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Minnie's Last Plane Ride

"I think I'm quite ready for another adventure." -Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit It's been a great trip, but...

Brandenburger Tor

The Bradenburg Gate, or Brandenburger Tor, is a very well known monument in Berlin because it is a symbol for the division and...

Berlin, Germany

I spent my last few days abroad in Berlin with my German relatives. The city was huge and there was so much to do, two days was not...

Burg Ravensberg

There are so many castles in Germany that there are two German words for castles: Burg and Schloss. A burg is an older castle used for...

Burg und Schloss

The German language has two different words for a castle, burg and schloss. A burg is an older castle that was built mainly for defense,...

Munster, Germany

The next big stop my cousin and I had in Germany was Munster. I met more of my German family there and visited lots of churches.

Drachenfels

This castle was named after the dragon that was slayed nearby, my iPhone says we climbed 68 flights of stairs to get to the castle!

Cologne, Germany

My cousins and I decided to visit Cologne because there's a beautiful church there and it wasn't very far from Bonn. Here you can see the...

First Day in Germany

For my week of travel I decided to travel around Germany to meet most of my German family. My first stop in Germany was Bonn, where my...

Minnie travels to Germany

After 3 weeks of student teaching we were allowed to go travel wherever we wanted! Minnie and I chose to visit my family in Germany,...

Museum with Minnie

On our last day in Milan we went to a Leonardo Da Vinci and Science museum. They had a lot of really cool things about space!

Duomo

This is a very famous church in Milan called the Duomo. The line to get in was so long that we didn’t go in, but the square surrounding...

The Bus to Milan

The bus ride to Milan was beautiful because we got to see more of the Swiss mountains!

Fun in the Snow

Sometimes there's a little bit of snow in Wadenswil, it's fun to draw in the snow and make snowballs!

St. Moritz

St. Moritz was charming but expensive! Stores like Gucci and jewelry stores with 50,000 CHF (Swiss Franc) accessories were all over, but...

A Day Trip to St. Moritz

Sunday our host mom wanted to take us up into the mountains of St. Moritz. It was about a 4 hour train ride but worth it! In the distance...

Rapperswil

Rapperswil was absolutely breath taking, and one of my favorites so far!

Rapperswil Castle

On Saturday we visited a peaceful lake town about 20 minutes away from Wadenswil called Rapperswil. There was a beautiful castle there!

In the classroom

Minnie is sitting on one of the desks in our classroom just before the students arrived

Minnie in Old Town

Today we visited Old Town in the Zurich city. We found this great view!

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