Sorry I've been absent from writing lately. The past week has been a complete blur... in a wonderful way.
This weekend went fast, with two nights of clubbing, one in a brand new club in Trier. This thing, called Musikpark A1, is NUTS. It's huge! Amanda and I went there last Saturday night to meet up with our friend Yu, from Japan, and a group from Mexico City who are studying at the Fachhochschule (business school) here in Trier. When we got there, it was complete wonderful chaos (sort of). A giant building, called the Edeka Center, that reminds me of the Target Center. A line of 500 or so people... ALL NIGHT LONG. Amanda and I stood in line with Yu and got through it fairly fast, but there was a slight mishap on Amanda's part, and she ended up not getting in. See her blog for the funny version of her part of the story.
Anyway, Yu and I got in and were immediately confronted by a huge room with a bar, all decorated in gothic style, with gargoyles and columns and Catholic icons and crazy stuff. The club then gave three separate dance floors: one decorated like a saloon that played older but fun music; one like a strip club, that played newer hits, complete with pole dancers; and a smoker lounge/bar/dance floor that played electronica and industrial. The night was long and fun, the Mexicans met us, and I then accompanied them to their place around 5 am for the "after party"... from which I left and got back home at around 1 pm on Sunday to find Amanda alive and well.
On Monday, I received a call from Forehead, a friend of mine from the Twin Cities, who had mentioned to me earlier this summer that he'd be in Europe. I'd told him to contact me when he's here if he needed/wanted a place to stay. Well, according to him, he was here in Germany, hitching down to Trier at the moment from a town only a few hours away! I awoke Amanda and we did a flash cleaning of our rooms, as Forehead was traveling in a group of 5, all friends and friends of friends from the Twin Cities. The next morning, 11 am, I got another call, and Forehead and Brittany were sitting on my university! Yesterday, the other three arrived in two groups, and Amanda and I guided them to the university and picked one up at the train station, and short summary of the story: we are now hosting 5 crust punks between our 2 rooms for an indeterminate amount of time. They are thinking they'll stay at least through my birthday next week, which would be awesome... how cool to celebrate my 21st in Germany with Americans! So far, it's been great having them (other than the unwashed smell), being able to speak and act American, show people around my temporary home, and just have fun with a bunch of people I know and am getting to know better!
Today, I registered for orientation, and tonight is the official opening/wine tasting (yep, another one). Tomorrow, I take my first German language placement test and then have a few activities through the morning/early afternoon. In the evening, there is an international student party, I've heard, and who knows what's in store for the weekend! Perhaps a day of playing tourist, showing the crusties around Trier.
Thus, alles gut, ich bin sicher und froh, and ich werde versuchen, mehr bald zu schreiben! (All is well, I'm safe and happy, and I will try to write more soon!)
Viele Grüße an ihr alle!
Amanda
2 comments:
So where is this new bar? I am so jealous. When I was there all there was was lame Forum/ the one by the Dom. And Exhaus had some stuff...sometimes... Jealous!
Oh man... A1 is across the Römerbrücke... and it is AWESOME. I just hope it's not toooo big and will wear out from lack of people after it stops being so new!
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