It was a very productive day for me.
In the morning, I walked pass a farmer’s market on my way to the bus stop. The Germans told me there was a farmer’s market every Wednesday and Saturday. It was like what we have in the US plus some flower shops. Besides that, there was a performance going on in the plaza as well. I didn’t stay long enough to figure what was it for, groups of girls danced. Compare to weekdays, downtown Paderborn was fairly busy. I got a mango smoothie for myself and it tasted like strawberry with a pink look.
By the end of this day, Our game was pretty much finished and all of us attended a BBQ together. The BBQ took place in a park that was 10 min away from the lab. It was a casual and relaxing place where people have picnics, smoke hookah, get a tan, etc. While the organizers were preparing BBQ for us, I tried out two beers, Becks and another beer mixed with sprite. Becks was slighter better compare to the other, but neither of them impressed me that much. It was a very engaging event for us and the Germans; we shared information on different food, movies, music and so on. Unfortunately, the park didn’t contain a bathroom which was a little inconvenient for me.
After the BBQ, I came back to the game lab and wrapped up my work.
At night, Christina dragged me out of my bed to a bar with a club. Since she had a friend work there, I got in for free. They didn’t even ID me, which was weird. In contrast to the bars we went to, this one had really loud music that people had to scream at each other. #relatable Most of the music was German EDM I feel like but they played American pop on occasion such as Uptown Funk, I love It, etc. I was quite drunk at the end.
