Germany. There is a lot to say about the past 10 or so days. It has been an absolute whirlwind, to say the very least, but an enjoyable one at that. First of all, I could not have asked for a better group to travel with. Dr. Lahaie has been wonderful, and I have no idea where any of us would be if we had not had a professor that was a) German and/or b) completely fluent in the language...I do not care to think about that possibility, all I know is that I am incredibly thankful for her and her knowledge. In addition, my fellow students are equally delightful, and even though some of them aren't well-versed in the arena of travel (one of our girls had never been on a plane, before our 8 hour flight here), they have proven to be open for adventure and full of excitement and joy to be here.
How to catch you up? This just might prove to be the most scattered blog post to date, but thus far we have spent about 2 1/2 days in Wittenberg, a day in Bad Wimpfen, and a day in Worms. The other days have been filled with lectures, visits to museums, a castle, one very interesting theatre experience, and a few organ concerts. I stood on the world's largest wine barrel that has ever actually held wine, walked through Medieval streets, climbed towers from the 12th. century, and have not been in a car in 10 days (of which I am thoroughly happy, until I look at some of the prospects here, and then I wish I was able to test drive them all!). I have eaten white asparagus larger than my head, eaten a pretzel equally as large, and have walked more miles than I care to count, of that, however, I am thoroughly grateful, considering how good the food is.
Well, that should be somewhat of a good start. Tomorrow morning we are heading to Dachau and Munich, our taxi is coming at 5:30...I'm praying the alarm will go off, and that I will hear it for that matter.
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