photo talks about the completion of service in Hitler's youth on the Frueher's Birthday.
On our way back, we passed a Mexican restaurant that was in a very old, Germanic looking building. I couldn't help but laugh a little because it looked so strange.
Later in the day, we decided we would go shopping, hoping the food was restocked. Unfortunately, after having walked all the way to Walle Center entrance, we found out the whole center was closed. I suppose it was a Sunday in Europe. Places aren't as conveniently open as they are in America, unfortunately. So we came home and I did homework, then we had Pizza for dinner.
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