My last week in Hamburg for the year was truncated to just a 4-day week (due to frolics with the Londoners the previous weekend) but nonetheless was hectic in terms of finishing tasks. The last couple of weeks have seen me make working models like a madman and it has been a process of discipline and precision that I have thoroughly enjoyed. This fittingly leaves ample time on the weekends to let loose...work hard, play even harder so the saying goes...
Fri.11.12.09: Last Friday I harboured hopes of going to a club hosting three stonking DJs (Modeselektor, Kode9 & Ben Klock) from different genresof dance music but were dashed with the realisation of how much money I did not have. The night nonetheless started with an invitation to a Christmas celebration at the College of Europe Hamburg with Kasia who has a friend studying there. Despite the evening being very formal with a programme of speeches from the institution's professors, humorous storytelling, music recitals, folk singing and even a little bit of 'Plattdeutsch' it was a nice festive wind down especially with the buffet and mulled wine on hand to make things a little merrier. Nino crashed the party late and felt the urge to play on the grand piano much to the delight of the remaining guests as the party petered out; Nino was traumatised that she couldn't play the second half La Campanella by Liszt, Kasia and I were utterly spellbound by the fact that she play what she could...in many ways it made our night as such we didn't need to go to another venue to party the night away...
Sat.12.12.09: We also had hopes of going out to the same club on Saturday night where Digitalism where performing, but we firstly I met up with the Masters Peace & Security crew at Unscheinbar in the Schanzenviertel for a cocktail party...and once happy hour had ended we became the centre of attention on the dancefloor as old school hip-hop and funk/soul were radiating through the cosy and intimate interior of this basement bar...the grooves were so addictive that all our other plans to go elsewhere were put on hold and even when we did go searching for another venue to end the night the lust weakened and the group dissipated leaving just a few to chat over a final beer in Kulturhaus 73...
Mon.14.12.09: (I just had to have one more Schwarzwälder Bauernwurst before heading to Lübeck Airport)
I flew back to London on the evening of 14th December much to the surprise of my unsuspecting mum on the eve of her birthday...
Guten Nacht and bis bald 2010 Hamburg!
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