Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Departure to Frankfurt/Pittsburgh

I had a fun night and when I got up I was extremely tired. I had to be up and checked out of the hostel by 7:00 am so that I can make it to the airport before my plane took off. It took me about 2 hours to get to the Frankfurt airport. I had some trouble trying to find my terminal but I was able to get to my terminal around 10:00 am and I was just waiting to get on the plane at 11:20 am when the plane departed. I was very sad to go but I had a blast in Germany and I would definitely visit Germany again. I got to the airport and just remembered all the fun times I had in Germany and was very thankful that I was able to visit. I would recommend to everyone that Germany is a beautiful place in Europe. I had some trouble getting out of Germany because I had an American passport but everything worked out and I was on my way back home.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Freiburg Square

I didn't want to wake up early today so I slept in pretty late. I was tired from always going to bed late and waking up early that today I woke up around 1:30 pm. I was shocked that I even slept in that late. I got ready to start my day and see what John, Anastasia, and Norman were up to today. Anastasia was staying at a college ground where a lot of students stayed. It had a lot of great scenery that were for teenagers/college students. Anastasia and I were walking around Freiburg Square looking around at the the shops and tdaking pictures of the freat scenery. We went into a coffee shop near by and I didn't order anything so I got a news paper and they were free. They had both an English and German version. One if the main articles were about the neo-nazi party being ban in the local newspaper. (http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20110422-34569.html )And there was another newspaper, Deutsche Welle, and they had the same article but about how the number of violent attacks is rising as we speak. (http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14996515,00.html ) It was a very interesting topic and as Anastasia got a small coffee and a muffin I was very interested in the topic and wondered how much this affected people. After we were done at the coffee shop we went and walked around more. We had a very relaxing day and she invited me to go back to her place and just talk and have fun. When we went to her place she introduced me to so many people it was really fun. Later on that night her best friend down the hall and so we changed our clothes and we went to go eat at the same restaurant we ate at last night. I got a mini pizza again because it was really good and cheap. When we were done we headed back to her place and went to the party. It was around 9:30 pm and I was really excited to have a good night. We ate, danced, played games, and so many more activities. It was getting really late so I went back to my hostel around 1:00 am. I can't wait to spend my last few hours tomorrow.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Münsterplatz Square

I was really excited when I got to my hostel and ready to explore. I was ready to see what Freiburg has. I decided to walk around and explore on my own and see where I ended up at. I decided to go somewhere near by and not to far from my hostel. There was a place called the Münsterplatz Square. It had a lot of historical and colorful buildings and it was a great place to go because the whether was beautiful. There was tall and elegant statues and buildings that went for many blocks. It was very relaxing and amusing. There seemed to be a lot of tourists and I decided to introduce myself to some of them so that we can all experience Germany as a whole. I met a couple of people that were a little bit older than me but very friendly. John, who was from Nebraska was visiting his aunt in Freiburg. Anastasia was doing a broad for her college from California, and Norman from Turkey (he spoke English) always wanted to see Germany. We all were taking pictures of the buildings and statues and getting to know each other. Norman suggested that we all go out to a Karaoke bar and have some fun. It was about 5:00 pm and I was hungry so me and Anastasia decided to leave the boys and go eat something. There was a nearby restaurant that was very fancy so we went back to our hostels and changed for the night. We met at the Greiffenegg-Schlössle and it had an amazing view. We didn't want to eat much so I just got a mini pizza which was $3.00. ( http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.greiffenegg.de/wcms/ftp//g/greiffenegg.de/uploads/menvorschlgeaktuell2011.pdf&prev=/search%3Fq%3DGreiffenegg-Schl%25C3%25B6ssle,%2BSchlo%25C3%259Fbergring,%2BFreiburg%2Bim%2BBreisgau,%2BDeutschland%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26prmd%3Divnsm&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhittst4ebyU402gncEMBTenLxv_Bg ) After we ate there it was around 8:00 pm and we started to go to the Karaoke bar to meet the guys and have some fun. I was underage so I didn't drink but it was really funny seeing drunk people everywhere. The four of us then went up and started singing "Eye of the Tiger" and we were horrible but had a lot of fun. After we were done I was really tired and decided to go back to my hostel. It was around 12:30 am and John said he would walk me to my hostel so that nothing happened to me. I was happy to get my rest and excited to see what tomorrow was going to be like.