Last Days in Germany

Today is my last full day in Germany. We've eaten so much good food, been to so many fun places, and seen so much cool stuff. It has been a great experience, getting to meet new people and growing close to a new family.

I'm going to try to eat currywurst one more time, it was so good. I'm going to miss it though, the currywurst. And the döner too. My trip to Germany has been amazing. I never thought I would be here, experiencing what I have. This was my first trip outside of the United States, and it was a good one. I didn't expect to see the Berlin Wall because I  thought it had all been torn down. It was pretty cool to see that they kept some of the wall so that others like us can see.

Our weekend excursion to the Baltic Sea was really cool too. It was a little chilly when we walked out of the parking garage, and I just wondered how I was going to swim in this degree of weather. When we met up with the others on the beach, I was going to go change into my swimsuit, but I learned they just change right there on the beach! It was kinda weird, because they just hold a towel around them and change. It is really awkward to hold a towel with one hand and change with the other. When we walked down to the water it got even colder. It took a little bit for us to run out there, but once we did, it wasn't TOO bad. but when I got out I was shivering for at least 30 minutes it was so cold. We played volleyball and soccer on the beach, also. Robin's brother, Julian, was the MVP of our volleyball games. He would always dive for the ball and he'd do whatever he could to keep the ball up. It was fun to play soccer with him, and what he was able to teach me was pretty cool.

The coolest tour in my opinion was the tour of the GDR prison. It was really interesting to learn about the interrogation techniques, what the GDR still did to people after the war, and how long they continued to do it. Apart from this tour we got a tours of a couple underground bunkers prepared for World War 2 bombings, a Story of Berlin, Sanssouci (a palace for Friedrichs II), and the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

I am definitely going to come back to Germany, now it's just a matter of when. I'm going to miss Robin and his family, and I know I will alway have a friend here.