Geduldig! -13 April My travel to Germany. Over 1400 Germany pictures, photos, and stories, study abroad, maps, and travel advice for Germany and France.

If you look closely, you can see my reflection in both of these pictures. This artwork sits in a plaza right outside of the Bahnhof in Bremen. It was pretty funny to read the sign all about Elvis in Bremen, Germany.

When you go to Bremen, you must hold the donkey's legs and make a wish so that your wish will come true, just like the wishes of the Bremerstadtmusikanten came true. The legs of the donkey are polished to a shiny gold as a result of so many people having come and touched them.

Click on the above picture to get a good idea of the incredible architecture, all in one place in Bremen. I'll probably have to go back and re-do this shot better. On the left is a church that I can't remember what it is called. In the middle is the old Rathaus (City Hall) for Bremen. On the right is St. Peter's Cathederal, where we went to hear Brahms' Requiem. The acoustics were beyond description!

Something interesting I learned last night (from a really cool tour guide who helped us out a lot) about the Bremen Cathederal is that it was completely destroyed (don't know why yet--probably something to do with the religious wars between the Protestant and Catholic churches), and was begun to be re-built in 1889. They couldn't find even one stone from the original cathedral. So this cathedral is really not that old, but was built in the same place, and with the same design as the original one. It is incredibly magnificent!

We got our tickets at 7:00, and the concert didn't start until 8:00, so we had time to grab a quick bite at Mickey D's.

The choir in the choir loft at the back of the cathederal. I took the picture on the left with a flash, and the one on the right without. The picture without a flash actually came out better.

Neither of these came out very clear. The one on the left, I forgot to turn my flash back on. The one on the right was taken by someone else. But anyway, this is the group that went to Brahms' Requiem in Bremen. Kurt, Trish, Jim, Alicia, Kelly, and me.

Then we took the train back to Oldenburg and went to Jim's place to celebrate his birthday (didnt you get enough partying done on Wednesday night Jim?), and to celebrate the fact that Claudia, his roommate, is done with college!

Schovit
(Schocko- Vit... the vit stands for something I can't remember.)
At 3:00 AM, Schovit seemed like a pretty funny thing to name a chocolate drink mix.

German phrase of the day, taught to me by the lady I was sitting next to at the cathedral in Bremen.

Germany Map - where I lived

I lived and studied at the German university in Oldenburg which is near Bremen, and about two hours east of Hamburg, Germany. Clearly visible on the map are Bremen and Twistringen, Germany. When I go back, I'd like to visit Hannover and Berlin, as well as Cologne. Also, I'd like to visit more German castles, Because I only visited two in Nuremberg. Click on the buttons on this page to see pictures and advice about studying abroad in Germany (and traveling advice for France), or click the links below to go to strive4impact.com's other pages.

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