Oh Hey Germany!

After visiting Saarbrucken in the Saarland and Trier, the oldest city in Germany, housing relics from when the Romans were there...here are some of my Germany musings:

- There was more spray paint than expected
- I was surprised with amount of english spoken.  People understand it nearly everywhere, including family run shops.
- Beer at 10am is totally cool
- Old churches are well kept and are everywhere.  They also have a fondness to ringing the bells to announce prayer times- which is lovely but loud when many are in town.
- The hoarse language reminds me of arabic...in that it sounds gruff but usually the conversations that sound scariest are leading to a group of people laughing hysterically.
- Pretzels are definitely better here....  and therefore are needed as daily snacks
- Every store that sells clothing has liederhosen.  Yet i saw no people wearing it.  This may mean that I need to return when there are festivals happening.
- Older buildings tend to have writing on the walls indicating the year they were built which is a great walking history lesson.
​-The cities are super clean due to street sweepers, people manually sweeping, and tourists using trash cans.
-  In Saarbrucken there is a yearly boat festival which packs the town which I would love to see...as just jogging by the river is lovely, I can only imagine it during a time when the river is full of boat parties lining the docks.
- Eating outside in the city centers is beyond relaxing and was one of the best reasons to visit!  Enjoying lovely architecture with good friends and stellar food.  Seconds please!

If you've been following my journey thus far...