Friday.
Woke up this morning to no Internet :( sad day. But breakfast was pretty awesome! Lots of croissants but they also had doughnut holes. After we ate we packed up the bus and headed to parmigiano reggiano.
This warehouse is where all the Parmesan in the world is made! We walked inside the first station where all the cows milk is brought in and curdled...I thought I was going to die. It smelled like old milk left in a room that had no AC. It was pretty neat how they get the cheese out, but the smell was just overpowering all of my learning. Plus, we were also wearing a plastic lab coat that was causing my body to heat up another 10 degrees.
The big basins had all the milk in them and some extra protein....flies. That was gross and made me nervous to try the cheese offered at the end. The aging room was definitely the coolest part. Huge room with rows and rows of cheese. I learned I will not be entering the cheese business any time soon!
We then went to Padua ham and saw how the pigs were slaughter...just kidding. We did see what they do to the legs once they are sent from the slaughter house. It was surprisingly more interesting and less stinky than the cheese. They had close to 150,000 hind legs. And those are just the legs that are ready to be sold. They have to be cured for at least 12 months. They also had a room just for the USA hams because we require more curing time- we are special :)
After that we stopped by a little shopping mall, bought some lunch, saw some pretty interesting toilets, then it was BTTB and off to Florence! (the toilets were holes in the ground and yes I took a picture)
It took us forever to get to the hotel. I think we finally made it around 9...a three hour trip that took six. However we finally made it and guessed what was right under our hotel a Disney store!! Yeah it's awesome and I think it's the 4th one I've seen this trip! Well, Erica and I just got back from our gelato dinner (and we are finally roommates and we are obviously in the more expensive part of town...10 euros for three scoops) and now I'm hoping to Skype my boy! He's finally a graduate from LDAC and he's on his way back to Provo.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Day 20 Parma/Padua, Italy
Thursday.
My alarm didn't go off this morning but I woke up around 6:40! Good thing it doesn't take me too long to get ready. I raced downstairs with all my stuff hopped on Skype and called Mr. Bracero and...HE ANSWERED! Happiest girl alive right here :D it's been so hard not to share every detail of this trip with my best friend, but that short 25 minute call was just what I needed.
We drove to a little town called Padua. Before our planned tour we just walked around, some of the girls got some sun dresses. I so proud of myself that I've bought just two shirts this entire time! Kinda crazy what these other girls have bought. We also bought a gelato...that will be mentioned a lot from here on out haha.
We had a tour of a chapel called "musei civici cappella delgi scrovegni" The paintings are painted like a comic book style of Christ's life, so it's big paintings all in a row around the chapel. What's interesting is that this chapel started the renaissance era but it took the rest of the world a few years to catch up. Kinda cool. We weren't allowed to take pictures though :/
After, I went with some people to a little market to grab some lunch (I bought more carrots! Hallelujah for veggies) and then we all met up as a group and went to the bus! 2.5 hours to Parma.
Parma is farm land. It's probably the most barren out of all the places we've been in. We arrived at the hotel and realized the wifi was down. Probably won't be back up until tomorrow after we have left. No Skype time :(
Some of the group wanted to go to the pool near by and some wanted to go to the mall. I went to the mall, got
my second gelato of the day (huge cone for 2 euros), got stared down by some creepy-drunk-Italian men, and then we felt that was a good time to go.
I got back to the hotel and used their fitness facility that consisted of a treadmill, a bike, and one of those hand bike machine things. Never again will I go this long with out working out. It felt so good but at the same time I felt super sluggish.
I was hoping for some wifi just to send a email to dave to not wait up for me if it doesn't work tomorrow morning, so we got a group to head to the mcdonalds. I skyped my mama which was nice minus the fact that she's at the beach! Once we were all done with the Internet we walked back, I showered and now I'm in bed.
Overall experience in Parma...little town, can't say I'd be dying to come back here. Maybe swing through for some original parmesan. (they have Parmesan burgers at mcdonalds haha) Well! Until tomorrow- happy Thursday :)
My alarm didn't go off this morning but I woke up around 6:40! Good thing it doesn't take me too long to get ready. I raced downstairs with all my stuff hopped on Skype and called Mr. Bracero and...HE ANSWERED! Happiest girl alive right here :D it's been so hard not to share every detail of this trip with my best friend, but that short 25 minute call was just what I needed.
We drove to a little town called Padua. Before our planned tour we just walked around, some of the girls got some sun dresses. I so proud of myself that I've bought just two shirts this entire time! Kinda crazy what these other girls have bought. We also bought a gelato...that will be mentioned a lot from here on out haha.
We had a tour of a chapel called "musei civici cappella delgi scrovegni" The paintings are painted like a comic book style of Christ's life, so it's big paintings all in a row around the chapel. What's interesting is that this chapel started the renaissance era but it took the rest of the world a few years to catch up. Kinda cool. We weren't allowed to take pictures though :/
After, I went with some people to a little market to grab some lunch (I bought more carrots! Hallelujah for veggies) and then we all met up as a group and went to the bus! 2.5 hours to Parma.
Parma is farm land. It's probably the most barren out of all the places we've been in. We arrived at the hotel and realized the wifi was down. Probably won't be back up until tomorrow after we have left. No Skype time :(
Some of the group wanted to go to the pool near by and some wanted to go to the mall. I went to the mall, got
my second gelato of the day (huge cone for 2 euros), got stared down by some creepy-drunk-Italian men, and then we felt that was a good time to go.
I got back to the hotel and used their fitness facility that consisted of a treadmill, a bike, and one of those hand bike machine things. Never again will I go this long with out working out. It felt so good but at the same time I felt super sluggish.
I was hoping for some wifi just to send a email to dave to not wait up for me if it doesn't work tomorrow morning, so we got a group to head to the mcdonalds. I skyped my mama which was nice minus the fact that she's at the beach! Once we were all done with the Internet we walked back, I showered and now I'm in bed.
Overall experience in Parma...little town, can't say I'd be dying to come back here. Maybe swing through for some original parmesan. (they have Parmesan burgers at mcdonalds haha) Well! Until tomorrow- happy Thursday :)
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Day 19 Venice, Italy
Wednesday.
What a start to a day. I woke up around 7:30 and just decided to check my Facebook. Got a wall post from Dave!!!!!!! He said he would have his phone from 7am to 1pm my time. I went from 0 to 100 in about 2 secs, raced downstairs and got on Skype. After trying for 3 hours...every type of communication possible...nothing. That boy is impossible to get a hold of apparently! And you'd think I would be the difficult one being in Europe and all. What a downer. Good thing we have a long bus ride so I can sleep and basically have a second morning :( off to Venice!
Totally conked out for the first 3 hours of the trip. I didn't even wake up when we first stopped...that usually never happens. The second stop I went over to the gas station while everyone went into this restaurant attached to the hotel at the rest stop. The potty at the restaurant was 50 cents...gas station...free! Well, it was technically 30 cents but no one was sitting there...so I quickly went in and went out :) don't judge. Peeing is a priviledge!
We passed over into Italy! Our final country! I'm in italy!!!! We past a few cruise ships and I was dying to get on one! Then we trekked all of our suitcases up and over Venice until we found our hotel. It's so darn hot, I drip whenever I step outside. Also our hotel doesn't have an elevator. We just laughed but it's hard to pull a suitcase while laughing.
After settling our stuff we realized it was already 6:30 and we wanted to meet at 7 to get out and see Venice! In that 30 minutes, I got on the wifi and got the best present ever!!...
I got the best email from Dave. (he told me he fell asleep this morning but the email totally made up for it) Here's an updated from Dave:
I did ok on the PT test (274/300), almost perfect on LANDNAV (day-8/8 and night 4/5), and out of my six leadership evaluations I received 4 overall E's (E= excellent, S= Satisfactory, N= no go). After putting it all together in my counseling with CPT Gonzalez, he gave me an overall E at camp! So I did pretty well.
I'm just such a proud fiancé right now! What's funny is I can tell he's exhausted even through an email. His full email made me cry in front of my roommates...and I'm not even embarrassed! Just so happy! He says we can Skype tomorrow morning so I'm hoping that will be in my blog post tomorrow!
That was my second wind! I was ready to go. We started walking through Venice and I literally feel like I'm in a dream! Italy is awesome totally different than the places we went to before. (also carrying our suitcases over all the bridges was definitely a new and painful experience haha)
We stopped at a little restaurant and got some pasta dishes of course! We were all just so happy even though its so flippin hot!
Next stop gondola ride! It was getting late and we really wanted to get one before dark cause they charge more. However we still ended up paying 100 euros for 6 people. Lame. But we had a very nice driver who told us some interesting facts along the way. No singing, apparently that ended 20 years ago.
After, we went to st. Marcos square and got some yummy gelato, listened to some Italian bands, and just hung out! It was a very relaxing night in Venice but at the same time exciting! All the streets are super narrow, there's water everywhere, and unlike all the other cities things stay open longer than 8!!
What else, it's super hot and I've been sweating all day and all of us girls have to share one bathroom. Awesome! Not sure if I'm going to get a shower tonight :) but I get to talk to my boy tomorrow!! Unless he falls asleep again...little stinker! Ok happy Wednesday!
What a start to a day. I woke up around 7:30 and just decided to check my Facebook. Got a wall post from Dave!!!!!!! He said he would have his phone from 7am to 1pm my time. I went from 0 to 100 in about 2 secs, raced downstairs and got on Skype. After trying for 3 hours...every type of communication possible...nothing. That boy is impossible to get a hold of apparently! And you'd think I would be the difficult one being in Europe and all. What a downer. Good thing we have a long bus ride so I can sleep and basically have a second morning :( off to Venice!
Totally conked out for the first 3 hours of the trip. I didn't even wake up when we first stopped...that usually never happens. The second stop I went over to the gas station while everyone went into this restaurant attached to the hotel at the rest stop. The potty at the restaurant was 50 cents...gas station...free! Well, it was technically 30 cents but no one was sitting there...so I quickly went in and went out :) don't judge. Peeing is a priviledge!
We passed over into Italy! Our final country! I'm in italy!!!! We past a few cruise ships and I was dying to get on one! Then we trekked all of our suitcases up and over Venice until we found our hotel. It's so darn hot, I drip whenever I step outside. Also our hotel doesn't have an elevator. We just laughed but it's hard to pull a suitcase while laughing.
After settling our stuff we realized it was already 6:30 and we wanted to meet at 7 to get out and see Venice! In that 30 minutes, I got on the wifi and got the best present ever!!...
I got the best email from Dave. (he told me he fell asleep this morning but the email totally made up for it) Here's an updated from Dave:
I did ok on the PT test (274/300), almost perfect on LANDNAV (day-8/8 and night 4/5), and out of my six leadership evaluations I received 4 overall E's (E= excellent, S= Satisfactory, N= no go). After putting it all together in my counseling with CPT Gonzalez, he gave me an overall E at camp! So I did pretty well.
I'm just such a proud fiancé right now! What's funny is I can tell he's exhausted even through an email. His full email made me cry in front of my roommates...and I'm not even embarrassed! Just so happy! He says we can Skype tomorrow morning so I'm hoping that will be in my blog post tomorrow!
That was my second wind! I was ready to go. We started walking through Venice and I literally feel like I'm in a dream! Italy is awesome totally different than the places we went to before. (also carrying our suitcases over all the bridges was definitely a new and painful experience haha)
We stopped at a little restaurant and got some pasta dishes of course! We were all just so happy even though its so flippin hot!
Next stop gondola ride! It was getting late and we really wanted to get one before dark cause they charge more. However we still ended up paying 100 euros for 6 people. Lame. But we had a very nice driver who told us some interesting facts along the way. No singing, apparently that ended 20 years ago.
After, we went to st. Marcos square and got some yummy gelato, listened to some Italian bands, and just hung out! It was a very relaxing night in Venice but at the same time exciting! All the streets are super narrow, there's water everywhere, and unlike all the other cities things stay open longer than 8!!
What else, it's super hot and I've been sweating all day and all of us girls have to share one bathroom. Awesome! Not sure if I'm going to get a shower tonight :) but I get to talk to my boy tomorrow!! Unless he falls asleep again...little stinker! Ok happy Wednesday!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Day 18 Salzburg, Austria
Tuesday.
Goodbye Germany! Hello Austria...for a night. Woke up this morning ate breakfast and we were on the road by 7:30.
We got to salzburg and we headed off the the Hellburnn castle. The bus system here stinks if they are trying to make money. I had no idea where to pay slash there were so many people I rode the bus for free. The castle was pretty cool. The king or whoever lived there made trick fountains that shot water at his guests. Super funny to watch people get surprised after you've been through. The gazebo in the sound of music was also in the gardens! Deanna and I almost died on the playground too. There was a spinny thing and the closer you pull yourself in the faster you go and you can't let go or you fly off. Basically you hang on for dear life hoping it slows down!!
On our way back we stopped at this nice pizza place. The poor lady was running it all by herself and she even split mine and ericas pizza in half...when most places just give you and extra plate. Plus, we got a spinach pizza and it was delicious!
We were back at the hotel around 3 to move into our rooms then a bunch of us headed to the castle. Holy sweat. I basically took a shower walking up to the castle. It's on a huge cliff and you basically walk straight up. Good work out. In fact Erica and I continued our work out and ran back to the hotel. We were already dripping so why not! Haha
The castle had some pretty awesome views of Salzburg. I wast planning on going but I'm so glad I did.
After, we met back up at the hotel (3rd time today) and headed out to a "pub" that Matt said was really good. It was a bunch of random stands with food that looked super foreign and not edible. I got a baked potato and then some ice cream on our walk back. You really can't go wrong with ice cream.
Now it's 10:15 and I'm showered and ready for bed. I pulled out 150 euros and hoping it'll last me the rest of the trip. I hope!! Must be frugal. :) 2 days tomorrow!!! I love David Bracero! And Salzburg Austria :) such a good day cause I also skyped my mama :D happy tuesday!!
Goodbye Germany! Hello Austria...for a night. Woke up this morning ate breakfast and we were on the road by 7:30.
We got to salzburg and we headed off the the Hellburnn castle. The bus system here stinks if they are trying to make money. I had no idea where to pay slash there were so many people I rode the bus for free. The castle was pretty cool. The king or whoever lived there made trick fountains that shot water at his guests. Super funny to watch people get surprised after you've been through. The gazebo in the sound of music was also in the gardens! Deanna and I almost died on the playground too. There was a spinny thing and the closer you pull yourself in the faster you go and you can't let go or you fly off. Basically you hang on for dear life hoping it slows down!!
On our way back we stopped at this nice pizza place. The poor lady was running it all by herself and she even split mine and ericas pizza in half...when most places just give you and extra plate. Plus, we got a spinach pizza and it was delicious!
We were back at the hotel around 3 to move into our rooms then a bunch of us headed to the castle. Holy sweat. I basically took a shower walking up to the castle. It's on a huge cliff and you basically walk straight up. Good work out. In fact Erica and I continued our work out and ran back to the hotel. We were already dripping so why not! Haha
The castle had some pretty awesome views of Salzburg. I wast planning on going but I'm so glad I did.
After, we met back up at the hotel (3rd time today) and headed out to a "pub" that Matt said was really good. It was a bunch of random stands with food that looked super foreign and not edible. I got a baked potato and then some ice cream on our walk back. You really can't go wrong with ice cream.
Now it's 10:15 and I'm showered and ready for bed. I pulled out 150 euros and hoping it'll last me the rest of the trip. I hope!! Must be frugal. :) 2 days tomorrow!!! I love David Bracero! And Salzburg Austria :) such a good day cause I also skyped my mama :D happy tuesday!!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Day 17 Munich, Germany
Monday.
Such a great morning! I slept in until 9:30, went and had breakfast before it closed, went back to bed until 12! It was a beautiful thing. I got dressed for the business visit then uploaded smoe photos while everyone was off the Internet. We left for BMW around 1.
The first part of the BV was with a member of the church who has worked for BMW for many many years it seemed like. It was very interesting to hear about the differences between BMW and other American or Japanese cars. Also learned that Europeans buy mercedes to show off the car, but they buy BMWs to enjoy the car. It's not a social climber car out here.
We toured the plant which I wish I had pictures of it but I wasn't allowed. We saw how a BMW was made from start to finish. I wanted to know more about the technology but it was still awesome. The robots thez use act like people...opening doors, welding parts, moving parts, etc. They charge the paint and the metal so the paint is attracted and 95% is made onto the car. The final test is the honking of the horn!! I thought that was funny. haha. Overall, the tour was really long and really hot...Germans don't believe in AC. But it was probably my favorite so far!
We traveled back to the hotel where we changed our clothes and started our scavenger hunt FHE. My group didn't reallz do the hunt, but we bought pizza and ice cream! Two scoops of ice cream was double the pirce for a single scoop...makes sense...so I got two singles so I got 2 cones!! Brilliant!
We found the biggst pub in Europe and it was hoppin! After we met the rest of the group at the English garden which was very large and pretty!! I bought a huge pretzel that was 3.70 euros that was kind of a disappointment. Note to self: don't buy food if you aren't hungry...it won't taste as good.
By this point we were all tired so we walked back to the hotel. And I think I'm going to take a shower and head to bed. Tried skyping you Mom but the internet kinda stinks at this hotel...In fact, I'm typing this on the hotels computer and the keyboard is totally different. The z is in the y's spot along with a lot of other differences so...hopefully I didn't butcher this blog post.
Crazy I'll be home in 2 weeks from today! And even more crazy that my boy will be back in 4 days!!!!!!!! It's almost like Christmas is coming. (insert smily face..can't figure out how to type it haha) Off to salzburg in the morning!! Happy Monday!
Such a great morning! I slept in until 9:30, went and had breakfast before it closed, went back to bed until 12! It was a beautiful thing. I got dressed for the business visit then uploaded smoe photos while everyone was off the Internet. We left for BMW around 1.
The first part of the BV was with a member of the church who has worked for BMW for many many years it seemed like. It was very interesting to hear about the differences between BMW and other American or Japanese cars. Also learned that Europeans buy mercedes to show off the car, but they buy BMWs to enjoy the car. It's not a social climber car out here.
We toured the plant which I wish I had pictures of it but I wasn't allowed. We saw how a BMW was made from start to finish. I wanted to know more about the technology but it was still awesome. The robots thez use act like people...opening doors, welding parts, moving parts, etc. They charge the paint and the metal so the paint is attracted and 95% is made onto the car. The final test is the honking of the horn!! I thought that was funny. haha. Overall, the tour was really long and really hot...Germans don't believe in AC. But it was probably my favorite so far!
We traveled back to the hotel where we changed our clothes and started our scavenger hunt FHE. My group didn't reallz do the hunt, but we bought pizza and ice cream! Two scoops of ice cream was double the pirce for a single scoop...makes sense...so I got two singles so I got 2 cones!! Brilliant!
We found the biggst pub in Europe and it was hoppin! After we met the rest of the group at the English garden which was very large and pretty!! I bought a huge pretzel that was 3.70 euros that was kind of a disappointment. Note to self: don't buy food if you aren't hungry...it won't taste as good.
By this point we were all tired so we walked back to the hotel. And I think I'm going to take a shower and head to bed. Tried skyping you Mom but the internet kinda stinks at this hotel...In fact, I'm typing this on the hotels computer and the keyboard is totally different. The z is in the y's spot along with a lot of other differences so...hopefully I didn't butcher this blog post.
Crazy I'll be home in 2 weeks from today! And even more crazy that my boy will be back in 4 days!!!!!!!! It's almost like Christmas is coming. (insert smily face..can't figure out how to type it haha) Off to salzburg in the morning!! Happy Monday!
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Day 16 Munich, Germany
Sunday.
Happy sabbath! I always have interesting experiences right before I go to bed after I blog so I'll tell you today.
I had to wash my undies yesterday and washing them in a little sink was quite the experience. I can't promise that they are 100% clean but at least they smell like tide now haha. My roommate was out at a movie that a bunch of people went to and I was asleep when she came home. Im sure it was a pleasant surprise coming back to my underwear scattered all over the room haha.
This morning, it was extremely hard to get up. I slept really well which is great but makes getting up difficult.
We walked to church this morning. Professor godfrey said it would take 45 min on the metro...we got there in 20 walking. We were a little early, but a nice missionary greeted us! We started with relief society...in German. German is not a very romantic language. To me every other word sounds like a bad word in English or like they have something stuck in their throat. Trying to sing in German was also pretty humorous.
Holy moly!! Best day ever! Patrick our bus driver took us to the most beautiful place today. It's in the area called Tirol, Austria. It's about 2 hours away but it was the most beautiful place I've ever seen. Its like the Austria you picture after watching the sound of music...but better. Dave, some anniversary we are coming here!!
We had the funniest experience sneaking around this dock and jumping on the wooden posts...taking pictures that are pretty funny! The mountains are covered with greenery. The hotels and streets are just the cutest. I'm currently writing this on the shore listening to the water. It's unreal! None of us want to go back to munich haha.
BTTB to head to our dinner. The directors made a reservation at a restaurant called brixnerwirt. It very went from beautiful weather to torrential downpours with large hail the size of a quarter. We had schnitzel. Not bad! It was nice to just have a sit down dinner and not have people worrying about paying too much (director paid...probably with our tuition money...$ and we just all hung out.
The bus ride home was longer than expected but we entertained ourselves very well. We played the iPod game, just sang to music, listened to Doh sing half sleeping then turned his name into a song hahah. I've never laughed so hard in my life. Video will hopefully be up soon.
That was my exciting day! I love Austria...love love love! Also, 5 days until I talk to my handsome fiancé. I honestly cannot wait!! Happy Sunday!!
Happy sabbath! I always have interesting experiences right before I go to bed after I blog so I'll tell you today.
I had to wash my undies yesterday and washing them in a little sink was quite the experience. I can't promise that they are 100% clean but at least they smell like tide now haha. My roommate was out at a movie that a bunch of people went to and I was asleep when she came home. Im sure it was a pleasant surprise coming back to my underwear scattered all over the room haha.
This morning, it was extremely hard to get up. I slept really well which is great but makes getting up difficult.
We walked to church this morning. Professor godfrey said it would take 45 min on the metro...we got there in 20 walking. We were a little early, but a nice missionary greeted us! We started with relief society...in German. German is not a very romantic language. To me every other word sounds like a bad word in English or like they have something stuck in their throat. Trying to sing in German was also pretty humorous.
Holy moly!! Best day ever! Patrick our bus driver took us to the most beautiful place today. It's in the area called Tirol, Austria. It's about 2 hours away but it was the most beautiful place I've ever seen. Its like the Austria you picture after watching the sound of music...but better. Dave, some anniversary we are coming here!!
We had the funniest experience sneaking around this dock and jumping on the wooden posts...taking pictures that are pretty funny! The mountains are covered with greenery. The hotels and streets are just the cutest. I'm currently writing this on the shore listening to the water. It's unreal! None of us want to go back to munich haha.
BTTB to head to our dinner. The directors made a reservation at a restaurant called brixnerwirt. It very went from beautiful weather to torrential downpours with large hail the size of a quarter. We had schnitzel. Not bad! It was nice to just have a sit down dinner and not have people worrying about paying too much (director paid...probably with our tuition money...$ and we just all hung out.
The bus ride home was longer than expected but we entertained ourselves very well. We played the iPod game, just sang to music, listened to Doh sing half sleeping then turned his name into a song hahah. I've never laughed so hard in my life. Video will hopefully be up soon.
That was my exciting day! I love Austria...love love love! Also, 5 days until I talk to my handsome fiancé. I honestly cannot wait!! Happy Sunday!!
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Day 15 Munich, Germany
Saturday.
Fire alarm went off last night. Fire department came and everything! No fire though. We left this morning around 8 am and made it to Dachau concentration camp around 12:30. I think I have mastered the art of sleeping on a bus. I do take over the floor but it works!
The concentration camp was truly unbelievable. A lot of the buildings weren't original but just the fact that we were on the grounds was hard to believe. Sounds cheesy, but it made me so grateful for my life. I can't even imagine. What was interesting was that they don't let you go into the guard towers, so they just want you to have the perspective of the prisoners. Overall, this place is recommended stop if you're going to Munich.
I also think I had one of my first hot meals at the visitors cafe. It was lasagna and it was yummy! I also got a chocolate muffin/cupcake and I made it into a cupcake sandwich like I always do and it fell apart. I got made fun of, but I didn't care because it tasted so good! Ok side tracked...
We loaded the bus back up around 3:30 and headed to the city where our hotel was. Same brand of hotel as last night. It took us forever to figure out what to do. Pool, movie, town...we finally decided to walk into town but then no one could decide what to do/what to eat. I'm making a plan tonight with my travel Europe book! I do not like having a plan.
6 of us decided to eat at this restaurant called Maredo. I love America. I love chips and dip for free. I love tap water. I DO love how you don't have to tip here. Just seem disappointed everytime I eat at a sit down restaurant. Never disappointed with ice cream :)
After wandering around, and taking random pictures in a department store... I had to go to the bathroom and things started closing down, so we made our way back to our hotel.
It's amazing how tired I am by the end of the day. I like Germany so far-cant wait to maybe live here in the future :) I'm sure I'll get a different feel being in one place permanently rather than traveling almost every other day. Pretty much at the half way mark of this trip. Crazy! Happy Saturday :)
Fire alarm went off last night. Fire department came and everything! No fire though. We left this morning around 8 am and made it to Dachau concentration camp around 12:30. I think I have mastered the art of sleeping on a bus. I do take over the floor but it works!
The concentration camp was truly unbelievable. A lot of the buildings weren't original but just the fact that we were on the grounds was hard to believe. Sounds cheesy, but it made me so grateful for my life. I can't even imagine. What was interesting was that they don't let you go into the guard towers, so they just want you to have the perspective of the prisoners. Overall, this place is recommended stop if you're going to Munich.
I also think I had one of my first hot meals at the visitors cafe. It was lasagna and it was yummy! I also got a chocolate muffin/cupcake and I made it into a cupcake sandwich like I always do and it fell apart. I got made fun of, but I didn't care because it tasted so good! Ok side tracked...
We loaded the bus back up around 3:30 and headed to the city where our hotel was. Same brand of hotel as last night. It took us forever to figure out what to do. Pool, movie, town...we finally decided to walk into town but then no one could decide what to do/what to eat. I'm making a plan tonight with my travel Europe book! I do not like having a plan.
6 of us decided to eat at this restaurant called Maredo. I love America. I love chips and dip for free. I love tap water. I DO love how you don't have to tip here. Just seem disappointed everytime I eat at a sit down restaurant. Never disappointed with ice cream :)
After wandering around, and taking random pictures in a department store... I had to go to the bathroom and things started closing down, so we made our way back to our hotel.
It's amazing how tired I am by the end of the day. I like Germany so far-cant wait to maybe live here in the future :) I'm sure I'll get a different feel being in one place permanently rather than traveling almost every other day. Pretty much at the half way mark of this trip. Crazy! Happy Saturday :)
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