Yesterday me and my host mom and Oma woke up at 6.30 had breakfast and went to Dresden! It was my first real time out of the city and into countryside so I was very excited! We saw many small German communities and towns on the way over and many windturbines. it was also my first experience on the AUTO-BAHN. Its the road with no speed limit and we were going 210 km! I definately think America should adopt that policy on roadways because it works really well! The slow people go in the right lane. the fast people go in the left lane... as simple as that!
When we arrived in Dresde my host mom got us tickets to see the city by double decker bus! haha... we were such tourists but it was very fun to see the city! It was such a perfect day! Not too hot not too cold not too windy... PERFECT! The bus tour allowed us to get on and off at any time... so we crossed a river and got off and rode this lift up a big hill to go and eat at a restaurant.
... I NEED A SEPERATE PARAGRAPH TO TALK ABOUT FOOD! food is important in Germany... or at least my family. Get ready for this... when we were in Dresden we stopped not once, not twice, not three times, but different 5 times to eat or drink something!!! First we had espressos and ice cream, then we had lunch on this huge balcony overlooking Dresden, then we stopped at a cafe for water and lemonade, then we stopped at another cafe for traditional Bavarian beer, then we had dinner at an outdoor steakhouse! CRAZINESS!!! The food was so-so-so good though! However, I really hate that water cost money here though. it is so expensive (like 5€) to buy in restaurants because it comes in these huge glass containers... I also hate that it is nearly impossible to find a bathroom. After looking everywhere for one you need to pay 0,50€.
So Dreseden was wonderful! We had a lot of fun! We visited Germany's oldest dairy (tried buttermilk... gross) saw a bunch of beutiful castles and things, and at the end of the day we went to the top of this HUGE catholic church that was destroyed in WW2! It was so cool... a great view of the city. Also, my parents wanted to go to a service at the church so we ended up going to an evening devotional at this massive catholic church... too bad it was all in german! haha.. I couldn't understand a thing! But the organ was awesome! It was so powerful! I realized as I was sitting there how unique music is... despite the fact that there were people from all over the word in the room... Everyone could understand the music. After the service a man came up and told everyone about the history of the church... which was also in german! haha... It wasn't very interesting because all I heard was big words in German!
Anyways that was my day! It was awesome. I've always wanted to see a European town like that and now I finally have! Untill next time...
When we arrived in Dresde my host mom got us tickets to see the city by double decker bus! haha... we were such tourists but it was very fun to see the city! It was such a perfect day! Not too hot not too cold not too windy... PERFECT! The bus tour allowed us to get on and off at any time... so we crossed a river and got off and rode this lift up a big hill to go and eat at a restaurant.
... I NEED A SEPERATE PARAGRAPH TO TALK ABOUT FOOD! food is important in Germany... or at least my family. Get ready for this... when we were in Dresden we stopped not once, not twice, not three times, but different 5 times to eat or drink something!!! First we had espressos and ice cream, then we had lunch on this huge balcony overlooking Dresden, then we stopped at a cafe for water and lemonade, then we stopped at another cafe for traditional Bavarian beer, then we had dinner at an outdoor steakhouse! CRAZINESS!!! The food was so-so-so good though! However, I really hate that water cost money here though. it is so expensive (like 5€) to buy in restaurants because it comes in these huge glass containers... I also hate that it is nearly impossible to find a bathroom. After looking everywhere for one you need to pay 0,50€.
So Dreseden was wonderful! We had a lot of fun! We visited Germany's oldest dairy (tried buttermilk... gross) saw a bunch of beutiful castles and things, and at the end of the day we went to the top of this HUGE catholic church that was destroyed in WW2! It was so cool... a great view of the city. Also, my parents wanted to go to a service at the church so we ended up going to an evening devotional at this massive catholic church... too bad it was all in german! haha.. I couldn't understand a thing! But the organ was awesome! It was so powerful! I realized as I was sitting there how unique music is... despite the fact that there were people from all over the word in the room... Everyone could understand the music. After the service a man came up and told everyone about the history of the church... which was also in german! haha... It wasn't very interesting because all I heard was big words in German!
Anyways that was my day! It was awesome. I've always wanted to see a European town like that and now I finally have! Untill next time...
the highways are called autobahns. how great is it when you're going at 200km/h+?!
hahah duhhh! I was totally drawing a blank! haha... I will change it!
Yeah its pretty sweet!