Bremen

On our way back from Lithuania to the UK after the winter holidays, my friend and I made a short stop in Bremen, as you do. We were only there for one day but seems like we managed to fit in a lot of what this lovely city has to offer.

Having always associated Bremen to the Bremen musicians it was a surprise to themselves advertising themselves as 'Bremen- city of trams'. Trams? Really? Oh Bremen, give yourself more credit. Not that I have anything against trams, they're great, just not the reason I would go somewhere... Bremen: come for the trams, stay for the music :P 

After filling up on some flammkuchen at one of the only open cafes we could find in the area (great thinking flying on a Sunday...) we set off to the old town in search of the Bremen musician sculpture - the one monument we could not miss.

Feminist traffic lights ftw!

Having successfully found the sculpture, overjoyed that we managed to take some photos without other people in the way and inspiring others to take pictures with poses we used, we set of to the narrow streets of Schnoor, another must see in Bremen. 

We decided to walk back to the tram stop via an alternative route walking passed by a very artsy area unfortunately not so lively as again, Sunday... However, many more touristy areas were accidentally found which led to us managing to see practically everything the city guide recommended seeing.

Funky side of Bremen

We finished our day at a restaurant splitting a traditional dish and made our way back to the airport where our journey back to the UK was with its own surprises, Ryanair never fails to make your journey an experience...

All in all, loved Bremen, Such a cosy and lovely city, would love to come back someday in the future, maybe not on a Sunday, to experience it in a more lively light.

Last dance show

Every year of my being at uni (other than my year in New Zealand...) I have been in the Birmingham University Dance Society dance show. It has left me with memories that I will look back at with warm nostalgia and keep me reaching for those show DVDs, dragging my friends to watch them with me for years. 

This year's theme was 'A Night at the Movies' and as the name suggests all dances had to pick a film to be the inspiration for the dance. As I was pretty busy  it being final year and all I had to downscale to 3 dances from  the 4 that I managed to be in during my second year. Still, this was enough to really feel part of the show and a good chance that I would be seen in at least one. Actually ended up being in the front row for most of one dance so there you go.

Commercial - Step up

This was a style of dance I had never tried so I thought I would give it a shot and did not regret it. Found the first class a bit intimidating as the dance was incredibly fast and I was confused about the moves for most of it... Decided to stick with it as the dance itself was pretty cool and the teaching style was one I worked well with. Practice makes perfect and the following classes got easier, I picked up the moves and hopefully wasn't half bad in the performance :D This dance reacquired the most prep as we decided to use glow paint which looked incredible, but was a bit of a pain to remove every night. Worth it though.

Jazz - Footloose 

A very fun, upbeat dance and honestly the only one after which I would get of the stage panting due to all the 'pretty' sprinting and jumping it involved. Had  a blast dancing this one with two of my flatmates who it was so nice to be in the show with. I think this was the dance I had practiced the most or at least the only one I could hear the teachers directions in my head as I danced it (*back-back-front, triple it, triple it-step-spin-triple it*) and apparently I was not the only one that did...

Musical Theater - Hairspray

So, a funny thing happened with this one. Originally we were learning a dance to songs from Grease, but the class was way too big (imagine over 60 dancers on our little stage... would not have ended well...) so it was split in two. The half of the class I ended up in was tasked to learn a completely new dance, part of which to a song I had danced to every single year in the classes including the year 2 dance show and a class in the first term of this year (a bit confusing when you already know so many ways to dance to one song). Anyway, the dance was great and I really enjoyed it despite feeling the pressure due to being in the front row for most of the show (an extra push to learn the dance really well! :D ). 

Gonna miss not being in this ever again, but it has been an incredible experience. Can't wait for this years DVD :D