Deutschland

The first day I spent in Germany was long but great! I had to travel for quite a while, but upon getting to Kaiserslautern, the first thing I had was a doner. For those who have no clue what a doner is, it is like a gyro, except with different sauce and thinner slices of meat.  We (me, Xavier, Rousseaux, and Forrest) were really happy because we were at an actual house after each of us being out on the road for quite a long time! The first full day in Germany, we went to Ramstein Air Force Base, ate at Taco Bell (which I surprisingly missed), went to the mall on base, and even to the skate park (although we used scooters). Of course, when you have a group of guys together, you are bound to have something interesting happen, and thus we had a run in with the police that night! We had been at a pub for an open mic night, listening to bands, and were about to head home when Forrest decided to take the car for a ride. Well lucky for him, a cop car was coming down the road and decided to follow us back to where we parked. Even luckier, he didn’t have his passport or drivers license on him. The cops were really chill though and put him in the back of their car and followed Lizzy (our chauffer) back to the house where they just looked at his ids and were fine with it and left. Definitely caught an extremely lucky break there, technically all of us did! The time there with the Sitter family (the family I stayed with) was incredible and a great break from always on the go day to day! We did tons of things like dollar bowling night, went to a water park, spent time playing games, hanging out watching comedy things, play music, and just chill. I absolutely loved it and already miss being around them all! Well Xav, Rousseaux, and I made some plans to take a small trip to Switzerland and Austria for a few days and be back for Easter Sunday. We decided to go to Zermatt to see the legendary Matterhorn! On the way to Zermatt, we met some awesome people who we ended up hanging out with all the way there. The trip would not have been the same if we had not met Pamela and her daughters for sure! We learned a whole lot of information of what to do and also a lot of the history of the area too, which I love that kind of stuff! When we got to Zermatt, the Matterhorn was covered up, but a short time after, you could see it. It looked just like the mountain off The Grinch! Such an amazing creation! We actually found an old abandoned cabin closer to the base of the Matterhorn than any houses in Zermatt so we slept in it that night. Free place to stay and a beautiful view when waking up in the morning! That day, we took a lift up the alps to be close to the Matterhorn. Now one of my goals in life is to attempt to climb it! I found out that you can actually climb it in 2 days, but its crazy to even try to attempt it in the winter, so I guess I’ll have to come back during the summer! After a full day in Zermatt, we headed to Salzburg, Austria. We got there about 2 in the morning and found an area that no one would come by so we just slept out under the stars that night! Salzburg was beautiful! We walked through the gardens, saw the palace, saw many places that was used in Sound of Music, Mozart statue, large churches, and tons of other random things. Even a giant Easter egg! Also, we had some homemade streusel, which was to die for!!!! I’m definitely getting spoiled with all these foods and will never be able to have the Americanized versions without comparing them all the time. We made it back home late that night and went to church the next day for Easter Sunday. The service lasted about 3 hours long, but was really good! Debbie made an amazing Easter meal, which included one of my new favorite things, German white asparagus soup! We all spent some time just hanging out, as I was leaving the next day. They all were definitely such a blessing, more than I could have ever imagined!