I had an awesome weekend! We went to Ulm and I got to see where Einstein was born....actually all they have there to represent it is a large rectangular marble statue that says he was born there...kinda disappointing, but still, at least i was there! Then we ran around the city (it was a little more modern than the other cities we've visited, but it was still awesome!) Actually Ulm has my favorite Rathaus so far. A Rathaus is the city hall building, and its always really beautiful and grand. Then a grp of us went to eat chinese food and then afterwards we all got our game faces on to climb the tallest church tower in the world! The tower we climbed in Freiberg was 209 steps.....this tower was 768 steps!!!! Haha, our friend counted aloud while Mike and Israel video tapped the journey. It took us almost 25 mintues to climb. Then once we got to the top, the Ausbilck (view) was beautiful!!! We could see everything, and it was so windy up there. Then we made our way carfully down the tower and visited the inside of the church (beautiful stained glass windows) and we had a little free time to look around at the little shops. I couldnt resist visitng a little bookstore and we also grabbed some good ice cream and sat down in front of the gothic church to eat it.
On our way home Chelsea and Mike sat by this new student we have in class named hanna. She's Swedish and is in Horb to get an intership somewhere. She probably the sweetest person ever! She speaks perfect english as well as almost perfect german, but she totally loves Harry Potter, fantasy books, making funny faces at the camera, loves Disneyland and doesnt like to party like everyone else here. Unfortunatly, she isnt going to Tubingen because she's here to get a job, but at least we can all stay in touch this year.
When we all returned to Horb it was 7pm and so we decided to walk around the town and see if anything exciting was happeneing. Naturally, most of the rowdy guys and crazy girls decided to go drinking.....again.....at another bar. As fun as I'm sure it seems, they really only waste money, break stuff and get barated for being loud and crewd Americans. Not my idea of fun. So, our friends Reese, Chris, Israel, Hanna, Chelsea, Mike and I went walking. And what we ended up finding was something truely German! A little Horb Herbst Fest (Horb Fall Festival). There was tons of little food vendors, beer and wine vendors and lots of tables to dit on. Chelsea, Mike, Israel and I sat down on the end of a table where a bunch of older German people sat. They were a lively bunch and had already purchased a bottle of wine from a vendor. The music started (a band called Green Tomatoes) and all the played that night was Classic Rock songs in America!! They played beatles, Jonny Cash and Creedence Clearwater. So we totally enjoyed ourselves beacuse the German people by us had found out we were Americans so they encouraged us to join in on their clapping and dancing (in their seats) and singing. Then the older guy smiled and gave us all coupons for free wine, and all the others chimmed in on what type of wine we should try. Soooo Mike had his first alcoholic beverage! It was awesome :] Then, after they insited on pouring up more glasses of wine from the bottle they had purchased, we were all enjoying ourseleves and decided that while they started up a great swing dancing song, we'd get up and dance! It was awesome! The lady who was sitting by me was clapping and cheering us on and the other people were enjoying wachting us dance and stuff. At the end of the song, we sat back on our bench, laughing and high-fiving our new German aquaintences and the band stopped playing. They got on the microphone and told the crowd that since they enjoyed watching us dance so much, they were giving us a bottle of champagne as thanks! It was hilarious! So, I took it home to keep it in my bag so that someday in the future, Israel, Mike, Chelsea, a few other friends and I can enjoy our first bottle of champagne together. It was a fun night and just goes to show that Germans really know how to have a good time!
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