Cruise

I will be going on a cruise on June 3rd and I will post pictures and keep you updated on my experience!! Now you are able to actually see ONE student continue to blog about their lives!

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.

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.

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.

Freiburg, Germany

I had a lot of fun and now I am going to my last city, Freiburg. I am heading to the train station and I'm planning on arriving in Freiburg at 10:30 am. I wanted to get there so I have enough time to go places and waste my entire day. I am very excited to be visiting this city but also sad. I am going to have as much fun as I can here and enjoy Germany for the next couple days. I'm starting to get used to the German lifestyle so I don't think I am going to have communication problems. I also didn't want to go on tours or anything I just wanted to explore on my own have fun and meet more nice German people. I found a nice hostel that I will be staying at in Freiburg. It is very close to some historical landmarks that I will be visiting. The hostel comes with a lot of benefiting things on my part. It had free breakfast, close to historical landmarks, minutes away from the train station and many more!( https://secure.hostelbookers.com/checkout/index.cfm) I want to have the time of life here and remember why I always wanted to visit Germany so much. I can't wait to see what wonderful places I go to and share with you the moments that you might get to experience to. I can't wait until I get to Freiburg and have some fun!

City Gates

After I was done touring the Nymphenburg Palace it was getting pretty late. Luckily the best time to look at buildings and see historical landmarks was at night. It was getting  chilly but it there was a nice breeze so I didn't need my jacket. I took the bus and headed to City Gates. It took about 15 minutes to get there and the street lights started to come on and everything looked very romantic. City Gates was closed so I wasn't able to tour it but it looked a lot better from the outside. I was excited that I got to see the city at night including a lot of other things. I wasn't too hungry and I planned on getting pizza when I got back to the hotel. I saw the City Gates and I wasn't fascinated by it but it was definitely a good place to go look at. After going there I stopped and looked at some other places near City Gates that were nice landmarks to take pictures and see. On each side of the Gates was a big shopping center with a huge beautiful fountain in the middle. Many people come here and walk and shop. It was called the Karlspaltz. It was a nice environment to walk on a cool night. As much as I love to shop I didn't buy anything there were a lot of things that were really nice and I wanted but I stayed away from them. After the urge to buy so many things I had to see something else, so I went to look at Justizpalast which is a fine example of the 19th century German art and structure. It was really nice and a lot of people came to see it. I was happy that I got the opportunity to come see this. When I was done looking at this landmark I went to go see the Richard Strauss Fountain. It was a very unique fountain and at night there was a spot light that shined on it. You would see a bunch of little kids running through it and playing in it. After a long day of walking through the palace and seeing all these beautiful sights I decided to head back to my hostel, order pizza and go to sleep. I went to a pizza place near my hostel called Mama Pizza they were open until 11:00 pm. I got there around 9:15 pm and I ordered a Pizza Margherita. It had only mozzarella cheese on it and it wasn't that big. I paid about $8.000 for it which wasn't too bad. It was very good and I liked it a lot. They had a lot of other things like salad, pasta, lasagna, ice cream, deserts and many more. ( https://pizza.de/mama-pizza-muenchen-augustenstr-16#/framek050.020.htm )

 

Nymphenburg Palace

I slept very well last night and was ready for a great day. It was kind of cloudy out but the rain didn't seem like it would ruin my day. After breakfast I went to catch a bus to the palace and see what I was going to see and the places I could go that were around it. I took extra fruit little snacks they had because it was going to be a long but fun day. I got onto the bus and it was packed so I had to stand and it was so hard to do for some reason. I saw the palace and my jaw dropped I didn't believe I was going to be touring such a magnificent place and it was along the beach side which made it more amazing. It was a great place for tourist to come and see such a nice and pretty landmark. The admission fee was really expensive but it was definitely worth every euro I spent. I had to pay about $40.00 to get a tour which was all day so that was pretty good. When you first walked in everything was just like a regular palace just normal colored walls and large structures. When we started the tour each room had a different design and meaning to it. It was very  touching and fascinating that people in my group didn't really like me from how many questions I kept asking. The tour guide said that we could eat lunch and I decided to eat my fruit and snacks I got form my hostel because by lunch I'm not really that hungry. I was having so much fun that I wanted to tour the whole palace but that would take a very long time. I learned a lot about this place and was excited that I was able to have the opportunity to see it. This was a great place to visit as a tourist. ( http://www.nymphenburg.com/us/nymphenburg/schloss-nymphenburg.html )