After a long day of working on Enmodes, Camryn, Daniel, Jules, and I went to the local carnival across the Rhine. The rides were so fun! With the beautiful weather, Camryn, Daniel, Isabelle, and I ate dinner outside at one of the restaurants we walk pass everyday on the way to school. Nate, Jules, and I played soccer in the Hofgarten of the University of Bonn. Everyone has been outside soaking up the sun, so we walked through Botanical Gardens. To end our school week, we took a bike tour to Remagen down the Rhine. The weather was not in our favor on the way there, but the rain added an extra element to make it more memorable. We toured the peace museum and had a nice group lunch together. Jules and I biked back following Dr. Wasser, but he quickly outpaced us. As soon as we got back to Bonn, Jules and I hopped on the train to Munich for Easter weekend. We got brunch in the Marienplatz and saw the famous glockenspiel. We took our time looking through the Munich Residenz hall covered in art and sculptures, then rushed through 90 palace rooms. We went to the same Hofbrauhaus that my family went to in 2017 and this time I was finally able to drink! We met a group of Germans on a handball team celebrating their end of season in traditional lederhosen. They invited us to a local brewery and enjoyed the night out with them! The next morning, we set out to hike the Bavarian Alps. We walked through the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and ended up at the Olympic Ski Stadium that hosted the Winter Olympics in 1936. I took my first ever gondola ride up the ski mountain, so we could get the best views possible. We leisurely hiked down and ate our picnic lunch with views of the rolling hills during golden hour. On Easter Sunday, Jules and I went to mass in German at the Asamkirche in Munich. We had champagne with the Priest and Deacon after mass and learned more about the history of this church. It was a beautiful, baroque church built by 2 brothers, a painter and an architect, to showcase what they could build for other churches and was untouched by the war. We spent the rest of the day at the Chinese Tower Beer Garden in the famous English Gardens. We walked through the gardens, kicked around a soccer ball, and took a nap in the sunny field and was awoken to being surrounded by a flock of geese. This was definitely a memorable Easter Weekend in Munich.
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