Okay, so Harry Potter has nothing to do with Germany, right? Wrong. I am on a major Harry Potter relapse, so excuse all my relations to Harry Potter right now. Here is a list of things that make me think of Harry Potter:
1. Train stations: This is obvious, everyone knows the Hogwarts express! Okay, it's not really the same, when you take a train, it doesn't have the sweet compartments, but there are areas where it's four seats facing each other. . . That's kind of like Harry Potter. And I don't think you're allowed to drink beer on the Hogwarts express, but they have candy, which can also give you a hangover.
2. Gray skies: The Harry Potter films become so dark after the first few films. There are many a cloudy day in both Harry Potter and in Germany.
3. Walking tunnels: Okay, I haven't a clue what these are called, but they're tunnels you use to walk under roads and such, but most of them have graffiti and other stuff, and I can't help but think of the fifth Harry Potter film where Dudley and Harry are cornered in one by Dementors. I always hold my wand a little tighter as I walk through them (oh, that's right, I forgot my wand in my lovely's car. . .)
4. University Bielefeld's school mensa: I am not even joking. It is seriously like the great hall if it was made of cement blocks and dirty windows, and you know, picnic-like tables and crappy plastic chairs. But the food, you stand in line, and the food comes out and conveyor belts already on the tray and everything. it's weird, because it comes up out of the ground it seems. However, that means there are some poor souls being oppressed by all the magic they're doing. It kind of makes me feel bad, because when I get my food, I like to say "Danke sehr" to the person that served it.
5. My British friend KK: Okay, so she's from Northern Ireland, not England like Harry Potter, but does it matter? I'm pretty sure Hogwarts is in Scotland anyway. And you know what? U.K. is all about Harry Potter anyway. She probably went to Hogwarts and just won't tell me so, because she knows it would make me hate my life.
I'm pretty sure all the relations are actually just coming from the fact that Harry Potter happens in Europe, and that's where I am. So, if you haven't seen/read Harry Potter, this post probably makes no sense. But if you HAVE: Please go watch a very Potter musical, you will laugh so hard you'll cry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmwM_AKeMCk it's almost a guarantee.
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