3 posts tagged “germany”
I forgot that I already uploaded my photos from our trip to Berlin this summer - a few of them. Above, Leon and I are standing at the footprint of the former Wall. There are more in my flickr set here.
We went for a long weekend - we took the train and stopped in Dresden along the way. I liked Berlin a lot. It was hip and vibrant and stimulating, and yet so moving for all its history. At the Reichstag, we saw the memorial to the 96 parliament members of the opposition parties killed by the Nazis in 1933. All over the city I saw places where inspired Korean tourists had written "Korea reunification" (in Korean). Leon really liked the Silent Room inside the Brandenburg Gate - he says he wants one built into our future house! We went to a great wine bar, where you paid 1 euro to "rent" a glass, drank what you wanted, then paid what you thought was fair on the way out. And we ate a lot of kebabs, because they are so cheap and good in Berlin.
Over the weekend, Leon and I went to see Korn in concert! Yes, Korn - the band known for such romantic hits as "Faget" and "Freak on a Leash." 'Cuz we're both huge die-hard heavy metal fans, didn't you know? Oh, yeah, totally. I love to fall asleep listening to the Korn song "Kill You." (Leon likes to wake up to "Dead Bodies Everywhere.") So when we heard that they'd be coming to Europe on their "Bitch We Got A Problem" tour (charming), we knew we had to be there. 'Cuz we're hard core, man. Don't we look it?
What, you don't believe me? Okay, how about now:
(I'm still working on my heavy metal face.)
Oh, all right, we're not really headbangers - you sure called us out on that one. I actually listened to a Korn song for the first time last week. But we really did go to their show... in Leipzig, where we met up with our friends Jen and Ray- the new drummer of Korn!
All joking aside, it actually turned out to be one of the best live shows I've ever seen, seriously. The music was good and surprisingly enjoyable even to my Pollyanna tastes, and the show was amazing:
Yay for Ray! He's an amazing drummer:
The energy was awesome. Korn has the most fervent and impassioned fans I think I've ever seen at any concert:
The dorks, aka new Korn fans - YEAH! KORNNNN!!!
Me and Jen... When she visited me in December, neither of us realized that we'd be seeing each other again so soon!
Ray giving away drum sticks after the show - what a nice rock star!
Jen and Ray on the tour bus, aka Ray's home for the next several weeks:
All of us on the tour bus. Leon and me = Korn groupies!
The End.
Today, I had my first class at the university. It's wonderful to be back in school, and I think my classes are going to be great. I'm a little nervous about doing well, though. Wish me luck for the coming weeks!
Also, Leon and I went on a last-minute trip to Leipzig, Germany, over the weekend. We took the train, and it was incredibly easy and pleasant. Coming from the massive USA, I still marvel at how close we live to so many other countries here in Europe. To put it in perspective for you, the distance between Prague and Leipzig is less than HALF the distance between San Francisco and Los Angeles!
Unfortunately, I didn't get to make anything over the weekend, so I'm just going to count my pictures from the trip as my Thing-a-days for Saturday and Sunday (photos are allowed!). Here are a few of my favorites from the weekend. I'll tell the accompanying story later in the week.
