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abouthalfthreeHamburg is pretty. Also big and old. Awesome combination.
I went to the ballet last night. The second half was Phillip Glass's Amreican Four Seasons. Fantastic. The first was Schubert, Mahler and Alfred Schnittke. Also very good. The ballet was lovely to watch, but bits of it didn't really seem to make much sense. This is possibly because I was a cheap seat and missed half the stage. But still, I'm sceptical.
The previous night, my arrival in Hamburg, I just wandered around and ended up in a square where they were showing the Football - Croatia versus Spain. I was there for 30 minutes and NOTHING HAPPENED. There were several shots at goal by the Spaniads, who did seem to be doing better than the Croatians, but the Croatian goalie was good. It's a very frustrating game.
Yesterday morning I went to the Hamburg Kunsthalle. I got to see Cspasr David Friedrich's Wanderer Above the Mists in person. It's smaller than I was expecting. Also the guy's suit is green! They also have a collection of contemporary art, which has what you'd expect, including a Dan Flavin (the flurescent tubes). Oh! I forgot to say, the Tate Britain has the sculpture that is a glass of water that has been transformed into an oak tree!
Anyway, Hamburg also has a great collection of German Expressionist stuff! Including a couple if very nice Emil Nolde paintings. The German Impressionist stuff was also interesting.
One of the problems with being interested in art instead of say, movies or theatre, is that there is a lot of walking around.
I'm at Hamburg airport now. The gate opens in about 30 minutes and I want to see if I can find a tacky souvenir, or indeed any sort of souvenir for Hamburg. I am on my way to Munich. I don't expect them to let me into my room until 2, but when they do I will be having a nap!
I went to the ballet last night. The second half was Phillip Glass's Amreican Four Seasons. Fantastic. The first was Schubert, Mahler and Alfred Schnittke. Also very good. The ballet was lovely to watch, but bits of it didn't really seem to make much sense. This is possibly because I was a cheap seat and missed half the stage. But still, I'm sceptical.
The previous night, my arrival in Hamburg, I just wandered around and ended up in a square where they were showing the Football - Croatia versus Spain. I was there for 30 minutes and NOTHING HAPPENED. There were several shots at goal by the Spaniads, who did seem to be doing better than the Croatians, but the Croatian goalie was good. It's a very frustrating game.
Yesterday morning I went to the Hamburg Kunsthalle. I got to see Cspasr David Friedrich's Wanderer Above the Mists in person. It's smaller than I was expecting. Also the guy's suit is green! They also have a collection of contemporary art, which has what you'd expect, including a Dan Flavin (the flurescent tubes). Oh! I forgot to say, the Tate Britain has the sculpture that is a glass of water that has been transformed into an oak tree!
Anyway, Hamburg also has a great collection of German Expressionist stuff! Including a couple if very nice Emil Nolde paintings. The German Impressionist stuff was also interesting.
One of the problems with being interested in art instead of say, movies or theatre, is that there is a lot of walking around.
I'm at Hamburg airport now. The gate opens in about 30 minutes and I want to see if I can find a tacky souvenir, or indeed any sort of souvenir for Hamburg. I am on my way to Munich. I don't expect them to let me into my room until 2, but when they do I will be having a nap!