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Apr. 2nd, 2011 05:31 pmHI. In case you haven't heard me blab on about it for the past three weeks, I went to Europe. More specifically, Germany, the Netherlands, and I randomly ended up in Luxembourg for about half an hour one day. So now it is my duty to blab about it all even MORE, with more detail! pictures!! and wistful heartfelt longings. I feel I have to add the disclaimer that I HAVE to blab, it is in my imperative NATURE to blab; mostly because it gives me the opportunity to chew over everything, as it was such a whirlwind, and more than anything, livejournal is a place to store my memories. So don't feel obligated to look over it all and/or comment on anything; this is for me too.
So basically this was my first time out of the country. I've been to Canada - Vancouver specifically - but I guess in my mind I can't really count that as ~out of the country, haha. Obviously, everything is different. Not so different that I felt completely out of my element, but different enough to generally keep me wide-eyed and happily processing everything that was around me. I kept a little notebook with me so I could write down tidbits or places I had been that day, which is super helpful now, as some things I would have forgotten. I was constantly in awe of how old everything is. I mean, you know, I've been to places here in the States where there are Frplaces that say omg we were established during the CIVIL WAR DOESN'T IT BLOW YOUR MIND, and then in Europe, shit is so old you wonder how it's even still standing. That's awesome. I'm a bit of a history nerd, so I took a guidebook along to not only help me with, you know, not getting completely turned around and lost while walking around the cities, but to also explain the history of architecture, relics, churches, etc.
Not only am I enamored with the ancient history, but I am almost obsessed with more recent history - specifically World War II and its impacts. The guidebook I brought along explained some of the buildings/churches/etc that got heavily destroyed from Allied bombers during the last half of the war, and just being able to distinguish, say, the new bricks on a cathedral that were replacing the bombed out sections from the older, grittier, sometimes completely black bricks from the fire of the bombs was simultaneously incredibly sobering and really interesting. There are sections of some downtown areas where there are really old houses lining the street with new ones sandwiched in between, evidence of more bomb/fire damage. I think it interests me so much because it is so recent, and I'm also fascinated by the psychological takeover of Nazi party, more of which I'll get into when I show the pictures of Nuremberg. Now that I'm back I've planned on checking out some books having to do with all of this. I'm also super bummed again that I didn't continue with my history minor in college, haha.
But anyway! Onwards to the pics!
( Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Darmstadt, Rudisheim, and Cologne )
Lol okay, I've decided to split this up quite a lot otherwise everyone, including myself, will be going cross-eyed. TUNE IN NEXT TIME for adventure! history! and more mentions of every food I ate there!
So basically this was my first time out of the country. I've been to Canada - Vancouver specifically - but I guess in my mind I can't really count that as ~out of the country, haha. Obviously, everything is different. Not so different that I felt completely out of my element, but different enough to generally keep me wide-eyed and happily processing everything that was around me. I kept a little notebook with me so I could write down tidbits or places I had been that day, which is super helpful now, as some things I would have forgotten. I was constantly in awe of how old everything is. I mean, you know, I've been to places here in the States where there are Frplaces that say omg we were established during the CIVIL WAR DOESN'T IT BLOW YOUR MIND, and then in Europe, shit is so old you wonder how it's even still standing. That's awesome. I'm a bit of a history nerd, so I took a guidebook along to not only help me with, you know, not getting completely turned around and lost while walking around the cities, but to also explain the history of architecture, relics, churches, etc.
Not only am I enamored with the ancient history, but I am almost obsessed with more recent history - specifically World War II and its impacts. The guidebook I brought along explained some of the buildings/churches/etc that got heavily destroyed from Allied bombers during the last half of the war, and just being able to distinguish, say, the new bricks on a cathedral that were replacing the bombed out sections from the older, grittier, sometimes completely black bricks from the fire of the bombs was simultaneously incredibly sobering and really interesting. There are sections of some downtown areas where there are really old houses lining the street with new ones sandwiched in between, evidence of more bomb/fire damage. I think it interests me so much because it is so recent, and I'm also fascinated by the psychological takeover of Nazi party, more of which I'll get into when I show the pictures of Nuremberg. Now that I'm back I've planned on checking out some books having to do with all of this. I'm also super bummed again that I didn't continue with my history minor in college, haha.
But anyway! Onwards to the pics!
( Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Darmstadt, Rudisheim, and Cologne )
Lol okay, I've decided to split this up quite a lot otherwise everyone, including myself, will be going cross-eyed. TUNE IN NEXT TIME for adventure! history! and more mentions of every food I ate there!
