My 354th Day in Germany

I can't believe how fast this year has gone by. I have less than a month left of school and my overall time in Germany. Along with most of the people in my program I have mixed feelings about my year in Tübingen coming to an end. On one hand I miss my family and friends and that cool ocean breeze I've been so blessed with my whole life (especially in comparison to the humidity I've been melting in) and on the other, I'm not ready for it to be done. I'm not ready to start all over again at Cal Lu and leave my world here. Over the course of this year I've learned so much about myself, and it's not even over yet! It's gotten to the point where my life in California is almost a fantasy, I'm just so detached from everything happening on that side of the world. It makes me both sad and relieved. As of today, this moment I don't even want to think about getting on the plane on August third. The thought of packing makes me crazy and leaves me wanting to just sit in the park and soak up Universitätstadt Tübingen. I'm not ready to say goodbye. 

It's summer again, back to where my adventure here began. The warm, sunny weather brings everyone out of their homes and into the parks and lake beaches replenishing the vitamin D they were so deprived of during our cold and icy winter. 

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Rainbow after a thunderstorm driving back from Lake Constance

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Esslinger Erdbeerfest (strawberry festival in Esslingen am Necker) I was on strawberry overload. 

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The Mitfahrgelegenheit van Allie and I took to Paris. 7 and a half hours from Tübingen to Paris in the back of a poorly ventilated VW van. Definitely a once in a lifetime experience.

 

 

**More pictures are definitley coming.