My second semester in Cologne flew by. It feels like a picked my classes and took the exams a week later. A good friend that I met during one of my backpacking trips in Vietnam came to visit from his hometown in Germany, it was a strange thing to see him in colder weather.

The weather did however start to get a lot warmer soon after. My best friend came over from Mannheim, Germany (where he was doing his year abroad) and we went to see Jeremy Loops in concert (my all-time favourite artist). The craziest part is that we ran in to him as we were heading home from the venue and managed to snag a signed poster and picture with him. What a great night.

I also surprised a good friend in Rotterdam (again) and went to an insane music festival (I feel like this is a recurring theme). My friend from Mannheim was also there, I can easily say that doing a year abroad shrinks the time-space continuum significantly (whatever that means, sounded smart in my head). The whole purpose of this weekend was to celebrate the birthday of King Willem-Alexander, everyone was dressed in orange and having a great time.

Rotterdam Music Festival

Meeting Jeremy Loops

Unfortunately, I must start cracking on with assignments and exam revisions, so my adventures need to take a brief hiatus. Not for long though, don’t worry. Everything feels a bit more urgent, or even just pressing, seeing as these are my last couple of months in the city that I have grown to love. I’m definitely not looking forward to saying goodbye.