Ok so this is the longest I have gone with out blogging and I want to apologize. I know you guys wait by your computers every day just for me to post the link to my blog on my facebook... haha (yeah right). I also want to apologize for the lack of details on the trip to Berlin and Budapest because it has been so long, but I will try my best.
Berlin
So we only had Monday and Tuesday of classes that week which was SO nice. Wednesday was the German holiday of Unity. On Wednesday, some of the group, including me, went to a winery about 30 minutes away from Regensburg. I guess American winerys are different than German ones because once we got there, it was pretty much a restaurant and we just ordered a nice wine. It was a good activity to do on our day off. After that we went back to pack for Berlin!
This was a group trip which meant there were 16 students and a couple adults attending this trip. We woke up bright and early and got to the train station where we were meeting our bus driver. Allie and I immediately rushed in to get our favorite breakfast, a butter pretzel (it sounds disgusting but it is so so so good). Our bus driver drove up and his bus had bright colors and “wild” written on it. This was the theme of our trip. We (me and allie) could’t stop cracking ‘wild’ jokes. The trip was a WILD ride. It was raining, so it was wet and wild. At least WE got a kick out of ourselves. It took us what felt like forever to get to Berlin but we finally arrived. We were told we had about 20 minutes to get settled in to our youth hostel and to meet back down at the bus for a little tour. We took a bus ride around Berlin, but it was getting late and dark. We tried to go up into a place I don’t ever remember the name of but it was closed. They dropped us off at the Sony center and we weren’t really sure why because it was all restaurants and we had already eaten. Most of the group ended up in Dunkin Donuts playing a good ole game of psychiatrist. It’s a really fun mind game, it was a nice time of group bonding. When it was time, we went back to the hostel and the rest is history.
The next morning, we woke up early to go on a walking tour of Berlin. I was not prepared for the weather because it was cold and rainy all weekend. The tour started out to be interesting but as time went on I became less and less interested and more and more cold. We did get to see some really pretty buildings. I am very sad to say I don’t know the names or the significance of any of the buildings we saw on that walking tour. We did get to see the Brandenburg Gate and a memorial of the holocaust. We decided to end the tour early because we were starving and cold and wet. A student helper in the program told us there was a really good store that was cheap and really cute, so we were ready to be inside and to go shopping! We finally found our way through the subways and to that mall and boy did it feel good! The store that we were told to go to was called Primark. As soon as we got off the subway it seemed like EVERY single person had at least two huge Primark bags. I knew I was going to love the store. And love it I did. I won’t go into too much detail but I’ll just say it was one of the best stores I have ever been in. They had everything. Clothes, jewelry, bags, and more. I was in heaven. Two hours and 80 Euros later I had conquered that store and boy did it feel good! We were all wiped out from shopping and went back to the hostel to rest up for the big night ahead of us. Caroline and Lisa, our student helpers of the program were taking us out to a fun night club in Berlin. I won’t go into much detail, but we had a pretty good time in there. They played great music and it’s not a fun night unless someone has a good ole dance off (which they did)!
We woke up the next morning early (again) to take a bus tour. That tour was wild! It was still cold and rainy, but at least we were in a bus! First, we went to the Olympic stadium where me and a couple other retired gymnasts relived some dreams of ours.
Next we went to Charlottenburg Palace. This was a short but fun visit. I love seeing old castles and palaces! Here are some ***PICTURES***
The last stop was the Berlin Wall. Which was obviously a really cool thing to see!
After the bus tour, we ate and did a little tourist shopping. We also had a Civ assignment to go into an artifact museum and pick out and artifact to talk about. I really wish we had more time to look through this because it was actually a really cool museum with really cool artifacts. We didn’t have time because we met up with other people in our group that were going to the RitterSport factory to make your own chocolate bar. This chocolate is one of the best I have ever tasted. We then took some of the other people in our group back to Primark so they could experience all of it’s goodness. By that time, it was about 8 o clock and I was starving. We met Caroline and Lisa at a Mexican restaurant and ate. That was one of the most exhausting days. All I wanted to do was get back in my hostel bed and go to sleep. Which was exactly what I did!
Our hostel was really close to the Berlin Zoo, so a couple me ad a couple other people decided to spend our last morning at the zoo. I'm so glad we went!! I have never seen so many baby animals in my life. Including monkey's. I was in heaven in the monkey exhibit. It was the best zoo I had even been to! We traveled all day for the rest of the day and got back to Regensburg! Berlin was really fun, but I think the weather played a huge role. It wasn’t my favorite place we have gone but I still am so lucky to have had the opportunity!
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