Author: Reese Kaiser

The most interesting thing about Wittenberg was the church that we went to. It was the church where Luther nailed his 95 thesis on the doors of the church. The service was all in German so we couldn’t understand it that well and the church was insanely hot. It was really cool to see where Luther was buried and to see the same doors where he nailed his thesis.

One of the weirdest parts of Wittenberg was how empty it was. It was a Sunday so a lot of stores were closed, but the streets were almost empty. There weren’t many locals around and it doesn’t seem to be a popular place anymore for tourists.

This is a group photo on one of our weekend trips to Lubeck.

For the last week, 6 of us took a 3 day trip to Vienna, Austria.

Some would argue that Brotchen is one of the greatest things in Germany.

It was very interesting after visiting the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and the holocaust museum to see how much the Germans are making an effort to show what they did during WWII and to remember the people that died. There are also plaques throughout the entire city that show who lived in that building during WWII and the concentration camps they were sent to. They had plaques for people that died during the Holocaust and also for those that escaped and survived. The Holocaust museum was interesting because there were a lot of quotes from Jews about what they had to experience and what they witnessed. One particular quote I remember was from someone that survived the Holocaust. She mentioned how she was not an important character to tell the story of what happened because the important people were the ones that died.

Berlin is awesome! Of all of the cities I’ve been too, this is the only one that I would like to live in. The public transportation is very efficient and it doesn’t feel packed like other cities. The food is also very delicious. The doners remind me a lot like the food in Kazakhstan and the bratwurst is very good.

Some things that I didn’t expect were that there are so many nice cars here and that the city has a big emphasis on recycling. Every car in the city is either very expensive or it is very well kept and still a nice vehicle. There is also a large tax put on every bottle you purchase that can be refunded if you recycles them. The tax greatly helps people from leaving their bottles around or just throwing them out.

Some things that I miss from the US are free water and air conditioning. You have to pay for all of your water and their are no water fountains for you to drink from. It is hard to find a cold drink in Germany because most people don’t use ice in their drinks. They also don’t have any air conditioning so it is very hot all day until the sun goes down.