This past month, I've had a lot of chances to travel around and see some cool new things. My friend Kat invited me to something called "Rhein in Flames" which is a huge firework show over the Rhine River. Her brother lives over that way (about 4 hours from where I live) and they go camping each year...
My very first passport just expired. The woman at the passport office told me I'd have to turn over the first one and that made me really sad for some reason. I remember this movie- I think it's called Only You- but the main girl always carried her passport around with her... just in case she wanted to leave at...
I went on a cruise with some friends from work and we started and ended the trip in Venice. Venice was one of the most beautiful, magical places I've ever been! The entire city is on water and boats are the only way to get around. The city is not exactly luggage or wheelchair friendly with all the...
Sometimes I feel like I was born to travel. I don’t mind airports and time changes. Feeling out of place and not understanding people is pretty normal for me. I can make do with minimal personal hygiene (even though it's not my top preference) and I will try about almost anything as long as it doesn’t kill me....
I went with a group from church to go camping in Switzerland for Memorial weekend- which happened to coincide with my birthday. Hadn't been to Switzerland yet and I had heard how beautiful it was, so I couldn't pass it up (even though I had been out of town for the last 3 weekends and was perfectly exhausted)....
Here is a short video showing pictures of the history of Grafenwoehr- it's pretty cool to see how it has changed in the last 100 years. It was a German army base through World War II when it was captured by the Americans. Elvis Presley was even here for training during the war! Click this link to watch...
Sorry it's been so long since my last post- I feel like I haven't been home much but there is a lot to catch up on. Let's see, at the beginning of May, my dad and stepmom came in town for a quick visit (really just a long layover on their way to Venice). We didn't get to...
In a few weeks, I'm going to see a 5 hour passion play in the town of Oberammergau in Bavaria. The play only takes place every 10 years in this town from about May-Oct. It involves over 2000 actors, singers, instrumentalists and technicians. You can only be in the play if you are a residents of the village (there...
I love being in another culture and learning about the holidays that are celebrated. On 1st May 2010, people in Germany celebrate Labor Day or May Day. One of the traditions is putting up Maypoles which are tall skinny trees that are decorated with wreaths, ribbons and crafts symbols. 20-30 men have to help put up the poles with long...
We spent most of our nights hanging out and eating in one of these places. Italians eat pretty late and you can just sit at a cafe all night long and they don't rush you out. I love that about Europe. We were entertained by lots of singers (my favorite was this really old man who had a...
