Alles ist doof ohne meine Deutsche Freundin Charlotte!

 

 

Today I went to visit my friend Charlotte in her university town of Muenster! Charlotte and I met in high school, when she came for a year to study abroad. It's been four years since we last saw each other! I'm so glad I got to visit her! It was so much fun! She was a great host! She picked me up at the train station with a couple of bicycles! Muenster is very much a bike city (namely because of all the students, over 40,000!) And pedaling with my huge pack on wasn't too bad actually!

 We went to a big beautiful building which was the administration building for the university. Behind it there was a wonderful park area/botanical garden with a GIANT tree! Germany/Austria is full of huge trees!

 ...And the day wouldn't be complete without some icecream! Yum!

 We toured the city and Charlotte gave me some history before we went and sat by a lovely lake.

 Ente, Ente, Ente!!! (Duck, duck, duck!!!) It's pronounced like "in-tuh" and it's fun to say!

 Germans have a machine that puts carbonation in their water for them!!!

 This poor bike right here suffered a flat tire! It was nuts! Charlotte and I were walking our bikes up to the big beautiful building I mentioned earlier when BOOM the front tire popped!!! It was so loud! It sounded like a cannon going off and I had temporary deafness in one ear! It wasn't my fault! It was an old bike, haha. I feel lucky that I hadn't been riding this bike at the time!

 Charlotte's apartment. Their shutters are actually functional! It awesome. They have the best windows over here. They can open like a big door or tilt in, to let in fresh air but not rain! Changing the window position is done easily with the direction of the window handle!

I was sad to say goodbye! We had a great time! Thanks to Charlotte and I wish her good luck with the rest of her school semester! She's only in mid-semester! Hopefully we will see each other again soon!