The night seemed too short. I unfortunately still have not overcome this lingering cold and kept Beck and myself up for some time. But Gunther Kaessner made up for the bad night with bringing us a scrumptious breakfast.
We then made our way to the old Town Hall. The Old Town Hall is the centre and city landmark of Leipzig, it is the City History Museum. The museum took us on a journey in one of the most beautiful buildings of the German Renaissance period. It showed us the life of various different famous people that are linked to the city of Leipzig, people like Hieronymus Lotter, Martin Luther, Johann Sebastian Bach, Goethe and Schiller. I guess one of the exhibits that impressed most was a city model built around 1825.
While our ladies had time for a quick power shop, Gunther, Paul and I went for a coffee, where we were visited by the ‘devil’ that was in Goethe’s play ‘Faust’. We all met up again for lunch at the Auerbach’s Keller. Besides a wonderful meal we could also follow the play Faust on the wall paintings that decorated the basement’s walls. Soon we were joined by more people that took us out on our 1st Vocational Afternoon. I was in luck to be taken around the city by the local architect Mark Aretz, who gave me a very comprehensive tour through Leipzig and surroundings. I learnt a lot about the architectural history of the city and was most impressed.
In the evening we attended our 1st regular Rotary meeting. Our original plan of splitting up the presentation was turned down, when President Kaessner asked to see the full 30 minute presentation. It went very well and many compliments were given to the team. Once again a big thank you to the Rotary Club of Leipzig – Bruehl for this most interesting and entertainng day.Franziska
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