Oh, the places you'll go: Traveling!

January 15

Today we traveled through four countries: France, Luxembourg, America, and Germany. I’ll explain!

We had a pretty early morning- we had to be packed up and on the road by 9a to make 11a church in Reims, France. Of course we were all able to sleep on the bus, though. It’s getting pretty tiring having to pack up and check out of the hotel almost daily!

We attended a Catholic church today… Notre Dame Church of the Lady. The cathedral was huge and not heated- I could see my breath the whole service. The benches were also extremely uncomfortable, and the entire service was in French. Basically it was not an enjoyable experience. J After church we had some lunch in Reims then loaded the bus again for another three hour ride to Luxembourg. In Luxembourg is an American cemetery from World War II and this cemetery is American soil. Crazy! General Patton is buried here, along with about 5,000 other soldiers and one female nurse. Then it was back on the bus to Trier- the oldest city in Germany dating back to 16 BC- where our hotel is for the night. After dinner with the whole group at the hotel we had free time to explore the city.

While we were driving along the road today Prof. Nielsen pointed out some goofy looking trees- tall leafless trees with large moss balls growing on the branches. They are mistletoe trees which grow in the winter and need sun to grow. I thought it was kinda neat to actually see mistletoe trees!