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...