Germany and France

Finally I have gotten to the point in the exchange that I get to live in Germany for 3 weeks! Its been 1 week so far and I have had a wonderful time. Germany is so beautiful, though it is a little bit cold ( I soon realized after pulling 3 pairs of shorts out from my suitcase ) and its been rainy as well. On the first day we came back to Svenjas house, where we took a long nap after staying up on the airplane for so long. Then we went with her parents to a town about 15 minutes away called Limburg. It is a very old town, mostly made out of the original material it had been in when it was built. There are now laws against altering it's appearance, to maintain the historic image. While in the town we visited a very large, beautiful church and we went on a long walk through the town. The town is on the edge of a river, where we took a paddle boat out for a while. Svenja and I paddeled, but we were falling asleep half the time due to the time difference. When we got back to the house, we went to bed at 7:00 pm, than woke up at 3:00 am. Until today, we haven't been on German time. The next day we went on another day trip to the Rhine Valley. While there we walked through another old, beautiful town before taking a ski lift up over the mountain. It was an amazing view of the river, and a big, green vineyard that stretched over the mountains. From the top, you could see the rooftops of the town, and towns miles (in Germany kilometers) away. We walked down through the vineyard, eating tons and tons of blackberries. After we got back, we again went to bed very early. Recently, we took a trip to and Amusment park about 3 hours away from the house, we slept most of the way there and than spent the day (mostly standing in lines) on roller coasters! It was so fun! When we ate lunch we went to the park's restraunt where you type what you want into a computer than it is brought to you on a roller coaster track. It was amazing, there were tracks everywhere looping around and going really high up to the ceiling. After our day at the amusment park, we went to an apartment to sleep for the night. The next day, we went to France! In France we went to a city called Strabßorg a beautiful city about 30 minutes from the apartment. We walked to a huge cathedral in the center of the city, and to a part of it called Petite France. It was nice to be able to know a few french words after knowing absolutely no German. For example when I got my sandwich at a bakery I got to say "Merci" It was beautiful and we took a boat tour in the river. Whe drove 3 hours back to the house than ate pizza and went to bed. Great week in Germany and France!