So we're in the Black Forest, which is pretty much just a normal forest, but the city of Freiburg is really medieval-ish, or however else you'd say that. Lots of cobble stone streets here and the old part of the city is what I expected of Germany. This is a mid-sized city but one of my favorites for a city this size, there are pedestrian walkways everywhere, lots of really nice trams throughout the city, and bikes everywhere, no one seems to use a car here. The o...

Oktoberfest. In a word...wow. Definitely what I expected, but way more intense. The first thing that suprised me was the amount of lederhosen, everybody from Germany was wearing them and even a lot of the other Europeans. And all the girls wore those traditional dresses which actually look really good on the girls unlike the lederhosen. I would have bought a pair but they cost about 500 euro, no idea why they're so expensive. Not very many Americans over the...