Germany: A Friendly Visit

I arrived in Germany on May 30th. I had been counting down the days until I could leave my lonely traveling that I was actually starting to enjoy and be around people I knew again. So after spending he night in the Barcelona airport, third nigh stay of my semester in that airport, I arrived in Frankfurt, Germany. My friend Svea was waiting there for me and we headed to her school so she could give a presentation before heading to her house in Weisbaden. I took a nice nap once I got here before going out with her friend, Laila, and her to go grocery shopping and hang out a bit. The next day we went to this elevator much like the one in Bilbao expect it was run by water. It showed an okay view of Weisbaden and there was a pretty gazebo. We also visited a church that had built for this lady who had died so she had a resting place or something. It wasn't something I would've paid the 2 euro for if I had known what I would see upon entry for sure. Was rather disappointing. She also showed me a hot water spring in her town that had been turned into a fountain and then there was a smaller part of the spring that had been turned into a drinking fountain where people could get a cup of the water. Supposedly you're supposed to drink a cup a day because of all the minerals in the water.

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Gazebo on top Weisbaden hill view

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The Church

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Hot water water fountain

The next day in Germany, Svea took me on a spontaneous trip to see a place called the Residenz. We went on a tour of it and the tour guide told us all sorts of fun things. For example, the chandeliers were made of pink glass that was transported there in barrels of butter because then it wouldn't break. There was also a room filled with mirrors that had to be completely reconstructed after world war 2. The rooms of the Residenz were sometimes used for entertaining guests obviously. Back in the day when you were entertains you didn't even leave the room to go to the bathroom. Instead you would proudly have the chamber pot brought to you and you would go in front of your guests. It was an honor to see someone of high power use the bathroom. Just imagine going home from the Residenz one day "Mom! I saw the king poop today! It was amazing!" How weird would that be in today's standards! After the tour of the Residenz we went and spent the rest of the day with her childhood friend, Marcel in her home town, Warzburg. It just so happened there was a town gathering the day we went there. They needed to get the most people at this gathering in order to win the honor of having an air show in their town instead of one of the other towns nearby. In order to do this, they bribed everyone with free beer and food. Then everyone was ushered into a fenced in area and held hands to walk out and be counted. They got to 1 thousand people before we left I believe. 

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Residenz

Another day I was there, we went on a road trip to Koln. We saw a cool church that reminded me a lot of the church in Hunchback of Notre Dame. While we were there, a panhandler started chatting us up. Supposedly her daughter is married to Cher's son. I'd say she has a pretty interesting life. In Koln my favorite part was that one building had a huge ice cream cone that looked like it had been dropped on the building by a giant. It was giant sized after all making me want to search for Jack's beanstalk. After a few hours there we went to her godmother's house for the night. It was a beautiful house and very relaxing there. We watched Matilda with her godmother and husband after dinner. It was a really enjoyable time. On the way back to Weisbaden the next day, we stopped at a river side town and walked around there a bit. It was rather cute but then it started to rain. We headed back and chilled with Sveas friends after that. I wasn't all that amused with that part of the day, but that's not surprise because drinking and smoking aren't in my list of fun things to do. 

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Hunchback of Notre Dame Church

For the rest of my time there I spent the time at her house doing a Harry Potter Marathon. We also went out to dinner at a restaurant called Enchilada (I admit we actually went twice). Mexican food in Germany is different from Mexican food in the states. It was good though, just different. Then on the morning I had to head to the airport to get to London to see my sister, I found out we were planning on going to a different airport. It was my fault but how was I supposed to know Frankfurt had more than one airport! #notagermanyexpert So yeah that was my bad but I managed to get to the airport and on my way to London just fine.