Leipzig

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After another appalling amount of beer and a much later night than we should have had at Sonderbar, we hopped over to Leipzig via the train, checked into our super cool hostel and went a-sightseein’. We were s’posed to have a plan, but didn’t, thought it ended up being better after all. The town is small enough that all the major attractions are concentrated within walking distance, and large enough to have some good life to it. The Nikolaikirche was staggering, and the Stasi Museum was unbelievable for different reasons. We casually visited Bach’s gravesite, saw some monkey love and some monkey hate at the Zoo, ate some dinner at the Auerbachs Keller (just like Faust did in that one book…), and had a pretty cool roommate named Axel. The boys had lots of Döner. I had lots of Crêpes. Food is good. Food is gooder on vacation.

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Photos

John in Nikolaikirche
pretty crazy church, huh? It was originally designed in the Romanesque style, but the interior got a French Classical makeover in the late 1700s.

Nikolaikirche
The exterior isn't very telling of the interior at all...

Nikolaikirche
Me, with the organ that Bach played for years as the church's organist.

John and me
in front of Thomaskirche, where Bach is buried

Bratwurst stand
this guy stood on a busy street for, I swear, all day, and served brats. I did see the guy who came to restock his supplies and help dismount him at the end of the day - it was quite an ordeal.

Huh?
In the tram on the way to the bars one night. Jon on left, John on right.

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
John looking fairly guilty at the entrance to the Stasi museum

Monkey love and monkey hate
some of the craziest baboons I know of are at the zoo in Leipzig.

Comments

[anonymous]

Amazing
- Paul W

[anonymous]

Great Photos
I am glad you are having a great time, I look forward to seeing your photos. It makes it hard to wait for the semester to end and I can get on the road...... P - Paul W