Herbstferien (Fall Vacation)

             After the first few weeks of school it was already time for Fall Vacation, which is two weeks long and has no very significant holidays in it, meaning people go on vacation. My family had very VERY nicely planned a trip to stay for a week in the Alps in Bavaria, underneath the largest mountain in Germany, the Zugspitze. We also took Sam, the exchange student that I mentioned earlier from Australia, with us on the trip and we had a super busy week. We climbed the Zugspitze of course on the very first day, which you can see in the background of my blog, at least until I change it, but the cross there is the highest point in Germany and from up there you could see all through the Alps in Austria, and on the other side was Germany, fairly flat and you could even see all of Munich. The next day in the Herbstferien (Fall Break) we went to a Kletterwald, which is an obstacle course that is up in the trees where you have to do ridiculous things that either require a ton of strength or a ton of maneuverability. The whole family was sore for about the next three days, but that didn’t stop the fun. We then went to one of the, if not the, largest water parks in Germany. It had eighteen slides indoors! It was like a dream come true, and we had thought that we had gotten lucky considering that the kids down in Bavaria still had school, but apparently we chose a day that happened to be a Holiday in Austria, so the place was packed, which didn’t stop us from doing almost every slide.

           

            The next day we went to Munich and saw some incredible churches including the Frauen Kirche and Alter Peter. We ate good food and saw some amazing things, so if you have never been to Germany, definitely go to Munich. The next day we went to the Alp Spitze which is near the Zugspitze and we climbed down the whole way, after taking a gondola up with a fantastic view. The Alp Spitze is also where the World Cup for skiing is held and we got to see the Olympic ski jump. The next day we went to Neuschwanstein which is a castle that is not more than 150 years old but it is incredible and is what the Disney castle is based on. It is, if I’m not mistaken, included upon the ten things to do in a Tourists trip through Europe. We of course did more but I won’t drone on forever. I suppose the gist of what I am saying is we made good use of our vacation. The next week of break was full of Wuppertal activities such as Bowling, hanging out with the exchange group, and going to an Amusement Park full of roller coasters with Trym (from Norway). Then it was back to school and studying hard. Now that time has passed it has become a lot easier to cope with school work here. My grades are improving and tests and homework are becoming easier.