Wolters Bremen

... the lard/fat stuff on the table was for.

We walked around some more, past another square area. We found the famous statue of the Donkey, Dog, Cat and Rooster near the town hall. The statue is from the Brothers Grimm tale of The Town Musicians. We never made it to the harbor or to the Universum Bremen science center since we had to get back for an event in Braunschweig. It was a fun day and I will definitely go back to explore more, maybe with a better plan for the day!

... did I see; well there was the drunken soccer fans either heading to or from a game, there were the drunken high school aged kids that looked like they just come from the disco. Also there were plenty of beautiful girls walking through the station but the best was the really drunken guy sleeping while standing and then in the chair then standing again. He was everywhere and then the police came to talk with him. Again it was an interesting few hours ...

What can I say - I really love Germany and this little town is no exception. Actually stayed here a couple of nights mainly to catch up on emails and sleep. This is a cute little town that is most well known for its travelling musicians of Bremen which is a rooster atop the cat atop the dog who is standing on the donkey (apparently they were scaring robbers who invaded their house). They have a statue of this in the centre of town. Aside from this the town is ...

... is the same, we can all come together on common ground.

interesting to think about when just today our cross cultural mgt professor was talking about divisions in Europe. take for instance the conflict along the Serbian-Croatian border takes it roots from when Christian crusaders sacked Constantinople... nights like tonight serve as proof that with understanding, compassion and a little booze, the world might know peace.

so today, around 5pm... local time we all did a bit of pregaming and around 8 we decided to go to a bar that has shots for a euro a piece.. along the way we stopped to get a doner, that's 3/3 for anyone keeping track at home... well Eric and i went to find the Euro Bar without much success.. after ...

... We were working with a lot of "Mechanics of Materials" type information (that I don't really remember from CEE 150), and it was also tricky because the data in Excel was labeled in German. So, I was trying to remember what shear strength actually meant while also trying to figure out which German word referred back to shear strength. Ahh, puzzles.

Overall, it was a very interesting day. There are definitely lots of cultural and scientific things to learn! We'll see what tomorrow brings...

... of Soviet futurism (same as the library in Tallinn) but this building was considerably more....I don't know, ornate? Definitely more colorful, but he was surprised to see it because there weren't many structures completed in the style, apparently, at least in the Baltics. Then we got on the bus for an uncomfortable 4-hour bus ride back to Tartu (compounded by the distinct smell of urine throughout the entire bus) and FINALLY got somewhere we intended to be ...

Wow, lots to catch up on. Lots of stories about this past weekend in Heidelberg, but first, I'll finish my weekend in Northern Germany. After Hamburg, we headed to Bremen, which was about two hours away. Bremen is a smaller city in the north but is home to Beck's Brewery Headquarters and the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "Town Musicians of Bremen" (which I hadn't heard until visiting the city). We called ahead for the Beck's Brewery tour and arrived with only 5 minutes to spare ...

... Himalayas to bless the countryside. It certainly was a strange sight for a botanical garden in Northern Germany, and we were instantly intrigued about what other surprises were hidden around here. We entered the visitor's center and paid the 9€ fee which gave us entry to the museum. Too bad all the explanations were in German ...

... us that they had to stand up on the train all the way to Bonn and all the way back! Poor girls!! Needless to say when we got on the train, we made sure that they both had a place to sit because even the train to Paderborn was VERY full!! When I got home, I was so tired!! I had a nice talk with Marc as always and then I went to bed!! Sunday we all took it easy, we came to campus to work a bit on our project, I talked to Marc before he went to work and then in the ...