Dear Dad

Here's an email I sent to my parents. It sums up my past few days..

Hi Dad,

Hey I'm in Munich now. Quedlinburg was great, I couchsurfed with a German dude named Stephan (who's about my age) and it was great getting an inside perspective on a small town. He's really friendly and lives in a cozy flat with his girlfriend and seven-year old daughter. He lived his entire life in Quedlinburg (but has done a lot of traveling). And he told me what it was like under Soviet rule -before the wall came down. It was surreal hearing his story after visiting the remnants of the Wall in Berlin.

I got some nice pictures of the town too. It's very relaxing. And I stayed at a youth hostel where no one spoke English, haha. Somehow I survived. 

That and getting on the wrong train this morning to Munich, which made me miss all my connections. The conductors were nice, they let me go on later trains for all connections without paying again. It's adventurous here in Germany!

For the last connection I asked the ticket lady at the counter 'Spreichen Zie Englisch?' and she shook her head and said powerfully, 'Nein!' haha. Thankfully the guy behind me in line knew English and translated for us.

Haha small towns are nice, but part of me is glad to back in a city hostel. English, yeah!

I'll be in Munich for a week then on July 4th I plan to head to Wengen, Switzerland (which is right in/near the Alps). And I'll be there for about a week. After that I may head back to Germany. There's a town called Heidelberg (near Frankfurt) that has a few amazing castles. I just found some photos online last week and they look stunning!

I am looking at Bern and Zurich otherwise, thanks for your suggestions.

(and I end with my previous post, the bit on Hamburger and Berliner and...I'm a dork.)

Love,
JJ