Two weeks down! I probably should have blogged earlier, but this is the first night I haven't been too exhausted to do so. Where to start? I love Bonn. Out of Bonn, Cologne, Leipzig, Berlin, and Freiburg, I would definitely pick Bonn every time. I love how small and quiet it is compared to those other cities, and it's beautiful and historical and all that jazz. I shall return.
Just as a fun exercise, I'm going to make a quick list of the things that pop into my head about the trip so far, in order of popping: Döner. Red pandas. Bike tour! Sunburns. The little green and red crosswalk guys with hats. Delicious beer everywhere. Velociraptors and dodo birds. Black forest cake. Climbing up mountains. Sore feet. Americans are loud. Haribo=Yum. I love public transport except when it smells funny.
I think that pretty much somes everything up, but I'll write some more anyway.
Our first free weekend we spent in the black forest region of Germany in Freiburg. It's a touristy little city, but for good reason I suppose. It's gorgeous, the food and cake is fantastic, there's little rivers of water flowing through the streets, and you can take a cable car ride to the top of a mountain. What's not to like? I recommend it to anyone who wants a tasty, relaxing weekend. We're going to Prague early tomorrow morning, so if I'm not pickpocketed of all my belongings I will report back to you on that.
I feel like I've already learned so much about how to navigate around Europe and about the neat little cultural differences; I'm looking forward to learning more during the remaining two weeks of the program!
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