Alive and Well

How does one begin, after almost a month of no blog posts? Hopefully you haven't lost all hope in me. I seem to have been much more addicted to reading other people's blogs in the last few weeks than updating my own. So here's a run down of the latest happenings...

The winter semester finished at the end of January. It's funny how I'm just finishing my first semester, while my classmates back in Atlanta are well into the second (and their last) one by now. I could be deep into the stress of finding a job and graduation hoopla. I'm certainly not minding being in school for a little while longer. I still have so much to learn!

With the end of the semester comes a break until mid April. I've had visitors here from Atlanta, and it's been great to be in their company. We did a pretty good job of getting a taste of Germany while they were here as well. With their visit came many trips, so enjoy the pictures! With the break, I've got lots of hopes of places to go and visit. I'll do my best to keep things updated regularly.

Day Trip #1: Hamburg

Of course, one has to eat a hamburger when in Hamburg. We took up Let's Go: Germany's suggestion of Oma's Apotheke (Grandma's Apothecary) and found ourselves in a nice cozy hole in the wall type of joint that does the hamburger proud.

We spent most of the day just walking around the town, taking in the big city. Hamburg is known for being a port city, for giving the Beatles their start, and is the second largest city in Germany. We crossed the harbor through an underground tunnel where pedestrians, bicyclist, and automobiles take an elevetor down into its depths. I thought that pedestrians and bicyclist had their own lane and the cars must take the other. I was wrong, as shortly as we made our way through the tunnel a car came towards us down the lane. You can make out the headlights of the car in this picture.

The city skyline view from the other side of the harbor

I have actually made the trip up to Hamburg, thanks to free traveling on my semester ticket, twice in the past two weeks. The second trip up, afforded for new sights to be seen, mostly exploring the harbor and enjoying the fact that the sun was shining.

I still love the half-timbered houses. They're even more charmful along the waterways.

At day's end