Blog Entry 5:

4 weeks in Bamberg
School still hasn’t started
1 visitor
Too much fun!!

That’s right; I had my first visitor in Bamberg (other than my sister). My cousin Megan came to see me in Bamberg. (By the way, thanks parents for sending me some goodies from home, the dried peaches are great!!) It was so exciting knowing that someone came all the way from Colorado just to see me (although she did have other people to see while in Germany). Oh well, I can pretend that I’m important!

I was able to show Megan around Bamberg, introduce her to some of my new friends, and take her out to enjoy the night life in Bamberg (although, it really isn’t that great). Who cares though, it was great having someone here.

Over the weekend we went to who knows where to meet up with my Theresa (my sister, who lives in Frankfurt, Germany) and Sarah (another cousin who lives in Essen, Germany). Actually we were at some German Nature Park in the heart of Bavaria.

The idea of the weekend:

Girls weekend, ride bikes, hang out, watch the OC, explore the town (Eichstätt) that we landed in and eat at the ‘Potato Restaurant’

I think that we accomplished all of that.

- Girls weekend; yes we were all girls, having fun, talking about cute German, and Latin boys, and eating chocolate.
- Ride Bikes; we did that as well, I think about 40km (about 25 miles), around the ‘German’ style of a nature park.
- The OC; Oh yea, the OC came in handy this weekend. I think that we watched a total of 16 episodes, and then Sarah and I watched two more on the train and at the train station. What a great show!
- Exploring Eichsätt; done, and done again. I think that along with exploring Eichstätt, we explored the café’s in Eichstätt. We also learned that Eichsätt is well ‘sign posted’ and that there are still ‘living fossils.’
- The Potato Restaurant; yes we ate and drank potatoes. The only restaurant in the little ‘Village’ that we stayed in was the Potato Restaurant, and we thought that we better support it. It was cut, cozy, German restaurant, with lost of potatoes, and at the end of our meal they offered us ‘Potato Schnapps’ (delicious).