last day leipzig

My last day in Germany was spent mostly wandering around Leipzig, seeing things I wanted to see and turning down streets that looked interesting. After buying some more things (cute shoes! weird pants!) I took the tram to the Völkerschlactdenkmal, a war memorial. I found out later that there was some demonstration supposedly going on, which is why there was that ugly sign on the monument, the top part was closed, and there were bunches of Politzei vans everywhere. I just thought it was the status quo there, but I guess not.

Then I just wandered back around to the Zentrum, getting on trams that came by and going a few stops then getting off when things looked cool. I found some nice buildings and an old car show.

i don't even know what this was; there was no sign or anything, no one around it. just another pretty church, whatever.

I think this is the Alt Rathaus. Part of it looked like a castle!

I wanted to go Alone Dancing that night but it didn't happen -- the line at the only club that looked good was really long and boisterous and intimidating to stand in alone. So oh well. It didn't look like what I wanted anyway. Instead I drank a half-price cocktail with Maraika and Kristin, my roommates (things I have learned: cocktails are lame) and talked for a while. So a kind of quiet ending to this Europe trip, but I suppose it's okay when your train for the airport leaves at 6:50 AM.

I liked Leipzig, but it didn't really grab me or anything. Maybe if I'd gotten out more it would be better. So, since I'm sure this is a question that will be asked, my favorite to least favorite visits of the last three weeks (based on my experiences in each place, not necessarily the cities themselves!)

Mainz, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Trier, Berlin, Hamburg. ...yeah, I surprise myself. This whole trip (besides Wien of course) I've enjoyed the smaller cities more. In America I always like the big cities, so I have no idea why it's suddenly inverted in Europe.