Limping away through Germany - Willow Powers

When we arrived in Germany I was both excited and nervous to meet my host family who I would be staying with for the next 3 weeks in Poing, a town just a train ride away from Markt Schwaben. Upon meeting my host family they were extremely welcoming and friendly. Luckily for me, they speak pretty good English.

On the 4^th of July we took a day trip around Munich.  We met at the school, as we do every morning, then walked to the train station and hopped on the next train to Munich.  While sitting on the train we looked out the window to see the beautiful landscape around us. When we arrived at Hauptbahnhoff (the train station in Munich) we walked over to the ticket place to get our seats reserved for our week long adventure next week.  When we got there we discovered that Katie had left her passport at her host family’s house, so we were unable to get our seats reserved as quickly as we thought. We waited there, sitting on the little red couches, for about an hour while Mr. Mobini persuaded the employee to do as he wished. While waiting for him I was sitting next to Jena and Eleana and as we were talking a man who looked exactly like Zack Galifinakis walked up and sat next to us.  We really wanted to ask him if maybe he was Zack Galifinakis’ twin or something, but we decided it was best that we didn’t.

            After finally leaving the train station, we made a quick stop at a restroom, which cost one euro. As I was walking through the little gate which opened as I put my coin in the slot, it quickly shut on me! I was pretty embarrassed.  After leaving there we ventured on to see the famous Glockenspiel at the Rathaus in Marienplatz.  At 12 noon bells began to chime, followed by some music and then the little statues at the top of the building began to spin around to the music. After that we walked all over Munich, looking at all the beautiful architecture of the buildings and churches. We made multiple stops to find some cold water, which was almost impossible to find. The water here is also very different in taste, which none of us are used too. We all definitely miss Seattle water.  After a while my feet were really sore.  I could feel the blisters forming, but I pressed on.  When we were on our way back to Markt Schwaben, when we got off at our first stop we soon realized that Jena and Eleana were still on the train.  Aaron and I went to look for them at the next stop but they weren’t there so we came back to find them there waiting for us with the rest of the group. After that little ordeal we continued back to the school.  It took us a while but we finally got there, both me and Chris were limping on the way back.  I ended up with huge blisters on both of my feet, and Chris’s ankle was swollen at least twice the size of his other one.  Though the trip was well worth the pain! 

We had a 4^thof July BBQ with our German host families which was really nice. Until next time, Bis spater! -Willow