My First Visit to Germany!!!

Well, I just got back to my kollegium after three days traveling in Germany and western Denmark with my European Union Political Science class, which was both informative and fun!  Our first stop was in Lubeck, Germany, which was a quieter city on the peninsula.  The highlight of this city was definitely our historical tour: the guide was ridiculous and hilarious with his shocking comments.  He had a huge moustache that curled at the tips and the funniest, deepest voice.  I took a picture of him introducing us to a statue of a devil outside of a beautiful church, attempting to convince us that this devil was real.  We also had our first DIS-provided meal, which was absolutely amazing! Since I haven't been eating as much in Denmark, I pretty much went crazy when I saw the meal and had seconds and thirds, taking advantage of the free food.

After that, we headed over to Kiel, where we stayed in a very ... basic ... hostel, which provided me with one of the coldest showers ever the next morning. There, we had a big lecture from some representatives of the Schleswig-Holstein European Union Office, which was a much more interesting presentation than the one we had heard in Lubeck.  However, although we had fun, we were not too sad to leave the hostel and head to Sonderborg, Denmark, where the nightlife was much more impressive.  However, I ended up spen

ding about 80 dollars that night, counting the huge pizza which I completely devoured, and the very overpriced alcohol.

Today, we had our last lecture (on the Danish-German borders) at the University of Southern Denmark, which was very interesting; however, I was so exhausted that I kept falling asleep the whole time so I hope the professor didn't notice! We also got to tour the Dybbol Banke, a battlefield where Denmark suf

fered a huge defeat against the German Confederation during the 2nd war of Schleswig, as well as a castle in Koldinghus.  On the way back, we watched a German movie called "The Lives of Others", which was extremely intense and definitely recommended to anyone looking for something to watch, as all 30 of us were fascinated by it despite being so tired.  

I'd have to say the worst part of the weekend so far was riding my train back to my kollegium after being dropped off by the tour bus: some boy puked all over MY train compartment (ALL OVER...it was a LOT of puke) and we had to evacuate it so they could sanitize

 it.  Thankfully, though, I am finally safe and sound at home and excited to be sleeping in for a very uneventful Sunday!