Bremen (the city I'll be in for language school in...two and a half weeks eeee!) is known on this side of the Atlantic primarily for its role in a Grimm brothers fairy tale. I was not aware of such fairy tale until mein Opa und Oma told me about it a while back, but since I have read it many times...a funny introduction to a place I'll soon call home.
The story is called "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten," or "The Bremen Town Musicians" auf Englisch. It centers around four animals and their adventure in foiling a group of robbers on their journey to Bremen. Read the story here
Bremen has immortalized the cunning foursome in a statue in its town square:
I don't know too much about Bremen yet (other than what's on its Wikipedia page and in Lonely Planet Germany), but I know I'll certainly be visiting the statue and probably hearing the story ad nauseum in the coming months. Hopefully I'll soon be able to read/tell it in German!
In about two weeks I'll head to Washington DC to spend some more time with Honest Abe and get oriented with what I'll be doing in the coming year. Then it's on to Deutschland! Recently it really started to hit me what a change this will be, how long I'll be gone, and what an adventure I'm about to undertake. Tommorow I turn my lucky number, and I certainly hope that the year is filled not so much with luck but rather with serendipity.
Until then, I attempt to chortle and cachinnate my way through studying for the GRE...
at some point, you have to climb that statue! i want to see a picture of you huddled at the top with your mouth agape!
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