Notes from Germany
I am an American expat living in Germany. It's a far away land on the other side of the ocean. It's interesting and often weird here. If you read this and want to comment then email me at blog(the at symbol)chillmost.com. If you find any spelling or grammar mistakes, you can keep them.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Magdeburg, Tote Hose
We were in the city of Magdeburg last night and this morning. I was convinced, against my better judgement, to go see super mellow rockers The 4 of Us play at a music performance series called Songtage. They played well, and they are nice guys, but after driving through the rain and dealing with the Autobahn and Friday afternoon traffic, I wanted to rage and rock out hard. This was not possible with the supplied musical landscape. Was soll's?
Anyway, Magdeburg is not a happening place, at least not last night. I went in with an open mind, but I wasn't impressed. There is supposedly a university there. This implies students creating some kind of scene. We tried hard but couldn't find any action. I know it sounds weak to be hating on a new city after only one night's experience, but I was warned by others before going. I failed to heed said warnings. I paid the price.
One good thing did come of the trip. We were surprised to find out there was a Hundertwasser building in Magdeburg, more specifically, Die Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. That was pretty cool.
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