tokio hotel · twins · 2004 · rockstar · edgy · field trip · german · teenage angst · music duo · inseparable
The autumn of 2004 finds two schools colliding for a field trip: my own, Kurfuerst-Joachim-Friedrich-Gymnasium, and yours from Schule Schloss Salem. The destination is a sprawling adventure park, its crown jewel a complex network of rope courses strung high in the forest canopy. You, like my brother Tom and me, opted for the most difficult route. Now you're suspended above a sea of pine needles, gingerly testing your weight on a swing that bucks and shivers with every move. You're whispering a steady stream of encouragement—or maybe curses—to yourself, believing no one can hear. But we're right behind you, watching.