Pirates! and Klingons! and Physics! (oh my...)

New quote of the week, a la Leslie:

"Johhny Depp has changed the face of pirating forever."

So Friday evening was spent wandering around the waterfront at the Hafenfest, an annual end-of-summer event with lots of booths for food and sundries, not to mention pirates. German pirates nowadays apparently come in two varieties, per our observations: old, grandfatherly buccaneer or Cap'n Jack Sparrow.

The pirate ships in the harbor have some kind of show that involves shooting cannons, which also involves me shrieking intermittently from the pier. *BOOM* (eeeek!)

A prime example of pirate form A.

Sorry for the blur... I can't take pictures with my own camera. Here we see both varieties of pirate. They are certainly bilge rats... Abi told me that Old Pirate tried to cop a feel, and Meghan reported that Johnny Depp guy was very stinky. Them's pirates for you, I guess.

After the pirates we hung out with Sander, one of the teachers at the Lektorat. He invited us over to go clubbing, but first of course we had to pre-party at his place until 1am, because the party never gets started until really late. I don't know how people can live like this... Learned that Germans have no concept of the "Amaretto Sour" and wanted to cry. However, I managed to stay awake for the dancing, which was fun. Got to bed at 4:30 am.

Random internet flotsam of the day: I think I could actually stand a chance in this competition, provided the "personality" component does not require the contestant to understand or speak Klingon.

Another side note: the guy who invented the Geiger counter lived right next door to the Burse. Max Planck is also from Kiel, so there must be something in the water... Yay science!