May 2
Today was a very eventful evening. It began with Romina, Katrina, Wes, Jon, and myself seeing Spiderman 3. It was sooooo good even though it was in German! When the film ended, Katrina and I were suppose to be four German students that will be studying in Clemson for the next school year. Since we still had time to spare, we went with the rest of the group to stand outside of the Atrium and talk. We were also waiting for Omar and Katie to join us. For those of you who don't know, Omar, Katrina, Katie and I all study at Clemson. As we were just minding our own business, a brawl broke out between some youngsters and the police officers!
*First of all, this would never happen in the U.S.
*There would be back up!
Anyways, I guess that there was a big group of young people standing between the Atrium and the bahnhof just drinking. This is kind of strange as it is...and probably not the best place to be drinking. All of a sudden, a policeman supposedly came and took their pictures. I have no idea why they would do this, but eventually he asked to see ids. They do have a drinking age in German ladies and gentleman...16! Instead of just giving the officer their ids, the youngsters decide to cause excitement between the group and the officers by asking for the film and why they need ids...etc. After calling in backup and a lot of wrestling, a police van came and took 6 people away to jail. 5 minutes later there was another uproar and more backup was called in. In the next police vehicle, 3 more people were taken to jail.
Katrina, Romina, Jon, Wes and myself were not the only people standing and watching all this excitement. People came from every direction with their curious minds. There was even a tour bus that passed through. As everyone began to thing the excitement was over, another uproar started but this time with one guy. He eventually got mase sprayed in his face and was taken to jail. What a night!
When Omar and Katie finally met with us, we all headed up to the Dolphin's Diner to meet the four German students. I am happy to say they were all very nice. Talking about Clemson and the U.S. really made me miss home. I am so excited to come back!!