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Ohhh lordy it's been a while. What's happened.
...Lemme get my camera so I can check.
AACHEN, yes, Aachen, that's what happened. Saw the big old church with the chair Charlemagne sat in. It was kind of...unimpressive. I mean really, it was just a couple of blocks of stone made up to act like a chair.
But hey, Charlemagne!
There was also water, y'know, the hot springs Aachen is famous for or something. Frau Schopf made us all taste it. Mm, sulfur! oh god it tasted like bad eggs
OH YEAH, and the front door had the devil's thumb in it.
Okay I'll tell the story. Once upon a time in the year Oldoldold AD, the townspeople were going to build a church. But they ran out of money. Where do you go for more money when you really really need to build a church? Make a deal with the devil, of course! The devil was a reasonable man, so he said "All righty then, I'll give you your cash if you give me the soul of the first living thing that goes through the door of the church when it's done." Reasonable. So they built the church, then they sent a wolf through the door. Logically. The devil was so mad at the people for tricking him, he slammed the door shut, and he slammed it so hard his thumb got stuck in the door handle. It's still there! it's a chunk of metal, I took a picture
We also saw the place where Frau Schopf used to live. Awww.
Next day, school! Well, instead of learning German math again there was a presentation from some guy from some bank. Yay. Then, dance school! I learned how to tap my foot. Woo. Okay it was kind of awesome fun and ridiculous. Then, party! Well, something. Luba was graduating(?) from some Russian class thing and they were celebrating the end. I think. There was singing and eating pickles and stuffing toilet paper in various places and other weird Russian(???) things.
Today, Bonn! aka why do I have so much candy. But I'll get to that. There was another church, which was fabulous, and the Rathaus is always cool to look at in a city, but mostly, BEETHOVEN. Bonn was where ol' Ludwig van was born and raised until about...20 or 30 or so, when I think he ran off to Vienna. Or something. Naturally, souvenirs out the wazoo.
Then we went to a museum of German history post-WWII, which was kind of neat. They had all these old documents and outfits and a bunch of places where you could hear tapings of speeches and DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND ÜBERALLES and all that nonsense. I was promised a section on the secret police and torture tools, but I guess that's at another museum. Hmph.
But the main attraction? HARIBO HARIBO HARIBO OH MY GOD HARIBO. For those of you who don't know, Haribo is a candy company. They basically invented the Gummi Bear. Not really but. They made it more awesome. There was a store that had pretty much everything they've ever created, including supposedly a bunch of candies that you can't find anywhere except in that one specific store. And maybe the internet. I dunno.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF GUMMI BEARS IN MY BACKPACK.
ALONG WITH AN ENORMOUS PLASTIC BAG OF CANDY from one of those "hey put some of this candy and this candy and this candy in a bag!" shelves. Hnnnngh candy.
And a little plush bear. Because I don't want to eat all of my souvenirs.
And candy.
...And candy.
8D
...Lemme get my camera so I can check.
AACHEN, yes, Aachen, that's what happened. Saw the big old church with the chair Charlemagne sat in. It was kind of...unimpressive. I mean really, it was just a couple of blocks of stone made up to act like a chair.
But hey, Charlemagne!
There was also water, y'know, the hot springs Aachen is famous for or something. Frau Schopf made us all taste it. Mm, sulfur! oh god it tasted like bad eggs
OH YEAH, and the front door had the devil's thumb in it.
Okay I'll tell the story. Once upon a time in the year Oldoldold AD, the townspeople were going to build a church. But they ran out of money. Where do you go for more money when you really really need to build a church? Make a deal with the devil, of course! The devil was a reasonable man, so he said "All righty then, I'll give you your cash if you give me the soul of the first living thing that goes through the door of the church when it's done." Reasonable. So they built the church, then they sent a wolf through the door. Logically. The devil was so mad at the people for tricking him, he slammed the door shut, and he slammed it so hard his thumb got stuck in the door handle. It's still there! it's a chunk of metal, I took a picture
We also saw the place where Frau Schopf used to live. Awww.
Next day, school! Well, instead of learning German math again there was a presentation from some guy from some bank. Yay. Then, dance school! I learned how to tap my foot. Woo. Okay it was kind of awesome fun and ridiculous. Then, party! Well, something. Luba was graduating(?) from some Russian class thing and they were celebrating the end. I think. There was singing and eating pickles and stuffing toilet paper in various places and other weird Russian(???) things.
Today, Bonn! aka why do I have so much candy. But I'll get to that. There was another church, which was fabulous, and the Rathaus is always cool to look at in a city, but mostly, BEETHOVEN. Bonn was where ol' Ludwig van was born and raised until about...20 or 30 or so, when I think he ran off to Vienna. Or something. Naturally, souvenirs out the wazoo.
Then we went to a museum of German history post-WWII, which was kind of neat. They had all these old documents and outfits and a bunch of places where you could hear tapings of speeches and DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND ÜBERALLES and all that nonsense. I was promised a section on the secret police and torture tools, but I guess that's at another museum. Hmph.
But the main attraction? HARIBO HARIBO HARIBO OH MY GOD HARIBO. For those of you who don't know, Haribo is a candy company. They basically invented the Gummi Bear. Not really but. They made it more awesome. There was a store that had pretty much everything they've ever created, including supposedly a bunch of candies that you can't find anywhere except in that one specific store. And maybe the internet. I dunno.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF GUMMI BEARS IN MY BACKPACK.
ALONG WITH AN ENORMOUS PLASTIC BAG OF CANDY from one of those "hey put some of this candy and this candy and this candy in a bag!" shelves. Hnnnngh candy.
And a little plush bear. Because I don't want to eat all of my souvenirs.
And candy.
...And candy.
8D