Hello to all! I apologize for not writing very often but Germany just has so much to offer! So I have been very busy! I think the last time I wrote was before we took a class adventure to Dresden and Leipzig. We traveled by train to Leipzig first. This is a wonderful city that has a university and wonderful old churches. We, of course, saw the Thomaskirche (Thomas Church) and the Nikolaikirche (also a church). These two churches are very old and famous. The Thomas Church has a very famous boys choir and Bach is burried there. Back in the day Bach would run back and forth to both of these churches on Sundays in order to play his music for the services.
Anyway, then we traveled to Dreseden. This is my favorite city in Germany so far! The night life was so great! We all had a blastand met some other American students! The city itself is beautiful and it has so many wonderful things to experience. We saw der Swinger (an old castle that is now many museums). The many parts feature things such as porcelin, armor and weapons, jewlry, art and much more! The art portion of the museum was my favorite! Inside hangs Rafeal's Madonna and tons of other old art! I think I spent 3 hours in there with my jaw on the floor. These pieces are not only beautiful but so massive. Most of the paintings are bigger than my full-sized mattress back in Texas! And it of course snowed on us the entire time but it was still so wonderful.
I hope everything is well back in Texas! I hear it is warm already! I love you all!
Michelle
Friday, March 27, 2009
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