To Germany

About yesterday:

The gymnastics show was incredible! After a 20-minute performance of rhythmic gymnastics to music by both girl and boy performers, they showed us how they tumble.

They flipped and flew through the air on mats and springboards. It was really amazing to watch.

The teams performing

Kim Hahn said the reason why there are so many gymnastics schools in Denmark is because they believe it is the basis for all sport and learning it will allow the students to do anything.

Kim Hahn telling the crowd about the gymnastics show

This morning, we woke up and sleepwalked to Agaard Efterskole once more to meet our bus. Today, we’re in Germany and it was a long ride to get here…like seven hours of bus, but everyone looked forward to the time to catch up on sleep.

An alley in Lubeck

The back of the St. Jacobi Church in Lubeck

The choir singing in St. Jacobi

We stopped in Lubeck, Germany for lunch and to sing in the cathedral where Hugo Distler, the composer of two of the choir’s songs on the tour concert, played the organ from 1931 until 1937.

Germany seems a little busier than Denmark, which seemed a more laid back. But a lot of the choir members and others have said after our first day in Germany that less people speak English, which has made things a little more difficult.

Right now, we’re in Bielefeld at the Tulip Inn. We’ll eat dinner in about an hour and maybe walk around the town after that. Contrary to our last hotel location, this one seems to be surrounded by a lot of different businesses in a downtown area.