Tonight for the sake of content creation, I’m treating myself to nice cold beer and some writing.
Oh dear gods of the golden beverage, please give me the strength and the creativity to produce something, that will not displease you!
Now, that my prayer is done, I shall begin! It is time for a story. A story about three tankards. Let’s start with the one you see right above this paragraph. Every year there is a beer fair in Cologne. “Beer fairs? What a german thing!”, you might think. And indeed it is. The beer fair in Cologne is a great opportunity to experience beers from all over the world. Next to all the different kinds of beer from Germany, you can try beers from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Poland, Thailand, Singapore and a lot of other countries! After trying a lot of exciting new beers like Tiger and Delirium, I went back to one of my classics, Pilsner Urquell, a Czech beer that is one of my favourites. It was already pretty late and the stalls were closing so I tried to drink it as fast as possible, but still slow enough so I could enjoy it properly. Of course, I didn’t make it in time. And there I was. A girl with a tankard. I took it home and kept it and because I paid three euros of deposit for it, it’s not even considered stealing... I think.
But that beauty isn’t the only tankard I own. This one I got from a friend. One day I was invited to a “bring your own tankard”-party and I didn’t own a tankard at that time yet. So I asked around, whether someone could lend me a tankard. One of my friends said yes and told me to keep it. I thought of it as very generous so I asked: “Are you sure? It’s such a pretty tankard!” and she said: “Yes, I don’t like it much because it’s uncomfortable to drink out of.” And as a half Polish and half Swabian person, I was very happy since I just got something for FREE! Yes, I’m that cheap sometimes. So, I went to that party and everyone had their own tankards and all of them were so different and diverse! It was really fun to look at all of them and talk to the people and listening to their tankard-stories. At one point of the evening what my friend meant when she said it was uncomfortable to drink out of. Because the tankard has such a big belly, the beer will settle in there especially when there’s only little left of it. So, I would tilt the tankard a little more to get to the beer. Well, a little more was a little too much and I ended up spilling that little beer that was left in the tankard all over me. Luckily it wasn’t much, but since that event, I was drinking carefully whenever I was drinking out of this tankard.
My final story involves the tankard I acquired last. I was at some student convention where they would serve beer in tankards. At some point, I was approached by my friends, who told me they wanted to go to a party and some student accommodation thing, kind of an after-party you could say. But my beer was still pretty full and no way I’m just gonna leave it after I paid quite a lot of money for. So I told my friends to wait, but they urged me to come immediately because the last bus that drives to the party location departs in 7 minutes. I got nervous and didn’t know what to do. I looked around and just followed them. We exited the building, in front of which there was security. They weren’t bothered by me leaving the building with a tankard full of beer because they probably thought I’m just going out for a smoke. Well, I don’t smoke and so we went to the bus station, where the next panic moment hit me! I’m not allowed with an open beer like this inside the bus! Since we all have a student ticket, we decided to get into the bus via one of the rear entries so I wouldn’t be noticed by the bus driver. Of course, there are cameras all over the bus, but our group behaved calmly inside the bus, we weren’t shouting or being obnoxious and drunk, hence the bus driver didn’t do anything about us. When we arrived at the party, my tankard was empty so I demanded it to be filled! Everyone at the party was very jealous of my tankard and I got to tell the story a lot. It ended up being a great night!
After this introduction, you now know my tankards and their story! I know this kind of post doesn’t have any pictures of notes or books on it, but nights like this still belong to the life of a student, which is why I decided to add the studyblr-tag. Because at nights like this, it is when we engage with other people and talk about all the things in the world. Not only “party topics”, but philosophy, arts and politics as well! So don’t forget to leave your desk from time to time and engage in intellectually stimulating drunkness!
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