Afrika Karibik Festival

After posted my last notes, i went to sleep for 3-4 hours long before i went to Afrika Karibia Fest in downtown Aschaffenburg with my cousins. Let me introduce them first. I got two cousins here, in Germany, the older one is Utami,i call her Tami. and the younger one is Marius.

Marius Reischig

Utami Sitorukmi

Fiuh.. This is the fact that i should beat the jetlag. After that short sleep, woke up at round 5pm (local time), then go to the downtown Aschaffenburg. In fact it was around 10pm in Jakarta, then it was my bed time. Hahaha ;D I still felt sleepy to go, but i have to. There´s will be so much fun outside there. It is typically German festival !

Then let´s get the party started ! This particular festival is basically annual festival, held every year in Aschaffenburg. They are having fun togheter and raising some fund for charity in order to help our fellow friends in Africa. By the time i arrived in the field where they held it, i felt the atmosphere of togetherness. I am sure that tonight is will be awesome. They play some reggae, blended with some other pop culture music. The fest is quite packed with people from around the town, because this year they brought two famous local artists and one big international artist. It was Shaggy, Jan Delay & Disko No.1, Gentleman & The Far East Band on stage. The festival itself is last from 14 - 17 August, for the whole weekend. Last night, i went to the festival to wacth Jan Delay & Disko No.1. Tami has bought me the ticket as a gift, because i came to visit her. *danke, Tami..* ;P (www.afrika-festival.de)

Jan Delay is a famous hip hop star in Germany. Well, he is a hip-hop rapper. Maybe he is quite similar like Oka or Iwa K in Indonesia. Hahaha ;D and then the Disko No.1 is also a quite famous band here, in Germany. We stand in line at the enterance gate before finally get into the field. This festival was fantastic, eventhough it was held in a relatively small town, the people are gather around to enjoy it. this is what i like the most from the small town. and another thing, there´s so many German hot chicks ! FABULOUS ! i get my eyes tired looking at those hot young ladies ;P

The stage

Ready, Steady, Go.

Hot enough from behind. Hahaha ;D

I go to the fest with Tami,Marius,Tami´s boyfriend , and other friend of her. The main performance will perform at 23.00, so i still have some time to enjoy and relax. Marius bought me a bowl of asian noodle, he knew that i am hungry. After eating noodles, i felt thirsty then looking for plain water. Here´s the case : generally in europe, if you said that you want some water, then they will serve you the water with soda. for God sake, i swear, i taste queer. fyi, i hate the water with soda. And here, they never sell plain water other than in supermarket.Since the water from the washbain is drinkable. Since it was quite hard to find plain water, i better find a bottle of beer. And talking about beer, Germany is very famous for its brewery. We know that the annual Oktoberfest in Munich is crazy. ;) I used to drink some cliche famous brand of beer, ranged from Heineken, Carlsberg, Corona, San Miguel, Bintang, etc. But here, i can taste so many famous local brewery such as, Schöfferhofer, Binding, Becks, etc. I really enjoy it. and one more thing, the price of beer is sometimes cheaper than the price of water. freak !

Schöfferhofer

Binding

Then finally, this is the time. We are going forward to get as near as possible to the stage. But unfortunately, i just could get about 5 meters in the front of the stage. The unfortunate thing to be in the middle of the crowd in any concert in Europe is only because as an ASIAN, i am not tall enough to see the stage clearly. i barely have to compete with those gigantic Aria people. Altough my height is already around 170 cm.

Jan Delay on the stage

I have to say, that the Germans love party. They always party hard ! I love the crowd so much. They do the thing that they want to do. Jumping, shouting ,dancing,singing,kissing,hugging,laughing, all those happiness. They express it very clearly. They give so many appreciation to the thing they enjoy.

Nice crowd !

Jan Delay and Disko No.1

In conclusion, This is my first time going to the local german festival in town. With temperature of about 14 degrees celcius and some mild cold wind, I really enjoy the night.

Mömbris, Aschaffenburg.

We will talk more geographically on this posting. I would like to give some brief desciptions about the places around the house i stayed for last 3 days. Okay, i stay at my uncle´s house located in Mensengesäß, Mömbris. Well, Mömbris itself is a quite small town located in northwest Bavaria, Germany. Mömbris is also one of the administrative district of the stadt that called Aschaffenburg. If you yould like to really know where it is located, then please go toGoogle Maps, then search for Mömbris.

Since Aschaffenburg is located in the northwest Bavaria, it has a beautiful scenery and it directly connected to Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt is one of busiest financial city in Europe. Here, in Mömbris, the climate is just perfect. Located in the hill, makes the air is so fresh. As i told you, the scenery is just wonderful. I think this town is perfect for the senior citizens to enjoy their remaining days. Hahaha ;D Well, in fact, this town is only has about 13,000 inhabitants. Honestly, i like to stay here. But, since it is a small town, there is not much to see and explore. On sunday, every shops were closed. According to me, you better stay here for no more than 4 days. Hahhaha ;P

During my stay, i sleep on my cousin´s bedroom. The house has a interesting architecture style. It is typically German house, decorated with Asia furniture. My uncle, Dr.Dirk Reischig, just love Asia culture. The bedroom of my cousin, located on the second floor, and it is under the roof (attic). I just love it so much. It is cozy and convinient.


Last Sunday, i took a look a while around the town. There´s some pictures of it. If you like the typical European town, then i am sure you gonna love it.

Well, most of the photos that i upload to this blog are just showing you the scenery or the moments of truth. But, beacuse of a special request from someone out there, who want to see me on the picuture, then i give this photo as a bonus. Hahahha ;D *kidding*

One more thing, during my stay in this house, i really enjoy the culture. I had about 4-5 glasses of 2006 Chile-made Cabernet Sauvignon with my uncle last night. We talk about many things. It was a great conversation between uncle and his nephew. And i really had a great night. Although the cabernet only contains 14-15% of alcohol, those 5 glasses of wine are just perfect to made me dazzling aroung ;)