Germany (Summer 2008)

This past summer my good friend Patrick and I took a trip to Berlin, Germany. We have met and became good friends with several people over there through the German American Partnership Program. This program sets up exchanges between German and American teenagers while in high school. Patrick and I have both hosted several Germans, as well as travelled there as exchange students. So this past summer we decided to take a month long trip to Berlin to visit all of our friends. Our plan was to stay with our friend Jule for two weeks as well as our friend Richi for two weeks. After our seven our flight that was layed-over in London, we were warmly welcomed at the airport by Jule and her father. When we got to their house we were pleased to see that she lived in a beautiful two-story home in Borgsdorf, a suburb of Berlin City. Jule had a wonderful family who treated Pat and I as if we were a part of it. Throughout the duration of the trip we ate lots of good food and drank lots of good beer. My personal favorite beer was Hefferweisen, a wheat beer brewed in Bavaria. We took several trips to downtown Berlin but my favorite was for an event called the "beer mile." This event lasts for one weekend and has a mile long stretch of beer vendors. Some of my favorites were brewed in Jamaica, Belgium, and the Czech Republic. Although we drank lots of beer on the trip it wasn't the only thing we did. We visited some historic sites such as bunkers, flak towers, and concentration camps. It was a fantastic experience and we met many great people along the way. I can't wait to go back and I will continue visiting for as long as I can.