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21. October 2012<\/p>\n

I know we “live in a world of increasing globalization”, a world in which studying abroad is strongly encouraged (particularly at UPS), and more and more young adults are choosing jobs after college which allow them to travel, to see the world.\u00a0 Not just PeaceCorps or the JET program, or the Fulbright, but also jobs which actually relate to a career!\u00a0 My generation wants to travel, and get paid to do it.\u00a0 I feel incredibly privileged to have the good fortune to be one such person.<\/p>\n

This weekend I traveled to Bremen.\u00a0 Bremen!\u00a0 I read The Town Musicians of Bremen as a child, and I can’t believe I was just there<\/em>!\u00a0 It is like falling into a fairy tale.\u00a0 With the assistance of 1 bus and 4 trains, I finally reached Bremen at quarter-til-five on Friday.\u00a0 Mackenzie, the Fulbright ETA stationed in Bremen, and a fantastic person, met me at my platform. \u00a0We left my pack at her apartment (she lives on an island!), and ventured forth into the city of Bremen.\u00a0 We first ate dinner at “Tom & Karo”, which is short for “Tomaten und Karotten”, and is an all-vegetarian\/vegan diner.\u00a0 Feeling adventurous, I ordered the “Tropical Burger”, which consists of a seitan-burger patty, vegan mayo, a mango-curry sauce, your normal array of vegetables (tomato, onion, lettuce), and freshly grilled pineapple<\/em>.\u00a0 ZOMG.\u00a0 That was the best-tasting burger I’ve ever had the pleasure of enjoying.\u00a0 It was mind-blowing, how amazing it was.\u00a0 I am going to be dreaming<\/em> about that burger.<\/p>\n

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Afterwards, we took a Strassenbahn to the Freimarkt.\u00a0 I had no idea what a Freimarkt was, but I imagined something similar to the Christmas Markets I had been to, in Dec. 2010.\u00a0 I was wrong.\u00a0 The Freimarkt is a lot like a county fair:\u00a0 crazy rides, games for those who want to spend a lot of money trying to win a stuffed animal, greasy food, and even cotton candy.\u00a0 No animals, large vegetables, or home-baked pies, though.\u00a0 Apparently, the Bremen Freimarkt is the largest in all of Germany, and this year was the 997th year.\u00a0 It runs for 2 weeks in October, and I was just lucky enough to happen to be in town the starting weekend!\u00a0 We wandered around for 2.5 hours, marveling at the rides and the insane people on them, and enjoying the music.\u00a0 We did<\/em> go up on the Reisenrad (ferris wheel), which apparently is the largest transportable<\/em> ferris wheel in the world<\/em>.\u00a0 (The largest non-transportable ferris wheel is the Singapore Flyer in Singapore).\u00a0 Each ride costs 4 Euros or more, so we didn’t want to spend that much money, but decided the ferris wheel was worth it.\u00a0 Seeing Bremen from that high up was so cool.\u00a0 And it was night, so we could see all of the lights, and the entire Freimarkt.\u00a0 Beautiful in all its energy-hogging neon-lit glory.\u00a0 Like the old, college-matriculated people we are, we went to bed a whole hour before midnight.<\/p>\n

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Parital view from the ferris wheel<\/p><\/div>\n

Saturday– yesterday– was the best day.\u00a0 Probably not of my entire life, but pretty close.\u00a0 In the morning, Mackenzie gave me a tour of the Altstadt.\u00a0 Conveniently, all of the best tourist attractions are within a few blocks of each other, so it is super easy to see everything in just a couple of hours.<\/p>\n

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Here, alleys are cute, not scary.<\/p><\/div>\n

After the tour, we went to Vegefarm, a vegetarian restaurant that had been recommended to us by a friend.\u00a0 There, we met up with Arvina.\u00a0 I’ve known Arvina for 1 3\/4 years, since I stayed on her couch for a few days in Luxembourg.\u00a0 We’ve stayed in touch, and since she now lives in Bremen, it was really exciting to see her again.\u00a0 How quickly the years pass!<\/p>\n

In the afternoon, SCIENCE!\u00a0 We went to the Universium.\u00a0 There are no words to describe its awesomeness.\u00a0 I am too awed to speak.<\/p>\n

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And, finally, the main event.\u00a0 The reason for visiting Mackenzie this particular weekend.\u00a0 The experience I have been eagerly awaiting for over a month<\/em>:\u00a0 THE WISE GUYS CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\u00a0 I suppose the demographic of Americans who enjoy German A Capella pop music is not very large, but I have had the good fortune to find in Mackenzie a vegetarian friend who not only adores Joss Whedon’s work, but also enjoys The Wise Guys.<\/p>\n

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