We had the big cleanout of the apartment last night again! this time we were considerably more experienced in the business and everything was tidy in just a short while! Kebab in the night again - delicious!

After everyone went to sleep I went to the small living room at the back of the apartment to read Beauty and the Beast. It's probably the 1st ever text I've ever read in Germany that wasn't about music.

I fell asleep on the couch till 6am the following day! went back to the room to sleep all the way till 9.30am before waking up to make some rindfleisch suppe for breakfast. yummy, but so salty that I was dying of thirst the minute I left the apartment. Had some ice cream on a bench in a secluded corner in the town - chocolate + peppermint, classic!

When I reached the academy I rang the bell ... but no one activated the lock on the door. Rang the bell again and again but still no response. I saw the 2 indonesian students practicing in the rooms on the 1st floor so I tried to get their attention, but the window was so high!

Decided to go to a kebab restaurant nearby for a drink and go back to the academy later and fortunately I've brought my scores along with me so I worked out fingerings and rythms while sipping the orange + cola mix.

Now I've learnt the entire Weber Concert Piece (or concerto) in Fminor and am just a few pages short of memorizing it completely! And I've also more than 80% of the Mozart Sonata in my hands now!

Since this is nothing against Thomas having all 5 Rachmaninoff concertos in his hands - it's time to work even harder.