Today we are in our last city in Germany before we leave for Prague in the morning. We got off the train in Berlin with our backpacks and just sat down now for the first time all day. Berlin has been so great, as we have done and plan on doing during this trip we walked everywhere so we can see the most of the cities we visit in the short time. Berlin has so much history and has been really interesting to see what we talk about in our history classes. Our fir...

Julia, thank you so much for having me this weekend! We had so much fun! We will miss you and Finloose so much! XOXO

After staying up until 2:00 doing laundry, we woke up "late" at 8:00 and Julia had a yummy breakfast put together for us. I love that in Europe meals always last so long and nobody rushes. It was so nice to sit around a table in somebody's home and have breakfast before we started our busy day. Julia showed us around Dortmund and then we went to Phoenix Park, a man made sea that has beautiful homes surrounding it. After walking around the "sea" we hopped into J...

Düsseldorf, Germany was the first place where we felt as though we were true backpackers. Since we were waiting for Hannah's friend from Germany to meet us we explored the quaint city on foot for four or five hours, backpacks in tote. We walked along the Rhine River to see a World War II look out tower and stopped at an adorable cafe along the Rhine for a famous German pretzel. We walked around, explored, tested our German context clues, and our ability to read...