Untitled. by scott.hunter on Flickr.

i wish i could fly to Europe to see them perform in their own country Germany… where it all began

Axis Powers

Kae

Kae

Kae

Untitled. by scott.hunter on Flickr.

A travel poster by Richard Friese done in 1928/1929. I think...

There has been drama and frustration and it’s rained a bunch, but I’ve loved every moment of being here. Even the parts that weren’t so fun. I love this place so much and I don’t want to go home at all. I just want to stay here, live here, hell I’d become a citizen. It’s beautiful, it’s alive, it’s better in my eyes. And I’ve been able to be away from everything at home that were driving me crazy. This has been the best experience ever. And I don’t want to go home, I just want some of my stuff and then a place to live. I think I’d rather live in Dresden however, than Berlin. Dresden was beautiful and full of amazing history. I feel so comfortable here. Not where I live back home, but here in a totally foreign country. I feel at home here more than at my home. Does that make any sense?

I’m moving here either for college or after college. Or why not just…screw college?
Germany is wonderful. I love it.

Laccaria amethystina - Violetter Lacktrichterling by Claude@Munich on Flickr.

(by oscarW.)

Only three weeks left and then:

Editors, Apparat, Ben Klock, Boys Noize, Calvin Harris, Chase & Status, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, Digitalism, Gui Boratto, José González, Junip, Little Dragon, Loco Dice, Miss Kittin, Modeselektor, Patrick Wolf, Paul Kalkenbrenner, Robyn, Roman Flügel, Siriusmo, The Naked and Famous en White Lies. 

Melt! Festival 2011

I. Just. Can’t. Wait.

Entrevista a Johnny Christ para la Metal Hammer Alemania en el backstage del Rock AM Ring // Johnny Christ for Metal Hamer Germany at the Rock AM Ring

Neuschwanstein by ivan.pertica on Flickr.

the travellers - III by M 65

SOPHIE.

YOU LIKE AMERICA / GERMANY AND ENGLAND / GERMANY.

YOU’RE MY SOULMATE FOR LIFE.

HUG ME BROTHA.

 

A travel poster by Richard Friese done in 1928/1929. I think this is advertising for one of the Rhineland train routes that crisscross south-western Germany.

sixbagatelles: ok it says here if the household interviewing person does not find you twice

An old water tap fountain in the town of Frankenberg, Germany

(by MaddinM26)

Flowers in Oberammergau.

Maren and I.


One of the hosts of ZDF's morning show.


Eagle in Bundestag meeting room.


Lunch guest.

Today was an early day. We were out of the hotel around 7:30 am in order to make a live broadcast of ZDF’s (one of Germany’s national public TV broadcasters) morning magazine.

It was an interesting experience. We were there for the cafe at the end of the program and the hosts moved around the audience — it was an interesting breakdown between that fourth wall.

Also there I ran into Maren Beuscher — a journalist at ZDF. I, along with Professor Mike Conway, hosted Maren and Matthias Veit when they took part in the German half of the RIAS program last fall. I did not know she was going to be there so it was a nice surprise.

After the broadcast we talked with Thomas Walde, deputy head of ZDF’s capital bureau. He worked as a correspondent in Washington, DC, for the broadcaster during the Bush administration and had a lot to say on the perception of the United States in Germany as well as the differences between German and American broadcasters.

Our meeting with him actually lasted an hour longer than it was meant to. 

Afterward it was a tour of the Reichstag and then off to Tucher, near the Brandenbug Gate, for lunch with a journalist from Deutschland Radio. Deutschland Radio took over RIAS’s facility after there was no more need of radio in the American sector of Berlin. 

Tonight we go to Gendarmenmarkt for music and dinner.

Yesterday was long, but really fun.

We took a train (3 actually) to Peenemüde, an old coastal city turned missile testing site.

It actually has a really intense history, which we learned all about in the Technological History Museum. The museum is an old power plant, which was bombed and reconstructed in 1991.

So how did this little fishing town with 300 people become the site for military missile testing?

Basically, around the time after WWI a bunch of scientists were really into space travel and liquid fuel They funded their research by themselves so they weren’t really going anywhere. At the same time, the treaty of Versailles limited Germany a lot in researching weapons technology, but it didn’t say anything about liquid fuel powered missiles because they didn’t exist yet.

So since no one was funding them and they wanted to pursue their dream, some of the scientist signed on with the military, which basically meant anything they needed they got. One such thing was Peenemünde. They needed more space and a place to test their research and Peenemünde was perfect because it was right on the coast and there was a stretch of relatively straight land on which they could set up measurement instruments. Btw, the people who were living there were kicked out and of course, they were pissed.

Fist ballistic missile, and first thing to touch space! When the missile was finally finished, the German government used it as propaganda, calling it the miracle weapon that would help them win WWII. In reality, it cost way too much to fire. The fuel was made from potatoes and at that point they hardly had enough food to feed people, so miracle weapon was kind of a dud.

The cit also has a very sad side. A lot of the labor and why the weapons could be built so fast was due to slave labor and concentration camp workers. It was a really split city; on the one side you had the scientist who were given everything they ever need to live and on the other were the slaves who were treated like dirt. The museum had a cool exhibit where you could listen to the different recounts of the people who were there at the time and how different the world of the scientists were from the slaves and concentration camp workers.

After Peenemünde, we went to the Baltic sea!

It was kind of a chilly day, but we made the most of it and played in the ocean anyway. Lots of beach things were done, including football americana with a deflated soccer ball and football regular. It was a great way to spend the day. Lovely.

Rummel ohne Rummel.

Trudged to the top of the Vِlkerschlachtdenkmal after school with my backpack full of books, camera bag full of cameras/lenses, and my water bottle. I’m completely worn out. I can’t even bear to look at stairs, and I felt like Liza Minnelli in Arrested Development, but it was definitely worth it. Leipzig is too pretty. 

sixbagatelles: ok it says here if the household interviewing person does not find you twice

WHAT IS LIEBE

cuesta acostumbrarase aun paםs que no es el tuyo…se extrania mucho la comida y el idioma,pero lo bueno es que he conocido gente muy buena y que me ha brindado todo su carinio y amistad, incluso si no hablamos el mismo idioma…

Munich (by estelle3875)

From Kצln we drove down through Koblenz, but unfortunately there was a massive gardening festival on and there was no where to park so we couldn’t stop. We drove down through the Moselle Valley and stopped in Cochem for the night. Here, we wandered amongst the cobblestone streets and over the old city wall before heading up to the Pinnerkreuz which provides an incredible view over Cochem and much of the valley. The following day we headed up to the Reichsburg - an old castle that was built in 1100.

1kg of cherries for €5!

Do not swing… Didn’t really plan on it.

Hotel room view.

View of the Moselle and vineyards from the Reichsburg.

Somewhere along the Moselle.

Being a tourist with a duck fountain - mostly for Dane.

…has been: job applications, red wine, Settlers of Catan, deep annoyance with a certain someone and then deep appreciation for a different certain someone, the English Garden, soup making, North Korea obsessions, Postcrossing, tea, babies, vacuuming, new shoes, goodbyes, walks, Mozart, and hats.

It feels a bit strange to look at all the things we did just so recently and how distant it feels.

-a lot. 

-some more.

-“wait, they serve alcoholic cider here? kellnerin!”

WHAT IS LIEBE

BABY DON’T HURT ME

DON’T HURT ME

NO MORE

Oh god Germany’s face