Germany

Hello!

I am now in Germany.

So after leaving Geneva, I went on to Zurich. I only spent one night there, since there wasn´t tons I wanted to see. Visited a couple churches, including one that had stained glass windows by the artist Marc Chagall, whose gallery I visited in Nice. Beautiful. Went out in the evening with some people from the hostel to a bar that took us a while to find, but when we got there, I discovered they serve Molson Canadian! A little piece of home. haha.

From Zurich I rode for what felt like ages on the train to get to Munich. That ride was also my one view of Austria. Nice countryside.. Munich was very big city. I visited a few churches (as usual). I made sure I was in the square at 11 am to see the glockenspeil do its thing. In preparation for the city´s 850th anniversary next year, all the bells from the tower are actually in Holland being repaired/recast/whatever it is one does to bells to prepare them for special occasions, so it was quieter than I was expecting. I also visited the Residenz, which is the former palace of the Elector of Bavaria. Very ornate! A lot of it is post-WWII recreations of what it was like before. Lots of furniture and art and whatnot was destroyed by bombs.

The other thing I did in Munich was that I caved and bought a winter coat. Until now I´ve just been doing the layering thing with my raincoat as the top one, but it´s starting to get colder. First thing in the morning, and as soon as it hits dusk, it´s not enough, so I now have a rusty orange coloured jacket. It´s the kind where it itself is two layers zipped together. And it´s warm!

Today I left Munich and took the train to a town called Göttingen, about 3 and a half hours north. A friend, Almuth, who did a year at Trin when I was in 2nd year is here, so I´m spending a few nights visiting her. Exciting stuff! It´s been a few years, so it´s great to see her again and to reconnect.

Also, rumour has it that Stephanie and Josef had their baby! Yay! Can anyone out there share the details with me?