Friday, December 13, 2013

Well it has been a while!

Sorry about that!  Now for an update of what I have been up to...  Classes and more travelling of course!  Do not waste your free time.  Go see someplace new at every opportunity.  Try not to go broke while you are at it.  That seems to be my mindset here, and it doing me a lot of good.  Sorry for the lack of updates, school is occupying a lot more of my time now.  Couchsurfing, Road trips, and soon more.
Here are a few more places I have been to.


I hiked with some friends to Bebenhausen, quite close to Tuebingen.




Our program took a trip to the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart



Oh hello Lenin!


And when in Germany, one must visit Oktoberfest!



So many people!!

And no, I did not spend my entire day drinking in the tent!  We went an explored in Munich and saw some gorgeous churches.









I visited a friend in Barcelona.



Barcelona Cathedral




Geese in the Kloster! 


Beautiful views from the roof of the Cathedral 




Views by Park Guell



It is very common to find people selling counterfit goods.  These guys are packing up and quickly leaving because the police came. 

Me and Ian, who I was staying with for the week.

 And then I saw Sagrada Familia.  This is easily one of the most beautiful works of architecture I will see in my life.









View from one of the towers 

I could not contain my excitement when I found that there are WILD QUAKER PARAKEETS here!!!




Salvador Dali Museum



And of course I could not leave Spain without seeing a classical guitar concert!
 It was quite a treat on my flight back to see the Alps!

 Roadtrip!!  Here we went to Black Forest, Freiburg, and Strasbourg!


Triberg Waterfall, the highest in Germany, in Black Forest



On Feldberg, the highest point in Black Forest.  You can see the Alps from here!

 Freiburg



 Then we decided to go to Strassbourg, France because we were less than 2 hours away.
Strassbourg Cathedral








Such a charming town!





 Also, Michaela came to visit from Florence!  We went to the zoo in Stuttgart and I showed her around Tuebingen.



 On the tower of the Stiftskirche, there is a gorgeous view of Tuebingen.