Last day in Europe!

Hello!

A little re-cap...

We spent 2 glorious days in Venice
highlights: swimming in the Adriatic sea, eating a (whole) pizza at a cafe along the grand canal, getting gelatto too many times to count, and getting losts in the small, winding streets of Venice (only twice!), running into someone from my comm 218 class staying at the hostel, riding in a gondola across the grand canal...
Venice was incredible... high point of the trip!

Then we took the train to Munich and man oh man, was that crazy- thousands of people were flooding to Munich to take part in the annual famous Oktoberfest. We spent a morning touring the city and learning some history- it was really fascinating! And we spent an afternoon/evening at Oktoberfest. I loved seeing all the people dressed in traditional clothing, playing german songs, dancing (often on tables) and singing- children, adults, old-old adults! We saw it all!

From Munich we headed to Prague. Prague is an interesting city, it's only been freed from harsh ruling since 1989 and really it wasn't till a couple years later it became more establised. It was spared from WWII battle and so there were OLD buildings (one built in 1410)- the free walking tour we did was so cool- definitely my favorite tour so far!
Highlights: going to the largest Castle in europe, hanging out on the 'luckiest' bridge- Charles Bridge, going to the Jewish memorial museum and cemetery (a whole building with just names written ceiling to floor of Czech Jew's that were killed. Also there was artwork that the children drew while in the camps; it survived, they didn't and this is the only real proof of their time on the earth. It was very emotional and hard to look, but so powerful.

We left Prague and arrived in Frankfurt earlier today- luckily our hotel is 2 blocks from the main station and we were able to check in right away and look around the city! We've treated ourselves to some more gelatto and went to a real restaurant for dinner (1st time this trip!) seeing as is my last meal before curry, curry, and more curry!

I am preparing and attempting to get ready for my next adventure- this time into a much more foreign land. I know it will be incredible as well and I can't wait to see what it is like!

Much love~~~
Christy