this weekend i went to Germany with 2 of my apartment mates. it was incredible! i found out very quickly that i LOVE German food! (good thing i can't eat it a lot because it's really heavy) and the language might be my favorite language to listen to.
We stayed in Frankfurt, which is just a city, nothing super special about it. i'm glad we went there but i don't know if i'd go back because there wasn't a whole lot to do. we did get to eat Frankfurt hot dogs in Frankfurt which was pretty cool. the old part of the city was really pretty too. We went to a Jewish museum and walked around the old city near the river. on our way to lunch on friday (which was incredible) we passed by this sign
i was pretty excited that NC was repped in Germany! =) i had to bust out the southern pride because both of my apartment mates are from Pennsylvania. on this walk we were headed toward a restaurant the girl in our hostel recomended. we got schnitzel and fish and potatoes. it was So good! and we tried apple wine (which is very famous in all of Germany but particularly in Frankfurt) it was good, it was sour which was surprising but pretty yummy. this is the restuarant and the food (looks good huh?)
we strolled around the old city friday night. it was really pretty!
Saturday we took a train out to Heidelburg. Steph and Erica laughed at me when i found out that our train was exactly in between platforms 9 and 10. I had to take a picture because i kept telling them i was on platform 9 and 3/4 from Harry Potter. they thought i was ridiculous but it totally made my day! the only thing that could have made it even more perfect was if we could have sat in a compartment, but unfortuntely the compartments are for 1st class and we are clearly 2nd class people. but my Harry Potter dreams were still very happily fulfilled on that platform.
when we got to Heidelburg, we took an incline up to the Heidleburg Castle which is situated on a hill. it was Beautiful! even though it was a little clowdy the view was incredible! we explored the castle and walked around the town which was very quaint and adorable. the food was again amazing and we got to watch the sunset on the trainride back to Frankfurt.
inside the castle i found my knight in shining armor =)
the town of Heidelburg is so gorgeous, i wish i could explain it better than i am. this picture shows it pretty well. there is an incredible bridge (which we are standing on) over a river with the castle on the mountain behind it.
Saturday night we tried to go out but there really isn't anything to do in Frankfurt at night, so instead, we went back to our hostel and hung out in the common/dining/reception area. 2 of the guys who worked in the hostel joined us in a little corner we were sitting in and we talked and hung out for a couple hours. they made us schnitzel and mashed potatoes (there was cucumber in the mashed potatoes and it was actually pretty good!) and just as we were getting ready to go up to bed i got the offer by one of the guys (who was very intoxicated and not at all attractive) if i would like to go make out with him because he was "the best kisser in Germany." After turning bright red i used my jedi mind tricks on him by alternately repeated what he said back to him and asking him "what?" every couple seconds until he got so confused he forgot what we were even talking about and i could say goodnight and leave before he had worked out what had just happened. this was a trick Kirsten Ward played on me a few times back in the day and i found that i can use it too (thanks kirsten!!). i've never seen steph laugh so hard!
we woke up late Sunday morning and walked into the old part of the city to have Frankfurters. we really wanted to be able to say we had a Frankfurter in Frankfurt, haha! they were excellent. then we got on a train, a plane, a metro, and a bus, and arrived back home at 4:30 a.m. i got to sleep for about 4 hours before i had to wake up and go to class. needless to say i'm pretty tired and while i'm writing this my bed is looking really good. i can't wait to go to bed early tonight!
i will be staying in Sevilla for the next 2 weeks. i'm really happy to get a break from traveling. i love it but it is very tiring. and i haven't spent a weekend here since i first got here so it will be nice to explore Sevilla during these next couple weeks. Steph (my roommate)'s boyfriend will be coming this weekend. i'm really pumped for him to get here because i really like him a lot and love hanging out with him and steph. i'm really looking forward to getting to do all the Sevilla tourist stuff i haven't done yet because i haven't been here! hopefully it won't rain all week like it's supposed to. it's been raining all day and it seems very hard to get dry after getting wet here. My real hope is that our washing machine gets fixed this week because i'm almost out of clothes!
a few people have asked me to let them know what a typical day in Sevilla is like. so i will be posting another blog this week documenting (with pictures) =) what a typical day for me here in Sevilla is. so be on the lookout for it!
i hope you all enjoy the snow (and a little extra for me!) and stay warm! -ash
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