I want to give an update about some of the places I have been recently and share some photos. I realized that I have mostly just been writing and not sharing photos. So enjoy!
First, about three weeks ago I went to visit my former host family in Regensburg. I love this city because it has a university, so it has lots of young people and things for young people to do, but it also has many historical places to visit. After having lunch and visiting a bit with my host family, my host mom and brother took me to the town of Kallmünz. This town has a large castle ("Burg", in German). It is at the top of a large hill, so we climbed the hill and walked inside what is left of this old castle. The two photos above are some of the castle's remnants. It was a beautiful day!
Over our fall break, I had the opportunity to go with another teacher to the Fränkische Schweiz, which is an area near Nuremberg that has very beautiful countryside, places to hike, old castles to visit, etc. We went there by car, so we saw quite a bit of colorful landscape-- green, browns, yellows, and oranges. We were lucky that the weather was nice too. We went hiking up a large hill to an old castle, well what was left of it, and we took a tour in a cave! Click here if you want to know more about the Fränkische Schweiz. Unfortunately, I left my camera at home, so I have no photos to share...But I really enjoyed doing a little bit of hiking and being in the sunshine!
Then yesterday, I went to the city of Bamberg. I went with a few other Fulbright teaching assistants and another friend from the U.S. We met a TA that lives in Bamberg, and he showed us around. Bamberg is a very Catholic city, so we saw three of it's well-known Catholic churches. It was a pretty city with many colorful buildings with wood framing. Unfortunately, the weather was quite terrible-- lots of rain and gray skies. And because it's November, it isn't very pretty outside to begin with. But we made the best of our time by walking around the city, despite the rain, and eating and drinking at a few restaurants including lunch at a cheap, but tasty, Mexican restaurant with tap water that was free!
Pretty houses along the Regnitz River.
The cathedral in Bamberg
Thanks for the beautiful pictures. It looks and sounds like you're enjoying your break.
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ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog. It sounds like you are having a great time!! I love that you went back to Kallmuenz..I went there with my host family as well. I couldn't ever remember the name of it though, so I am glad to know it now. As soon as I saw the picture I knew exactly where it was!!
I have a small request. Is there any chance you'd be willing to change your font? It's pretty, but all caps can be really difficult to read!
Hi Carly! Thanks for the comment! I'm not sure what you mean by the font because it isn't in all caps on my computer, and when I looked at the format it wasn't set in Caps. Maybe your computer is making it show up different?
ReplyDeleteOh and Let me know how the Fulbright application goes for you! Oh and I'm meeting with Dave in Nuernberg this Monday. He's been in Berlin student teaching and we are meeting up before he goes back to the U.S.!