The German Adventure!: Back to Buisness!

Hallo und herzlichen Grüße alle!

Well school sure has hit hard and heavy in the past two weeks, but it's been nice getting back into the swing of things after the break. We had classes as usual, but now since my German Language class is over, I've got a little bit of extra spare time, which I've been able to use to keep up my practicing.

It's also been good having this extra time, because I've got a TON of gigs for May. One of them is called Tanz in den Mai; on the evening of April 30th, Germany celebrates the coming of May, the first of May, which is a national holiday. So on this evening we are playing a dance show with some other bands from the school, and I'm pretty excited about it, because I LOOVVEEE playing pop and dance music. I've actually been on a 'pop high' as of late, so this gig fits right in with my current musical fancies! Epic win! I'm also going to be playing three shows for one of the students at the school who plays Chinese Bamboo Flute, and man, this guy is very talented. He's arranged some classical Chinese folk songs in more contemporary styles, which is pretty cool. So those gigs should be good too! Lastly, the Berks and I are going to be playing at a bar doing some more acoustic, singer/song writer, laid back tunes. We did this gig earlier in March, and have been asked to play there again, which is pretty cool. May's going to be a pretty busy month!

So things have definitely been picking up for me again. Last weekend my friend Holly Constant from Berklee came to visit me, which was SUPER awesome!! She's doing the same program that I'm doing through Berklee, but instead of being stationed in Freiburg she's been doing her semester in Athens, Greece. So we had a lovely time exploring Freiburg on Friday, and then on Saturday we were VERY privileged to get a chance to go to a town called Strasbourg, France, with my Art History class. It was so lucky that the field trip lined up with when Holly came, because it was so crazy! Such a cool city! We got there really early in the morning and went straight to the main Catholic church in the town center to talk about the Gothic style. Strasbourg was the main center for Martin Luther and the Reformation, and we also got a chance to go to his church, which also happened to be the church where Mozart played a concert way back in the day. The best part about this was that WE got a chance to PLAY THE ORGAN THAT MOZART PLAYED!!! Soooo crazy!! And then after all this awesomeness in the morning, we were taken to an AMAZING restaurant for the most legit French meal I've ever had. I had Ratatouille and Creme Brulee. So legit. And was it ever delicious. I can't even express in words how delicious this food was. Too good for words. Although afterwords I definitely felt like I wouldn't have to eat for another week.

Well that's it for now. Enjoy the pictures!!

Much love,