White Tiger’s Lair

I am very quickly getting accustomed to life in Augsburg.  

On Saturday night we went to a free Gregorian Choir concert in the Augsburg Dom. It was the local boys choir and they were very good.  I have been in many of the great churches in several parts of Europe, particularly in Germany, to admire the buildings and the paintings, but I have never before stayed in a church or sat in the seats.  Therefore there were a few things of note Saturday night: it snowed all day and was bloody cold in the Church.  I know it makes sense when you think about it, heating such a huge building with such tall ceilings is ridiculous (not to mention impossible as they were build in the 1300’s), I had just never thought about it before.  Secondly, the acoustics are AMAZING, every single voice reverberated just right, the building was quite literally made for this type of music and it was fantastic.  Lastly, oak benches are hard on your ass.