Pictures of the Muenster (the cathedral in Freiburg) and of St. Martin's Tor in Freiburg, very well known monuments in Freiburg
This weekend we are going to Alsace, France and on Sunday I am going to an SC Freiburg Fussball game..which is the soccer team in Freiburg, apparently they are pretty good too! I can't wait to go because from what I have seen of European soccer games it looks crazy and soccer fans are unlike any other sport fan! As far as going to Alsace, I don't know too much about the city but I know that it is territory that France and Germany have been fighting over for years. There is a castle there and other cool things to see, I think it is a traditional city. Eric went to Heidelberg on Wednesday September 17 and I think he thought it was really cool! I have read about it and it sounds beautiful! There is a castle there and I think it is one of the oldest German cities. Their University is the oldest in Germany dating back to the 1300s. It is strange that the city only has about 100.000 citizens but they have over 3.5 million tourists per year...so I definitely have to visit Heidelberg soon!
My friends and I (at the Schlossberg Biergarten and at Art Cafe)
Eric and I have been talking about where we want to go for our break that we have coming up. I have 2 weeks off from October 5-19 and Eric has one week off. We think we are going to see Berlin for a few days and then I think I might go to Spain for a week to see Diego in Madrid and hopefully travel to some other cities too, I really want to go to Barcelona and one of the many Spanish islands. I can't wait to start traveling and see new places! I definitely want to go to Switzerland too in the winter time to ski and see Simona. Except Switzerland is FAR more expensive than I would have ever thought, when our AYF group went to Basel everything was closed because it was Sunday and we went to Mcdonalds to eat thinking it would be super cheap, but were we wrong...my meal cost about $15!!! At Mcdonalds!!! I was totally amazed. And when Simona came here she was in awe about how much cheaper things were here, so she bought a ton of shampoo and hair stuff because they don't ever sell it that cheap inn Switzerland.
(Me at the Biergarten beer garden at the Schlossberg, you can see all of Freiburg from there...probably my favorite spot in Freiburg, I also will hopefully be working there in the Spring)
I can't wait to see what new adventures await me!
(Me and Jake standing over the Baechle they are little canals through all of Freiburg, which used to be their water source, it's one thing that Freiburg is well known for, some days there is water flowing through them and sometimes not. Myth is that if you step in one on accident then you will marry a Freiburger)
One thing I also didn't know was the weather here, I figured it would be nicer but actually it has gotten cold quite fast and I definitely didn't bring enough warm clothes so I have had to buy some sweaters and a couple light jackets and of course some scarves, Germans wear scarves all the time, even if it is 80 degrees outside...haha. Oh another thing...Simona is going to try out for the Swiss Idol singing show soon so watch out for her...she will be the next big thing...haha.
I have found it to be so fun just going around by myself in Freiburg and just exploring, I have seen so much that I wouldn't normally see being with a huge group of people. The only thing that is hard is when so many people just assume that I am German and ask me questions and I can't think very fast on my feet and say something fast in German so I end up just staring at them blankly...haha it is pretty embarrassing, but we were warned before we came here that we would be embarrassed quite a bit! and that has definitely proved true!
Auf Wiedersehen!
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