The group ventured out a short time later to the Mendelssohn house...which is closed until February 2nd. So that was a fun walk. Also learned that Mendelssohn apparently looked like a sheep. We then walked to the Schumann house, with a navigational detour and lunch prior to entry. The Schumann house was not much to see, as there were no English translations on the exhibits, which took up a whole three rooms. The floors were crazy squeaky and the building is shared with a private elementary school named for Clara Schumann.
We then journeyed back to Thomaskirche, which turned out to be the burial place of JS Bach! That was a cool surprise - we knew he had been kapellmeister there, but did not know that he had been entombed there in the choir loft in 1950. We travelled over to the Bach Museum, which turned out to be way cooler than Schumann's, with English translations and audio guides, and saw a random cardboard cutout of Bach wearing a dress through a window. Then followed a serious nap and almost sleeping through...
The Harlem Gospel Choir, featuring Queen Esther Marrow at the Gawandhaus! Nothin' like some gospel in a fancy concert hall to get you moving. Completely random and fantastic, this was definitely an interesting way to start the trip. The singers were wonderful, and the musical director was extremely sassy in a red suit. The highlight of my day was seeing a hall of 1000 austere Germans waving their hands in the air and brought to their feet by a message of love, peace, and harmony that some probably didn't even understand in English...that was pretty wild. Overall, a great day, and I'm sad to be leaving so soon tomorrow morning. Onto new adventures in Berlin!
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