There are only 2 weeks left in Germany, and I am increasingly feeling the Heimweh (homesickness) that I have felt for a LONG time now, but I am also finding myself thinking about what I want to do before I leave. I love this place, but I am ready to go home. There are things I wish I had done more, but there are things I am glad I did. There are places I of course still want to go, but I know I'll get there someday. There are foods that I want more than anything ...

I have quickly come to realize my great appreciation for modern art. There is a really awesome art-nouveau furniture store that I pass between the theater and the center of the city sometimes (not necessarily every day, but a lot), and it has SUCH amazing looking furniture-- while i really like going for that classic, inviting look, I feel like if I ever had the choice to decorate my place (or at least one room) the way I want to, I would make it super futuristic...

Finally! I was in Roger Federer's home country! AH! ;) haha. That was actually not my first thought when I woke up 2 hours through the 3 hour bus ride to Switzerland. But i DID think about that! Yes, we were traveling to a mountain in the Alps of the wonderful land of Switzer-land. It was actually quite beautiful, the ride there. I woke up to very green mountains surrounding me on both sides, and we drove through a town where the houses are built on the edges of ...