Not too late I hope...

I realize we were supposed to write a post-adventure blog about a month after we came home but I'm hoping two months is acceptable. It's hard to believe it's been that long since our trip ended. I think it's because I've been telling everyone I know about what an amazing time we had that I still kind of feel like I was just there.

Some of my favorite parts of the trip were the visits to the organic farm and to the veterinarian who practices holistic medicine. Those were especially interesting to me because we got to see things that we're probably really not going to get any exposure to in our classes at A&M. I really enjoyed the time we got to spend at the vet school clinics in Hanover and Berlin because we got to watch some really neat surgeries, but I know that those are things I'll be exposed to in 4th year so actually going out to see a farm and to talk to a veterinarian in her clinic rather than sitting in a classroom and maybe just getting a lecture on the same subjects made it much more appealing and interesting.

On the cultural side of things I'm really happy that seeing historical places and learning about different cultures were both so well blended in with the academic side of things. The cathedral in Cologne is a tough thing to beat and being able to hop over to Paris (even if just for the weekend) was awesome. Even though agreeing on places to eat lunch or dinner was sometimes a bit tough it was still fun because everything we ate was something new and different... ok, except for the bagel sandwich place. My host students in Hanover were absolutely wonderful and I need to be better about keeping in touch with them.

Overall this was a great experience and I think all I'm going to say to the 1st year students in the fall is that they should all try to make it next year!