Finally getting around to yesterday.

So, yesterday. I slept in for a while, which was pretty awesome, but I'm going to be stuffed when I have to go to German class at 8:30am on Monday... ugh. I don't want to think about that just yet. I had my bean-salad-ish item for breakfast, plus some bread, and then caught the bus to the U-bahn station, and the train into the city. I had a coffee, and wandered around for a bit, waiting for the museum I wanted to see to open (at 11am). It was the Museum of Kunst & Gewerbe, and it had lots of very cool stuff to see. Design stuff and art and all kinds of craftwork. The new sections were phenomenal, but some sections were closer for renovation. Which was a bit terrifying when I tried to catch a lift to a higher floor, and discovered myself in the midst of renovations. (And then discovered that the stairs were blocked at the bottom, and had to go all the way back up to take the lift from the top floor.)

After that, I wandered through the city a little. I stopped and had a coffee at Balzac, which is a major chain (pretty sure it's American?) but they had soymilk! Pretty sure I got vanilla soymilk in my coffee again. Very sweet, but tasty. I sat and read some more of Breakfast at Tiffany's, which is my go-to book for coffee-time. When my feet were feeling a little better, I got up and kept walking. I went to American Apparel, which was depressing because everything in there was terrible, and then to Urban Outfitters, which had a few cute things but they were generally way too expensive, or would have looked awful on me. Dear Fashion Designers, please stop designing everything for pre-pubescent teens, and think about those of us who simply don't have a waist. Haha, anyway, I did buy one top (almost dress-length, or it would be on someone shorter or skankier) which is grey. Very nice.

So, I went to Season again for lunch/dinner (about 4:30pm) and got all-you-can-eat and another delicious coffee (with the delicious free Tartufo, which I discovered cost 85c individually... free with coffee, win!). That filled me up enough that I didn't need to seek out any more food, which was awesome and convenient. Anyway, I came back to the hostel after that, hung out for an hour or so. Oh, wait, I went to Rewe on the way back, to get some fruit to munch on for breakfast (accomplished). I caught a bus back into the city to be at the show exactly at 8, which was the opening time on the ticket. Of course, the first band had already started... at 7:30. Thankfully it was The Ocean, who really sucked. :)

Then Cancer Bats, who were completely awesome. It was the kind of punk/hc that I actually like - catchy and kinda dancey and always fun. So I didn't feel so jealous that everyone in Adelaide got to see them a few weeks ago. And Jesse, being Jesse, opened for them. Typical, haha. Anyway, The Dillinger Escape Plan played next. They were good, solid, but I found it a bit pretentious. The whole light show thing was completely overdone, and while it was good to watch (except for massive sections with strobe and floodlights in our eyes, ughhh) it just didn't strike a chord with me. But they ended on 43% Burnt, which was the only song I really wanted to see, so that was good. Encores seem to be the order of the day, here. It's expected that a crowd will call for them, and the crowds do. The sound guys don't even put the music back on until after the encore, so really, they're the ones who facilitate the whole thing.

So, afterwards I walked to the Bahnhof and bought a cup of tea (but received a cup of coffee, as I realised a few minutes later when it was cool enough for me to take a sip). Caught the bus back here a little after 11pm, and was back by midnight. Snacked on fruit and went to sleep. This morning I was supposed to get up earlier to get back into the routine, but I just kept turning my alarm off because I was sleepy. I ended up getting up just after 8am, which I suppose is okay, really, because I'll probably have a late night tonight. Red Sparowes playing - I'd better suss out today exactly where the venue is. Might do that this morning. It's grey and drizzly out, but should clear to just cloudy. I hope so. I could use a coffee... might have to arrange that one, as soon as I've tried to make my hair presentable. It's a long shot.