Germany- 19-22 (SB3)

Janny and I caught our flight from Stansted to Munich early in the morning on the 19th. We spent some time in the airport talking to a guy from the States. He had been in the airport since 6 pm the night before and was still waiting for his friends to get there, so they could catch a flight together to Italy. We decided to call him Ryan. Being the silly, forgetful people that we are we never asked him his name. Oh well. I think I like making up names better anyways! We got into Munich and caught a bus to the main train station. It is really close to a lot of the major tourist attractions and the shops. We walked around the area for a while. I had seen all of it before, but it was still nice. I got to be a tour guide for Janny, which was interesting and funny! It started snowing, so of course, we took pictures of us in the snow in Germany. We also bought scarves, mine blue and Janny's pink. Getting those scarves was quite an adventure. We had our packs on and decided it would be a good idea to venture into the tiniest shop in the world. I am pretty sure that I hit every single person in there with my bag. That is when we decided to start calling our bags the "overly large baby attached to our backs!!" It started to get cold with the snow, so we decided to go back to the train station and get to Kyle's house.

Kyle picked us up at the train station in Parsberg. I was really excited to see him again! J and I were both so tired and ready for a shower...but first dinner. Kyle took us out to eat at the same place where he took Mel and I before. After dinner, we drove home then played with Jolie. We took showers and basically passed out upstairs.

Overall Germany was really fun. I got to spend time with Kyle, which is always a plus anytime! I even got to spend some alone time with him, playing FIFA and MLS on Playstation. It was a lot of fun even though he kicked my butt everytime!lol... Sonja came down again for the weekend as did her parents. Aside from Sonja's smoking, I love spending time with her, Kyle and her parents. They are always so much fun. It is so interesting to spend time with people that are not American, because it really is a challenge to listen and talk to people that don't speak English well or at all. After a fun-filled three days, it was time to go to the airport. Kyle and Sonja dropped us off at the airport. They were heading to Tiffany's to get an engagement ring. I was so excited for him!! He texted me right when I got into London to tell me that they were officially engaged!! I am really excited for their wedding in June and for the little ones to come, hopefully soon!!!

Germany is always a fun experience and I always learn something new while I am there. This time I learned what the story is behind the mushroom coffee shop in Regensburg. I decided to ask this time and the man was very eager to tell the story. He said during the 50s/60s the government commissioned the building of five or six of these mushrooms. The reason behind it..I am not sure. The man wasn't sure how to explain it in English. However, the one in Regensburg is only one of a few left in Europe. Now, it is a historic site, preserved by the government. I really though this was interesting!