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June 21st, 1986 - Queen Story!

Queen played Maimarktgelande, Mannheim, Germany

'Magic Tour'

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Today, on June 21st, 1986 - Queen Story!

Queen played Maimarktgelande, Mannheim, Germany, during 'Magic Tour'

Freddie Mercury, Terry Giddings (Freddie's personal chauffeur and bodyguard)and Joe Fanelli (right) backstage

📸 Photographer © Denis O' Regan

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"Freddie Mercury was like a very rare gem or a rare painting. There will never be another like him."

"That was the kind, caring and generous one. In private Freddie was very different from the outrageous performer you saw onstage. He was so thoughtful. When we were recording in the Abbey Road studio he used to bring in a big hamper packed full with exotic food including caviar, salmon, different cheeses and his favourite Cristal champagne. In private he really was a lovely and caring man. And his generosity went far beyond his closest friends and fellow workers. Total strangers regularly benefited from his kindness.

If something came up on TV about someone in financial trouble he would send off a cheque anonymously through one of his companies. I remember him sending a cheque off a couple who were out of work and whose house had been repossessed. He did things like that so many times.

He would see something on the news or be told about someone's hardship and immediately reach for a chequebook. He liked real people. He may have been larger than life and one of the world's best performers when he was on stage but in private he was very, very human. It's the old story of the comedian who makes everybody laugh on stage, but off stage has a lot of sadness and sensitivity. You must never believe or be taken by the image."

- Dave Clark

- Clark was a close friend of Freddie, he is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur -

Queen Live Performance!

Mannheim, Germany, Maimarktgelände, June 21, 1986

Freddie Mercury backstage

'Magic Tour'

📸 Photographer © Denis O'Regan

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Today, on June 21st, 1986 - Queen Story!

Mannheim, Germany, Maimarktgelände

'Magic Tour'

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I'm currently traveling to Mannheim, Germany to embark on a 5 month long university study program! If any of my followers/anyone else is going to be in Mannheim for the next few months, please reach out to me! I'd love to get to know you and hang out and drink some beer together!

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Tips for Surviving the *Second* Ugliest City in Germany

UMass students planning to study abroad in Mannheim, let my blog be your guide to surviving Mannheim and seeing as much of Europe as possible! For other posts regarding study abroad in Mannheim, please check out “Putting the Study in Study Abroad,” “Living in Mannheim,” “Residence Permit,” and “Change of Address: Mannheim, Germany” among others under the Archive tab. I hope I can be some help, remember to make the most of your time in Germany and Europe in general!

-When you arrive, you’ll have to open a German bank account, and some banks in Mannheim deny students when they all come over the first few days, so upon recommendation from L1 I ended up at the Deutsche Bank all the way in Ludwigshafen, which actually worked out really well. Besides there always being free coffee and really helpful service whenever I had to go to my bank, some people I know waited over a month for their papers from the Deutsche Bank in Mannheim. This wasn’t the case for everyone, but just a warning. Germany is definitely not the efficient country it claims to be. Ludwigshafen also has a cool art museum I’ve mentioned way at the start of my blog, the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum.

-Business hours are surprisingly short sometimes, especially in some of your most needed places when you first arrive, like L1 and K7. K7 is especially frustrating because different offices have different hours, just give yourself a few days to get things done in case they’re closed when you arrive. I would also recommend making your residence permit appointment right after you register with the city, I almost ran out of my 3 month limit.

-Taxis in Mannheim are stupidly expensive, when you go out late remember the trams only come once an hour, and even if you might be having fun at the club at 2am, you might not be having so much fun when you leave in a half hour and realize you have to wait outside in the cold for another half hour to go home. A lot of people I know had the Next Bike app which you can use for free for the first 30 minutes per trip, but because I never changed to a German number I could never get the app to rent a bike.

-Don’t forget bags when you grocery shop, and try to keep an extra one in your backpack/purse all the time for when you remember you want to pick up a few things on the way home from class. I made a shorter version of this list in early October and I still forgot to do it, but maybe after you unpack groceries, put the bag back in your backpack for next time so you don’t have to squeeze everything together.

-Get a portable charger—and charge it! You will need this when you’re traveling, and you can get it at Saturn (Germany’s Best Buy) for relatively cheap. Just make sure it’s fully charged and you have the cord with you. Even if you’re not on a trip, bring it with you on a night out so you don’t end up drunk and lost and alone in some random neighborhood with a dead phone, leaving no other option than taking a ridiculous taxi back home. Not the most fun I’ve had.

-Shop around, there is cranberry juice and taco meat seasoning packets. (Kaufland***)

-Make use of the Sports Program, there are some free classes. Unlike UMass, University of Mannheim doesn’t have a free rec center, they do have gym subscriptions and etc. but if you’re like me and know you’re barely ever going to go, they have free classes on the Sports Program, one of my favs was Abs, Legs, and Butt.

-There are no two-pocket folders in Germany! This was probably the biggest culture shock for me when I arrived. What is the point of a folder without pockets?! Everything falls out?! German paper is a little longer than our typical 8 ½ by 11, but regular folders will work so if you care about that stuff like I do (German folders stressed me out so much), bring a few with you.

-Restaurants charge for tap water, but a regular tip is only 10%. You should probably know some of that from the IPO orientation, but I also reblogged a “Cultural Do’s and Don’ts” in Germany if you want to check that.

A saying I’ve heard is that “A person cries twice when she comes to Mannheim. The first is when she arrives at the train station and realizes that she has arrived in the *second* ugliest city in Germany. The second is when she finds herself at the train station again, this time having to leave the city and all if its lovely imperfections behind." Good luck, I hope you have an amazing experience.

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Mannheim, Germany

September 28, 2016

Sunset view from my apartment in Carl-Zuckmayer-Strasse