This week was the second Bajram break so I went with my friend to stay at her house. The first day was a long day of travelling. A bus to Split, then on to the plane then another few hours from the airport to her house in a car. Greeted parents and quickly hit the hay.
The next day we had toast for breakfast something you cannot get in Mostar, it felt like a luxury. Afterwards we went to Castle Frankenstein which was cool especially our descent home down the mountain along a mountain bike trail. When we finally reached the house we made pizza and relaxed in the evening with a Macdonalds, another item foreign to Mostar. It's amazing that not being able to get something even if you didn't particularly like it makes you crave it!
On the third day we travelled into Darmstadt down town, on a tram!! We did a bit of sight seeing, visiting a beautiful Russian chapel and seeing a lot of Jugendstil style architecture. I tried some traditional German pastries which were very yummy. We then went back to the house and watched a film (in german). We attempted to make a gingerbread house.... without ginger bread. We met another old friend and had a nice meal.
We then went to Mainz, a very pretty city. Again more sight seeing and a little bit of shopping. Home and too bed. The nest day we headed back in to Darmstadt down town, went sight seeing, shopped, met some old friends and then back to the house.
All the time we were there we tried some really good food, a lot of it traditional and all of it very tasty!!
On the sixth day we went to Frankfurt. Again more sight seeing and shopping and another friend to meet. Then we went to the zoo, it wasn't too bad but still a zoo is a cruel place. Home, eat, watch some German films and sleep.
The final day before we left we went to my friend's old school to give a presentation about UWC. Afterwards we went ice skating and in the evening went to see the new Harry Potter. It was all in german with no subtitles so I had to concentrate a lot to keep up!
The next day we travelled back to Mostar. Slightly stressful as our plane was late and we thought we would miss out taxis but luckily they waited and everything was fine. It was nice to arrive back in Mostar!!
Really loved the trip, learnt a lot about Germany and improved my German.
The Dom
Cathedral
The Russian Chapel
The Treacherous Mountain Bike Trail!
Castle Frankenstein
Gingerbread House.....the attempt
Frankfurt
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