It's been so long since I've posted anything! I have been so busy here! So much has happened since my last post. I went to Berlin for a weekend with one of my friends from home. We did a bus tour and got to see the Brandenburg Gate, the Wall, and the Holocaust Memorial, among many other things. I wish I had more than one day there to see the city. There is so much history there! I hope to be able to go back again before I leave. Unfortunately, my friend took all the pictures and never sent them to me.
I also had the chance to go to Greece with some of my friends for a week! It was beautiful! We stayed on the island of Corfu. It was so nice to get away from the cold weather in Heidelberg and spend some time on the beach. We also go to go on an ATV tour of the island. I had the chance to go there when I was 14 and I've always wanted to go back. Now that I did, I still think Greece is one of the most amazing places! The food was fantastic too!
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| Squid stuffed with feta & tomatoes! Yum! |
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| Corfu, Greece |
Portugal was my next stop. Maria, who I met in my Deutschkurs & who has become one of my best friends here, is from Chaves, Portugal and studies in Porto, so our friend Courtney and I went with her when she went back home to visit for a few days. I loved it! We flew into Porto and then drove down to Chaves and stayed with her mom for 2 days. Despite the language barrier (her mom only speaks Portuguese), she was very nice & welcoming! Chaves is a small town, so we went back to Porto for the next few nights. We went to a festival that was at her school that week while we were there. It was so cool! We don't have anything like that at my school in America. Sadly, it wasn't warm enough for us to spend much time on the beach, but I still had to walk down and check it out. It was so nice! Hopefully I will get the chance to go back when the weather is a little better!
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| Chaves, Portugal |
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| Chaves, Portugal |
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| Porto, Portugal |
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| Porto, Portugal |
