The academic year in Luxembourg has ended. This of course means that it is time for a party! The Luxembourg University Students association organised the official end-of-year party of the University. It happened to be on our doorstep (campus Kirchberg), so of course we went, and we had a spectacularly wonderful time. There was music, Sasa & beer, barbecued sausages, Sasa & beer, fun with Daniel & Tessa, Sasa & beer, evaluating the dancing studentes, Sasa & beer, talking to Ragga, Sasa & beer, dancing with Ragga, foosball, more dancing. Did I mention Sasa & beer? Thought I did :)
Well, the dancing proved to be more than successful, so we decided to repeat the same thing on Friday evening. There just so happened to be a party at the Coq — that is about 200 meters further than Thursday’s party :) Well, I came by a little late — had a nice evening admiring Sjouke’s new home, and having a cheese fondue which started delicious with his family (too bad that in reheating, the children’s fondue was burned. Luckily dessert consisted of chocolate fondue, which made up for it :). When I came, the party was underway, but we immediately jumped into the headbanging rockiness that was a covered version of AC/CD’s Big Gun. Done almost okay — which might explain the empty field of grass in front of the main stage. This gave us of course plenty of space to jump and goof around, and we did, with verve! Later we checked the RnB stage as well. There were more people doing audacious moves to the happening grooves there, but still, we were vogueing with the best of ’em. Last stage to check out was the dance stage, which had by then toned down a notch. That was a shame, ’cause I am more into upbeat trance. So seemed the rest of the crowd, actually.
We had some fun after the party ended with finishing our drink-coupons. I still had all of them left when the music died down, so we quickly went for some drinks. Of course, the drink that would finish my (substantial) portion of the tickets was only good with ice cubes in there, and since the ice cubes were gone, they could not sell it. The Luxembourgian girl in front of me in the line advised me some wodka orange, which also dwindled down my supply of tickets, but did little in the way of alcohol. Still, two coupons left — not enough for anything, but close. Upon mentioning this, Pieter first suggested some tricks to get more tickets, and then suddenly pointed, bent over and picked up 2 more tickets. Back to the cocktail stand it was. Well, they couldn’t supply me with Sangria, so I asked for anything alcoholic for four tickets. The bar personnel exchanged a quick glance, nodded approval and then continued to pour me a .3 l glass for 3/4ths full of tequila, with a dash of orange juice for colouring.
Wtf?? I just spent 6 coupons on a weak wodka! This was hilarious :D
Well anyway, after that we went to get the bikes to go to the Muko Muko. Pieter had lost his key, so he had to walk home and didn’t join for the Muko, but Baptiste and me explored this disco. Entry is frigging expensive (9 euros), and music tends a lot towards Latin. So, not too sure if I’ll revisit that venue all that soon. But, there’s the other disco near Grund, which is still on the list. Anyway, tonight it’s Hollerich, and after this weekend all of you visiting will have the benefit of me knowing for sure where the best parties in Luxembourg are. Which so far is the special events they hold — those are way cooler than disco’s/pubs so far.
Recently seen: Live free or Die Hard (Die Hard 4.0) — mwah.
The next morning, after brunch, we went for a short hike in Little Suisse. We drove to Berdorf, and began on route B2. Now as soon as you hit the forest, you are bombarded with signs pointing out nice viewpoints. We checked most of them, and consequently didn’t really progress very quickly. It was quite adventurous, and wonderful to behold once more. A little further down on the route, we discovered a climber’s paradise. So all I now need, is my climbing gear here, a crash course in outdoor climbing, and a sizable length of rope. Oh, and to make matters more challenging: magnesium is disallowed there. Pffffft. Well anyway, something to keep in the back of my mind.