Friday, December 28, 2007

so I'm terrible at this get over it

So I was told like a week ago that I needed to wrap up my travels blog, that people needed closure or something lame like that. ;) Well I'm just now getting around to doing it, but you still love me anyways.
Zürich was good, kinda lame. Really expensive, not a lot to do, but we had a good time. I left Zürich alone and headed back to London, which was a really weird feeling. I hated being separated from my group like that but at the same time was really excited to try doing something on my own. I left the hostel really early, got to the train station, and eventually got on a train headed toward the airport. I settled in for a good 40 min train ride like the hostel told me it would take to get to the airport... little did I know that 10 minutes later, I was at the airport and almost missed getting off. oopsie. Thanks nice lady sitting by me. Then I was really early for my flight, apparently they told me 40 minutes to the airport from the hostel... but I'd rather be really early than really close to late.
In London I went and saw all my favorites one last time. Got to see the tree at Trafalgar Square, that is donated by Norway. It was really cool, and huge. Saw the eye and Westminster area decorated. It was great. I went to the Original Hard Rock Cafe with Brittany and Crosson. Went and saw my favorite bridge one last time, and the Tower of London. Rode the tube for the last time.... lets just say it was an emotional few days. But sitting at Trafalgar one night, I realized that when a city like London become this much a part of you and you've spent this much time in it, you WILL be BACK. I can't not come back. So part of me when I hear home still things of the Daniel House. So leaving London was not good bye it was until next time or see ya later. which made it much easier to leave.
It took me about a week to be officially on schedule ... I woke up the Friday after I got back and was so excited that it wasn't 3 am. I've gotten to play with and love on my babies, see lots of people of I've missed, talk on the phone to people... thats weird. Life is going back to what I knew it as. SL drama, school, work, friends, babies... you know. And its weird to think that a few weeks ago I lived in London, Europe was a hop away. My responsibilities were to learn and travel and see all I could, not bills, and school, and job, and junk. Don't get me wrong I love being able to see people but I wish I could have my cake and eat it too.
I hope you all had a Happy Boxing Day.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Munich, Germany

I'd like to start with the fact that the keyboards here are totally different and I am struggling with it.
We arrived today at about 1 and couldn't get into our rooms until two, which was fine because we were planning on dropping our stuff and going. We dropped our packs in the luggage room, and hopped on a train to Dochau. Dachau is where one of the first Nazi concentration camps was and is now a memorial. It was intense... but it's something I think everybody needs to see. We didn't make it through to everything, so that was a little upsetting but it was still really interesting.
Courtney walked out talking about how blessed we were to be free and that that would never happen and all that was running through my mind the whole time I went through was how fast it happened. And how easily it could happen again, we believe anything the media puts in front of us. Being in London and sitting in my British History class, I learned a lot about how we are taught History and their side of history. It's really interesting. This is a whole really long conversation to be had over some tea with a pastry... not me sitting in my hostel and you reading it. But seeing the concentration camp and being in Europe has put what I just learned about and saw pictures of as real and valid and life... I want to go back and read up on some history and learn more about the places and things I've seen.

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Salzburg

We've spent two lovely days in Salsburg. I love this town.
We've gotten to relax a lot and take life at a slower pace, which we've all really enjoyed. I can't believe tomorrow is Sunday and about a week from then this whole European adventure is over. I have loved it so much, I have loved my housemates so much. We have become a family and are already missing eachother terribly, while we travel. We've had the tell what you miss about each person, and the Daniel house, the imitations of people, you know the things you do when you miss the people you love.
But back to Salzburg. I got to do the sound of music tour, today which was really really neat. I loved getting to see things and they took us out of the city and into the mountains with the snow and all. We went to this tiny little lake town called Mondesse, It was charming. I loved the feel of it, and the people we met were all really nice.
Last night our roommates where a married couple from Korea and the husband's brother. We talked to them for a long time, despite the language gap we managed to communicate very well. They gave us these beautiful bookmarks, and it just kind make me think about how they prepared to meet people along the way and give them gifts. there is more to this story but its dinner time and I'm getting hungry. Let me just end with my new Korean friends taught me a lot and I will never forget them.
Home in minus 8 days and counting.... crazy..... what side of the road do they drive on in America? AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH