Fuzzy Wuz

Today was a spectacular day! Especially since yesterday wasn’t that great. At the suggestion of my friend Christina, I took a day trip to Wurzburg, Germany. It was so much fun! The town is so pretty. The buildings all seem to be Romanesque or Gothic and it was really neat to walk from one shop to the next (which caused me to buy a pair of shoes—and I wonder why I can’t lift my bag) and then all of the sudden there was another huge gothic structure in front of you. The colors also seemed to jump out at you, although today was overcast without a hint of the sun, so I feel like all the pictures came out dark. Oh well. The main sight to see (at least for me) is the Fortress Marienberg, which is on top of a hill surrounded by what appears to be grape vines. The hike up to the top meanders through the vines and the best part was looking back at the city. What you don’t realize while you are walking around the historical structures is that none of the buildings surrounding them are as high. So, the coolest part of the climb was that you are basically eye-level with all the towers, spires and domes, they all just stick out above everything else. I got some great pictures! I absolutely loved it. For some reason it reminded me of Mary Poppins—when they are on the rooftop, I don’t know, thoughts? Another highlight of my day was that I got lost while trying to navigate the streets with my limited German vocabulary, and I happened across a Mexican restaurant—I stayed safe and ordered nachos (you can’t really screw those up) and a margarita, which actually wasn’t bad at all. So, hopefully that cured my Mexican cravings for awhile—at least until I can get close with Spanish food! Oh yeah, and I made some friends today, you can check them out in my pictures (I might be losing it, but maybe it’s “my gnome” for Europe). ;) And…cheers to the completion of my first month abroad, 12 cities in 6 countries and still looking forward to more!

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