When in Bavaria, do as the Bavarians!
McDonalds
Walking through Bremen while we wait for our next train.
The Streets of Bremen
I was gone for a month, now I’m back…lots of stuff to get caught up on!
Welcome Back!
Music: John Sebastian – Welcome Back (Theme from Welcome Back, Kotter),
Eddie Hadner / Eddie und Freunde – Beerbarrel/In Heaven../In Muenchen-Medley
Leaving Mücke
After a short night sleeping on the floor, the whole gang woke up early in the morning to carry on with our travels. My new German friends sang a song on the balcony, and I happily listened while sipping on some hot tea. We packed up our things, hopped in a van (which [...]
Travel Day
We were going to be riding the train for a long time. We had to travel from Guben to Mücke where Dirk’s friend Darius (Günni) lives. Mücke is a little south of Marburg, the city where Dirk was going to be living while at the university. This was my first time on a German [...]
Morning in Berlin
We woke up in the morning and knew we had nothing really planned. We took it easy and packed up our things. Dirk and I grabbed a basket and headed to Aldi. (yes they Aldi is actually a German store, but there they have two branches, Aldi north, and Aldi South.) Aldi was [...]
First Morning in Berlin
We woke up and had a slow morning. The English service at the church started around noon so we had plenty of time to eat breakfast and get ready. The shower in the parsonage was very tiny. In addition to being tiny, the floor was tilted and the showerhead was not affixed [...]
Getting There
I had never flown overseas before. I have, however, taken an extremely long flight to Anchorage, Alaska which lasted almost as long as a flight across the Atlantic. I love flying so I was not worried one bit. Of course I did have a layover in Brussels, [...]