Australia

When I was riding the Euro-Rail from SulzBurg to Innsbrok, I met an Australian Girl who graduated from high school, worked full time for a year, then decided she wanted to travel through Europe for awhile. She had a very Interesting Personality. I thought I was laid back with now worres and she had totally showed me up. I asked her questions such as "Is it weird being alone?, Do you plan trips and where you are going next?, What made you want to travel?" her answers were surpricing. "I like being alone, helps me think., I don't plan trips, if I feel like going some where, I get up and go., I came out her to get away from the country, why not start in Europe." She made some good points and I liked her free spirit. During the train ride we talked about Australian and American slang. I taugh her the words wicked, stoked, and word. She taught me rooting (not the type of rooting you do at a football game, but in bed with a partner. haha). It was a plesant 3 hour ride until I had to depart. We said our goodbyes and headed our seperate directions.

P.S. The photo has nothing to do with my blog, I just like the fact that I took the bull by the horns.

A Week Long Trip

I did not have a favorite part of our week long trip, instead, I liked all of it. We started out in Sulzberg where we checked out the slat mines and we under took the Sound of Music tour. the mines were awesome, I realized that the first time I had ever been to Germany was 300 meters below the earth in a mine shaft. It was a pretty cool feeling. The Sound of Music tour was sick because it gave us a chance to get out of the city and see the surrounding country side. The country was absolutely beautiful. After two nights in Sulzberg, we took a train to Innsbrok. There, we met up with the spring break FPU group, we had a good night. The next day I left early to see Munich. There, Ryan John and I walked the streets and viewed some of the monuments around town. we also hit up the old town center. When the rest of the group arrived, we took a train to see the castles in the country side. I forgot the names of the castles, but they were high up in the mountains of Germany and they were breath-taking. That night we went to the haufberg house and each of us bought a few litters of beer. Dark German beer is very smooth and very alcoholic, we also meet up with the FPU group again, and needless to say, we all had a very good time . . .I think. One the last day we toured a Germany film studio and we visited Dachau concentration camp. The studio was fun and interesting, they filmed The Never Ending Story there. The concentration camp was moving. Sure, I make a Jewish joke here and there, but to actually see the crematorium and the barracks, is an extremely touching thing for anyone to witness. After the trip, we all returned to Vienna, happy to be home from an exciting week of travel.

Rome

I spent last weekend in Rome. It was such a blast, my favorite part was Palatine Hill and the Forum. All of the ruins and monuments surrounding me, my jaw was dropped the whole time. Brooke, Natalie, Alison and I checked out the Colosseum after wards and it was amazing. It was much larger than I had imagined.
The first night we were there, we took part in a pub crawl (enough said). It was nice to plan a trip with some friends instead of having a tour guide and a class and schedule to follow. All four of use took our sweet time walking from site to site and checking out the town as we wandered. When I travel with a class to a museum or a site, all I hear is the professor lecture and all I see is the site. It was nice to be able to actually see the city and not just the historic sites. Seeing the city and exploring at my own pace was a great time. This trip went so well, I plan on making many more trips around Europe before the semester ends.

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