Germany

We also stayed with my friend Kristin and her brother Jonas in Germany for a few days. This was also alot of fun and I got to experience the German culture in person. We went to Frankfurt one day and just walked around. We went to this botancial garden thing that was kinda ugly in the winter, but I could see how it would be beautiful the rest of the year. It was like a huge park in the middle of the city. I also discovered Apple Wine. I LOVE this stuff and have attempted to ship some home. I hope it makes it there. This is a story in itself...which I will probably create its own blog. We got to ride on the Autobaun....going 120km in the rain and snow. This was about 75-80 mph....don't worry Mom...it was safe. We would have gone faster but the weather created speed limits on the autobaun.

The next day we went to Koln pronouced "Cologne". This was a very cool city. We saw an old church and Kristin and I climbed over 500 stairs again to the top for a view of the city. They also have Christmas markets which is a cultural thing in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. They had just opened two days prior so her and I spent all day walking through them. I ate real German food and drinks all day long. It was so good. There are all these little shops that are set up by locals selling stuff they make. For example, one guy was making jewelry out of old silverware. It was very cool. Another guy made leather purses, wallets, etc. Others made this different things out of wood that were very detailed. There were so many cool things here made authentically. I wanted to purchase some but they were so delicate I was scared it wouldn't get home. I had Klu wine which is a hot wine drink. It is very sweet and didn't really like it until someone told me to put Ameretto in it. Ah...much better. We had so much fun in Koln and stayed up super late even though we had a train to catch at 8 in the morning.

I wasn't a huge fan of the beer here. I don't like beer but thought I would try it. I did however like this mixture of beer/sprite that I had in Switzerland. It was very good.