Saturday, March 12, 2011

Ludwigshafen

Emily and I decided to kick off Fastnacht break in style and head down to Ludwigshafen and Mannheim to visit Jessica. Jill came down from Berlin for the weekend to get a taste of the Fastnacht madness and add to the fun.

Friday morning we took the train down to Ludwigshafen, then the day went as follows:

1. Eat Spaghettieis for lunch
Eating ice cream for lunch is always a good plan.

2. Take a tour of BASF
BASF is crazy. Everything we own has something made by BASF. Plastics, polyurethanes, dyes: everything! [BASF] This place is massive. A Chinese man gave us a tour (in German) of the visitor center, where he demonstrated various mini-science experiments that BASF performs, the type of stuff BASF makes and the history of the company. He was kind of hard to understand, but the tour was interesting none the less. The end of the tour is a huge room with displays showing the different ways BASF products are used. Our favorite was the describing the chemicals BASF produces for hair products where you can 'test' hairstyles:

  Bet you want to take this one home to mom 

4. Eat sushi for dinner
We went to Mannheim and had delicious sushi.

5. Go to Jessica's apartment
Back to Ludwigshafen to Jessica's apartment to eat cookies, drink tea, and watch Jessica pack.

6. Meet Jessica in Mannheim
Confused? The Fulbrighter in Germany from Hendrix last year, Jessica, was also placed in Ludwigshafen at the same school as (the current) Jessica. She lives in Mannheim with her boyfriend, is working on her MA and subs occasionally at the school. Both Jessicas are now friends. Small world. So the four of us met Jessica for drinks. We went to a cool bar with political posters and organic beer.

7. Onward to Mainz
We took the last train back to Mainz to sleep before the big adventure began.

lg,
Lauren  

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