Andiamo a Germania!

Hey everyone!

It's been another crazy week in Europe...no surprise there. It's been gorgeous, you don't quite need a coat weather, and I've been enjoying it SO much. I've also been playing lots of piano (I actually see myself getting better!) and hanging out with Una, our Irish librarian, doing research for a paper on how clothing in Renaissance Florence changed as the society did. It's actually been lots of fun.

In about fifteen minutes, I'm walking to the train station to hop a one and a half hour train to the Pisa Airport, where Rob and I will catch a flight to Frankfurt. We're flying Ryanair for the first time and have heard mixed reviews about them, so I'm a little nervous. It was only 30 Euro round trip though, so I can't complain too much. We are renting a car when we get there, which will most likely be manual, so that will also be quite the experience. Neither one of us have ever driven one more than once or twice :P We're staying in a tiny town called Creglingen in an apartment for six days. It's about two hours from Frankfurt and three hours from Munich. There's tons of hiking and biking right around that area, so we're excited to get outside and do some exploring! We're also quite excited to cook for the first time since we've been in Europe. It should be quite the trip. We're going to try to make it to Neuschwanstein Castle, the castle that Disney's Cinderella castle is modeled after, and maybe also to Munich. I'm most nervous for the driving, but also really, really excited.

We'll be back sometime Tuesday afternoon, if all goes well, and have two days of school before another three day weekend. We may stay here, or we may go gallavanting, depending on how exhausted we are and how the weather is. I expect we'll be ready to go again though, since this will be a really relaxing week.

I hope everyone is well. It seems like everyone is travelling at some point this week, so I wish you all safe travels (specifically Grandma and Grandpa to Yellowstone, Dad and Blaine to California, and Mom back to the blizzarding Montana). I love you all!