Hello Spain...

So I am writing this blog in BARCELONA!! Vanessa, Susanna, and spent the first to nights camping by the beach a little outside the city. Spent all day yesterday on the beach and swam in the Mediterranean Sea. The beach is so different than what i am used to in FL. The sand is a lot darker. Last night we meet up with Danyelle and Vincent and at a great seafood dinner right by the water at the Port. Today we switched to a hostel in the city and started touring. I am amazed at some of the architecture here. It really is breathe taking. Well I gotta run we are gonna eat some dinner then drink some wine and walk on the beach tonight. We are heading to Madrid tomorrow night!!! I will add pics later and try to update as I go... Oh did I say it was here, cause it is...

Goodbye Germany

So Last Saturday before I left for my 2 week travel, my hosts and my neighbors had a farewell Bar B Que for me. It was alot of fun! And really nice to say bye. We all exchanged contact info and i am sure we will stay in touch. I will see my hosts again on the 14th before coming home. I will add pics from it lata!!

Last Week in Germany..

Wow, I only have one more week in Germany. This year has really gone by fast. I am filled with all sorts of emotions right now. I am excited for my last two weeks of travel, excited to come home. But at the same time I have gotten into a routine here and have friends here as well. It is another change, a change back to something I all ready know supposedly. However, things at home have changed since I have been gone, and I have changed since I have been gone. I am anxious to know how it will feel when I am home again. If I will experience "Reverse" culture shock, or just fall back into my routine... Its a weird feeling really. I do miss my friends, family, Auburn, and the lake. And am so ready to get back, but at the same time I bet I have high expectations that might not be met or something. Its a weir feeling. One more week in Germany...wow...

Salzburg, Austria

Danyelle and I took a day trip to Salzburg. It is the city where "The Sound of Music" was filmed. It was really cool to see. Mozart was also born there. There was a huge Fan Fest set up for Euro Cup 2008. We saw like 5 couples getting married. I absolutely loved the view from the top of the castle! It was so pretty! It was a fun trip. Made miss miss home and my brothers tho. We all know all the words to that musical :)

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I will be home in about a month! Check out my new pics on the right :)

Berlin

First sorry it has been so long since I have updated. The last week of May was our End of the Year Seminar in Berlin. Berlin was really cool with all its history. I got to see Check Point Charlie, walk through the Jewish Museum, and touch parts of the Wall. It was really good to get to see other people from the program I have not seen in a while. I learned alot about the East and West Germany before the wall came down. You can really tell the difference between where the divide was in the city. We spent all day that Friday in the Bundestag (like our congress). It was really cool. At last minute Angela Merkel was able to find time to come and greet us. It was really cool to get to meet her. I will always remember that. I have added some photos from the trip. I come home soon!

May :)

So it is May now, and it is finally getting warm and pretty outside. There are 3 holiday in May which means I only work one full week in May. Pretty awesome! On Mzy first we had a weisswurst and weissbeir breakfast at Ben's host's house. His host dad is the Prince von Bayern. It was pretty fun, we got to dress in traditional German clothes and meet lots of Germans.

My host parents love to grill out on the weekends, so I will be doing that alot this spring. Last weekend we went to this free concert thing in Olympia park. It was fun.

The pics are from the May Day breakfast, one of my host mom and me, and one of me and the girls at the concert. For more pics check the link on the right side :)

The week of May I am going to Berlin for our final Seminar. Then only June of work. The first week of July I am going to Spain and the Second week I am going to Greece. I will be home July 17th! on like 65 more days! It has gone so fast!

Weekend Fun and Updates

So last weekend 10 of us PPLers meet up in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.(Google or Wikipedia it for more details) It was a really cool little city. It was built in the medieval times and was protected from bombs during the war. The original city wall and lots of buildings are still there. It was fun! For more pics check out the new link on the right...

My internship is going well. I really like the people I work with. My German has improved so much, because I talk and use it everyday now. I cant believe I only have 3 months left! It really is going by pretty fast!

The last 2 weeks here we get to just travel. I think my plans are going to be, go to Spain (Barcelona and Madrid) the first week. Then to Athens, Greece and do some island hoping and chillen on the beach the last week! I am so excited it should be so much fun!

This weekend i just kinda relaxed. I went and saw 21 in the English Movies here. It was really good. I am kinda lay low and save up some money for my 2 weeks of travel the next few weeks. I miss you all and be ready I come home July 17th!!

Lots of love and WAR EAGLE!!