Spontaneous NMA get-together in Cologne

You drink your beer with leather gloves on? Not saying that's a nazi officer -kind of thing to do but...yea.

War...war never changes. Neither do Germans. :D
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If they're cousins then Hass ate all the sammiches at the family get togethers.

Edit. Ok checked it's -1 deg C in Cologne, you are forgiven for the leather gloves. Enjoy the brewskis.
 
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Well, it wasn't that cold yesterday, though, and mind you that Korin is Canadian. He's kinda tiny, but an absolute lad. I learned a life lesson: "Smoke weed and listen to Louis Armstrong".
 
If he's really Canadian than why isn't he wearing shorts and a Hawaii shirt? Oh. Wait that's the Finns.
 
Korin has an awesome beard of a true alpha male. Look upon him and weep, Hass, you fucking lowly beta.
 
Finally back in Canada after 26 and a half hours of traveling and layovers. The NMA meet up happened for real! @Hassknecht was a hell of a guy and getting to meet up was one of the highlights of my trip. He recommended a cellar pub outside the Koln dom (Früh am Dom: https://goo.gl/maps/YeFXUpd5rfVuMy4E8) where we sat down for some food and a few glasses of Kölsch (the local brew). We shot the shit for a couple hours while the waiters kept bringing an endless supply of Kölsch. Eventually the table was reserved and we had to bail, so I convinced/dragged him around the markets of Cologne so I could buy kitschy tourist shit for my mom. We probably walked for a couple hours or so. He shared his hatred for motorized scooters along with a bottomless wealth of information on almost every topic. A really smart dude. Seriously, the camera doesn't lie, this guy is like a 7 foot tall Bavarian quantum physicist. It was a fuckin' rip. On top of that he got me buzzed on several recommendations of feuerzangenbowle and Bavarian beer that needed to be walked off and protected me from a crazy Cologne German that yelled at me. It was an excellent time. 10/10. Would meet strange man from internet again.

Candid photo of us meeting for the first time:

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Finally back in Canada after 26 and a half hours of traveling and layovers. The NMA meet up happened for real! @Hassknecht was a hell of a guy and getting to meet up was one of the highlights of my trip. He recommended a cellar pub outside the Koln dom (Früh am Dom: https://goo.gl/maps/YeFXUpd5rfVuMy4E8) where we sat down for some food and a few glasses of Kölsch (the local brew). We shot the shit for a couple hours while the waiters kept bringing an endless supply of Kölsch. Eventually the table was reserved and we had to bail, so I convinced/dragged him around the markets of Cologne so I could buy kitschy tourist shit for my mom. We probably walked for a couple hours or so. He shared his hatred for motorized scooters along with a bottomless wealth of information on almost every topic. A really smart dude. Seriously, the camera doesn't lie, this guy is like a 7 foot tall Bavarian quantum physicist. It was a fuckin' rip. On top of that he got me buzzed on several recommendations of feuerzangenbowle and Bavarian beer that needed to be walked off and protected me from a crazy Cologne German that yelled at me. It was an excellent time. 10/10. Would meet strange man from internet again.

Candid photo of us meeting for the first time:

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Well I hope you had a nice visit to the land of your ancestors. Unless your folks emigrated from, say, the Philippines or something. :)
 
Seriously, it was a ton of fun. Basically, we talked for hours about music, and I learned a lot from that. Approaches to improvisation and all that jazz (pun intended). Also, I'm seriously considering swing dancing now. Not Fallout 76, though.
 
Seriously, it was a ton of fun. Basically, we talked for hours about music, and I learned a lot from that. Approaches to improvisation and all that jazz (pun intended). Also, I'm seriously considering swing dancing now. Not Fallout 76, though.

Swing dancing, eh? I hope you get a good dance partner who is closer to your own height. I once went to a dance course, my dance partner on the course was from Lithuania and a lot shorter than I was, and didn't even speak English. Suffice to say I need to brush up on my tango skills. :D

Actually all that swing dancing and 30's to 50's jazz music was and still is big in the Eastern Europe, for some reason they really dug all that stuff.
 
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