Germany!

OK, so I finaly have a little time to sit and tell you all about my travels. At the moment I'm in Barcelona and tomorrow I head off with Dad and Emma to our apartment for the next month in Girona. So I headed off from Salamanca two weeks ago now (or something like that) on my way to the Madrid aiport. From there I flied to Stuttgart where Willi was waiting for me with his dad when I arrived. From there we headed off to Willi's town Mockmuhl. We arrived at Willi's house around 11 o clock and ate a little dinner before I headed off to bed. The next morning I awoke and we had a breakfast of some cold cuts and bread and then headed off to see the town. It was a really nice little town, and it felt good to be out of the city for a little bit. We wandered through the old walled part of the town and saw the old catedral before climbing the hill to see the castle that overlooks the town. The architecture is notably different in Germany and you can see the wooden beams in the buildings (I will try to get pictures up asap). That afternoon I got to play the first soccer during the entire trip as we joined in a pick up game at the basketball court in town. It is amazing the level of even some of the very young people we played with, soccer is such a huge part of life here for the kids, its very cool. I was then treated to a german kabob (german fast food) which is meat and some lettuce and other things in a pita like wrap and is very good. That night we went out on the town and I was able to meet many of Willi's friends. The next day was Willi's birthday and so I got to accompany Willi and his mom and dad to the Senshiem museum about an hour away from his house. I have to mention the drive because the German autobahn is wild and with Willi's dad driving we were pushing 170kph much of the way. The museum was great. It had a vast selection of cars starting from the 50´s american cars ranging to modern ferraris. As well as a huge collection of artifacts and machines from world war II. We even got to see the car Hitler drove, which is amazing to think about. The museum also has a collection of planes, the greatest being a concord which are displayed on the roof of the museum and which we could explore. One of the highlights of the museum for me was when I got to see the bike that Jan Ullrich rode to victory in the 97 tour de france (still cool, even if he was completely doped when he did it). We then went out to a pizzeria for a birthday dinner for Willi and then back home and out with friends again. This was supposed to be my last night in Germany, but that story is for the next post.