So after a weekend of botched plans and feeling horribly ill, today has made up for all of it... including the lack of completed homework part (which I will be paying for tonight in sleep). Today a few of use went to Amburg, a sleepy little town with lots of old European beauty. It had the classic architecture with flower beds littering every windowsill and old wooden bridges and cobblestone roads (well cobblestone is everywhere here reall). Our main reason for going was to see the Paul Reubens exhibit. He's a Flemish baroque painter, but we mostly saw his lithographic prints. And we did and, had there not been other things about the day, I'd talk about that some more. There were also a pair of black long-haired cats with white stars on their necks. They looked exactly like my Sally baby. It happened that one of them acted like her too... so I got my cat fix. Nothing says true affection like a cat rubbing themselves happily against you. Obviously, I miss my little ones. I just hope when I get back the kitten (who will be all grown when I return) will still want to sleep and cuddle with me at night.Oh, but the best part: Luftmuseum. Let's clarify: "Luft" is German for "air." Lufthansa Airways makes more sense now, right? We were curious so we asked the lady at the dest of the Amburg Staadt museum what it was about. It was so strange we had to go.
This museum is a permanant fixture in the city. If it involves air on this earth, it was in there. There were parts about aviation. There were parts about leaf blowers, fans, and vaccuums. There were buttons you could press to get an air shower and to hear air go through an organ pipe. There was a flying carpet. Practically everything. They have a room full of inflatable items with bubble wrap for curtains. There were inner tubes tied together to make some intestine-like sculpture. Another room showed how lift-chairs for disabled people work. There was a display where they had buried inflatables and then excavated them years later, leaving fossils of Mickey Mouse and inflatable dolphins and aligators. Obviously, there was an inflatable alphabet and, when I walked in, Chris's name had been spelled out.
There was also a game where you used compressed air to shoot tennis balls around. This museum was incredible. It really made my weekend that we had found it by accident. I wish I could articulate more of the story, but I really need to get cracking on homework. I had a really good day today though. But check out the museum's website:
http://www.luftmuseum.de/
Yes. In German, but pictures are a universal language... and there is a picture of the air shower. When you see it, you'll know.
Bis morgen.
Cheers!
