Recent Life In Lüneburg
Ok, it’s been a while since I wrote a post, so I figured I’d do a couple. This one is about the misc. stuff that has been happening in Lüneburg. First, I got interviewed for the local paper yesterday about what American students studying in Germany thought about the elections in the US. I thought that was cool. I’ll have to buy it today. They took my picture, which I wasn’t too happy with. If I knew I was going to be doing it, I would have shaved or something. I’m sure it wasn’t a flattering picture. Now, with unemployment being pretty high, Germans are going to start complaining about Germany importing homeless looking people. I think I might shave today in celebration. Obama won, and now I’m in a VERY good mood. It might actually outweigh my laziness and procrastination. Plus I was kind of looking forward to growing a massive beard for my trip to Morocco. Hmmm, guess I’ll see what I do later. Maybe I could just trim it…
Oh speaking of homelessness, on Friday Theresa and I went to a bar in Am Sande, after wandering around trying to be spontaneous. After a round, some old drunk German guy walked by us on the way to the restroom. When walking by us he noticed that we were speaking in English, so I guess he thought he’d try to practice his English. He started asking when I was from, and what I was doing in Germany. I use “I” because the guy never looked at Theresa for more than 2 seconds, even when she answered a question of his that I failed to comprehend (he switched between English and German frequently). Never even really acknowledged her. It was really weird. During his first stop, he ended up telling me all the places he visited in America. Then he said he hated America. I think he misspoke though, because he was talking about how the US doesn’t take care of it’s people (homelessness), Bush’s policies, etc. Plus he was saying how much he hoped to visit Vegas soon, so I think he meant he hated the way that America does certain things. He came by a couple times after that, each time a little more awkward than the last. He did buy us a round though. I thought it was nice that, despite him ignoring her, he decided to include Theresa in the round, even though she didn’t need another one. Now that I think about it, he wasn’t that bad. Anyone who buys me beer can’t be all that bad.
A while ago, Julian, Keith, Alex, and I went to visit the house that Himmler committed suicide in. 31A Ulzener St. in Lüneburg. I’m not exactly sure how Julian found the address, but I knew it was on Ulzener St., so I accepted the address as correct. We checked it out. Nothing special. From what I remember hearing about Himmler’s suicide, he committed suicide in a building used by Ally police forces, but this place was just a regular house. So I don’t know if that was the place he committed suicide, or the place he was caught. Either way, it’s a place one of the most evil men in history spent the last hours of his life. Now it’s a social work office. We saw signs for Alcoholics Anonymous in the window. After numerous attempts to find a way into the building, Julian and I decided to try back later. Maybe try to attend an AA meeting and wander off…
Tags: General, Germany, Luneburg
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