Living in Leipzig
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Leipzig is a a young town, a lively, vivrant college town. Young adults are intelligent, multi-lingual, and optimistic.
It is easy to get around by tram or by foot, and most of the life here appears to be in the Center of town. The fact that the Hauptbahnhof is a transportation hub seems to help. I am impressed by this town. It is modern but still moderately paced. The longer I stay, the better I feel. Still cannot navigate the language too well, but at least I'm staying out of trouble!!
The tour on Monday was informative and help solidify my comfort level with the city. Because of the tourist level, the commerce is strong. However, since we're for two weeks, I am working on stretching my Euro. As a curiousity, I exchanged a twenty dollar bill, and only got 8,56€ back. I may seriously consider joining the street performers to make a couple of Euro on the side!
A word about the Public Library: it is a fully modern library in fairly new building, with internet access and open stacks to those with library cards. It costs 10 Euros for a six month card, which allows you to borrow books for 4 weeks and other materials for a week. You have access to their internet as well. I haven't decided to get a card yet. It may simply be cool to have one. 
WELCOME TO THE TULIP INN!
Not the easiest hotel to find, it is still in a convenient location. The top two floors of the building pictured is the hotel, which used to be called something else. This creating part of the diffieculty in locating it. Below the hotel is the Gutenburg Gallery. The building is across the street from the Gutenbergschule, pictured below.
I wonder what Gutenberg would think of the Blog. His printing press spearheaded the Age of Enlightenment. What is the blog contributing to the world? Anyone in the world can read this blog. Had Bach been able to spread his music worldwide during his time, how would that have affected the spread of his music?
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