Day Three

Exploring time! We got up early and grabbed some sandwiches and croissants from a local bakery which gave us some energy to start the hike of Schlossberg which wasn't going to be hard we thought. The first steps we took were probably at a 65 degree angle and somehow got steeper the higher we went up. There was a beer garden at the first stop and a jungle gym which looked like it was designed for a chimpanzee enclosure at a zoo. After finally reaching Schlossberg we weren't disappointed at all with the view: 

The place we were standing on for the view had 186 steps in a spiral staircase which led to not only a shaky structure but a home for about 800 tiny bugs (nats) that made it really hard for us to be up there long:

We started our decent back and found some pretty neat places along the way: 

When we arrived back into the city we went to the flea market and then into a massive cathedral which was unbelievable structured in the heart of the city: 

And then after walking around inside this cathedral we found the Chamber of Secrets: 

We ended the day by taking a nap in the park and grabbing some cheap ice cream after enjoying an amazing Schnitzel dinner with some sliced potatoes. 

Day Two

The morning of the second day Mrs Prentice drove us to the US military base in Kaserslautern and inside was a big mall with mostly American shops such as Taco Bell, Subway, and Johnny Rockets. The one German restaurant we went to had my favorite German food which was Currywurst and it looked something like this: 

After our lunch we fooled around while our money was being exchanged into euros which involved Calvin wearing this: 

We got back to the house in Kaserslautern and grabbed our backpacks to start our adventure as "modern day explores" as we quoted Matt Damon from "We bought a zoo": 

We figured riding trains would be our ideal time to catch up on sleep or so we thought when all we could do was talk about movies and make stupid jokes that made us laugh and be obnoxious on the train to Freiburg: 

When we got to Freiburg we settled into our hotel and then walked around the Altstad (old town) and grabbed dinner at a Turkish place. I know Turkish place in Germany why would we eat there? Well 2 reasons: 1. We were starving and 2. We were starving. The food was fantastic and the waiter was so nice to us even suggesting to us which beer would be nice to try first in Germany. The thing about this beer was that you had to turn the bottle upside down for a minute then flip it over and serve it. You learn something new each day. 

Day One

To start off my trip abroad I got a surprise from the check in lady at O'hare airport to tell me that I got bumped up to business class for my 8 hour flight to Germany. Once I landed in Germany, Brandon, Calvin and Alex were waiting for me and Brandon's mum drove us to their house in Kaiserslautern. It was late afternoon and before dinner started we decided to go for a hike in the backyard towards an old castle where it took us an hour and a half. We were starving. But it was well worth it.