The trip was really good! We were gone for over two weeks, but it felt really short, and that's a good thing: I felt like we were always doing something, or travelling somewhere, or eating GOOD food! Ah, the joy of spending all your saved-up money.
I definitely spent about 1/3 of my savings on that trip, but it was worth it.




Oktoberfest: The most expensive part of the trip, b/c the hostels were in high demand, so they could charge more, and the food was like fair food--a stein of beer cost about 8 or 9 dollars! But definitely a LOT of fun, lots of crazy people, lots of standing on tables singing "ein Prosit! ein Prosit!" with strangers standing next to us. Pretty much only ate huge, delicious, pretzels, or Brezen, as they call them in the south of Germany. Since everything else was meat, of course. Met fun guys from Ireland, one of which had Colin Farrell eyebrows. Too bad I don't think Colin Farrell's attractive. :)


Salzburg: Didn't know much about this city until we got there. We only stayed one night, but the town was prettier and more charming than I expected; very scenic and cute, old buildings, Mozart's birthplace, location where they filmed Sound of Music (they showed it every night at our hostel!), and location of the largest castle in Europe, I think. The castle was really cool--we hiked up to the top of the mountain in the mist and fog, and it was all very cool. Good pizza.


Vienna: This city was nice, and gorgeous, but not as nice and gorgeous as I expected it to be. Basically a typical big city, from what I saw of it, with just more pretty buildings than you would usually find. There was an endless amount of museums, however, which is always cool--we went museum-hopping for three days in row, and saw a lot of Austria's famous painters, such as Klimt, Eger-Linz, and Schiele. Klimt's probably the most famous, he did that gold painting, "The Kiss," if anyone knows what I'm talking about.
Also saw an awesome exhibit on Ancient Egyptian and Roman relics. Could have spent a whole day there!
Oh, and of course, Vienna is famous for the little delicate cake and coffee shops. Had that several times, and I have to say, they really need to pick up on that idea in the states!


Prague: Last stop on the trip, and definitely lived up to my expectations of gorgeous-ness, and they were pretty high to begin with! Spent basically all four days in the central downtown, near the Charles Bridge, but mostly relaxed and took photos of the gorgeous scenery. The service in the Czech Republik is horrible, but that was about the only drawback of the area. Food was delicious (we all treated ourselves to a nice dinner right along the river), and the history was really interesting too. Kafka was also from Prague, so I went to a museum about him. I'd love to go back.

So that's a basic summary of the trip; 7-hour train trip yesterday to get to Goettingen from Prague, switching trains twice. Then we came back and Janelle made delicious brownies for us. Perfect ending.

Now, I believe school starts this week! Scary, but exciting!