Danny writing here: This past weekend was our last time with Nick, so we decided to make it a good one and see as much of Germany as we could that we haven't seen already, and give it some contrast to the big cities that Nick has seen so far. Nick arrived in Metz and hopped on a bus to GTL. I met him at the bus stop and we headed to my room to drop off the suitcases, shower up and pack up for the weekend. We went into Metz and walked around for 2 hour...

Sorry for the delay in getting this posted/written…Let me just preface this by saying history is my WORST subject and I am writing this primarily based on notes from our free tour and my memory, so bare with me if there are some mistakes. Basically, most of the overall stories should be correct, but exact names or dates may vary (although I tried to write most of them down) - that's how I like history! Haha. Also, I'm pretty much going to explain it in terms ...

I'm adding a new blog to talk about the stuff we learned about beer gardens and Oktoberfest, thanks to Laura for reminding me. Disregard the picture...it's random, we haven't uploaded Munich yet. After complaining to our guide during the beer garden tour that we hadn't learned anything about the beer gardens or traditional songs or anything, this is what she told us: Beer gardens originated in the 19th century in Bavaria when King Ludwig I decided to en...

Friday, May 23 We go into Metz to get some food and let the girls (Laura and Erin) shop…why shop BEFORE going on a weekend trip?Anyways we then decide to go to this fondue restaurant that one of the masters students told us about…all you can eat fondue for 15 euros.We get there, don't get put away upstairs away from the locals and don't see a server for five minutes.After realizing we don't have THAT much time, we decide to abandon ship and very awkwardly wa...

This is Danny writing this one...I'm going to talk about the trip and Laura is going to write a separate blog about the interesting history that we learned. We went on a walking tour, where we learned so much about Berlin's history that we think a separate blog should be devoted to just that. We were planning on leaving Friday evening and arriving Saturday morning, so we went to the train station in Metz Friday morning before our classes to check out t...