A little behind schedule, I know but here is all about my first weekend in Deutschland.
This weekend I decided to stay near Saarbrücken and explore what the area has to offer.
On Friday, a festival called Saarspektakel took place and a bunch of us from Language school went to it. There was a lot of food, drinks, music, and entertainers. There was even a group that performed that did tricks with lights and even fire!
The electric scooter my host brother, Ferdinand, took me to the Saarspektakel on.
Natalie, Alysha, and I at the festival
With my friend Keith at Saarspektakel
The Saar River
One of the performer, the Magic Artists
On Saturday my host mom took me with her into France to get groceries for her birthday on the 12th of August.
Driving to the grocery store in France
The bakery inside the grocery
All of the bottled water in the grocery store...there so much of it!
It was awesome to be able to drive into France so easily and quickly. At times you can't even tell which country you are in.
Driving through France/Germany
French horses, just for Kalie-Rose!
A small castle in Saarbrücken.
\The Saar River
The view from the Saarbrücken Castle
Sunday was the day we went out and explored the Saarland and beyond. We first ventured to the Saar Bow, an extreme bend in the Saar River that occurs naturally.
Natalie and I at the Saar Bow
Natalie, Ferdi, and I
Next, my host mom took my friend Natalie and I to Mettlach, Germany, the home of Villeroy and Boch. Villeroy and Boch is a ceramics company that produces dinnerware as well as other ceramic objects. While visiting the museum there, we were able to eat in the beautiful cafe and have some kaffee und kuchen.
The entrance at Villeroy and Boch.
At the Villeroy and Boch ceramics museum.
Kaffee und Kuchen
The beautiful cafe modeled after a similar cafe in Dresden, Germany
After visiting Mettlach, we headed to Schengen, Luxembourg, the location of the Schengen Agreement. The Schengen Agreement allows people to travel freely between the inner borders of 25 countries. It is a pretty area right on the River Moselle and there was a small wine festival going on while we were there.
The River Moselle
A hotel and garden in Schengen, Luxembourg.
Overall, I had a wonderful first weekend in Germany. I can't believe that I was in 3 countries in 2 days. What a great way to start off this experience.
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