yep thats right, i only have a week left in Dortmund! then its off to Finland for a week, traveling with my mom for a ladies week, then ending our tour of Europe with a family trip. everyone told me it would go by really fast, but of course you never listen. this has been the fastest 5 months of my life! i have seen so much, learned a ton, gained experiences i will never forget, and grown so much.
i am sad, but happy for what i have done, but ill save the sappy stuff for a later post!
recently my school in Essen went on a field trip to Barcelona and so i got a week off i was not planning on having! I started it off by going to Dresden to see Milky Chance in concert... it was totally worth it! i had a blast and collected/found enough beer cups afterward to pay for a shirt ;) thank goodness for that euro back idea!
this night i slept happily on a bench in the train station and eventually got home 10 hours later with five different trains...ehh it was still worth it!
after a day or two of rest, i was off to Heidelberg then Triberg in the Black Forest. In Heidelberg i did the main things in a days work. It was so small and very touristy. So many americans! i also ran into Mario Kissel who studied abroad at Maryville College at the Heidelberg Castle!! Such a small world!
next morning: on the train to Triberg!
Triberg has Germany's highest waterfalls (which you expect to be huge........) hiking trails, cuckoo clocks, gnomes, and more cuckoo clocks. I spent the day hiking all around in the forest, and for once i felt at home and in my element. i saw the waterfalls, The House of 1000 Cuckoo Clocks, and the world's largest Cuckoo Clock. I literally have never seen so many dang awesome clocks!!
It was great to explore Germany more! Now im off to pack up my room :( ughh ill write soon!
i am sad, but happy for what i have done, but ill save the sappy stuff for a later post!recently my school in Essen went on a field trip to Barcelona and so i got a week off i was not planning on having! I started it off by going to Dresden to see Milky Chance in concert... it was totally worth it! i had a blast and collected/found enough beer cups afterward to pay for a shirt ;) thank goodness for that euro back idea!
this night i slept happily on a bench in the train station and eventually got home 10 hours later with five different trains...ehh it was still worth it!
after a day or two of rest, i was off to Heidelberg then Triberg in the Black Forest. In Heidelberg i did the main things in a days work. It was so small and very touristy. So many americans! i also ran into Mario Kissel who studied abroad at Maryville College at the Heidelberg Castle!! Such a small world! next morning: on the train to Triberg!
Triberg has Germany's highest waterfalls (which you expect to be huge........) hiking trails, cuckoo clocks, gnomes, and more cuckoo clocks. I spent the day hiking all around in the forest, and for once i felt at home and in my element. i saw the waterfalls, The House of 1000 Cuckoo Clocks, and the world's largest Cuckoo Clock. I literally have never seen so many dang awesome clocks!!
It was great to explore Germany more! Now im off to pack up my room :( ughh ill write soon!