I've always liked history and been a little obsessed with my genealogy (the reason I'm in Ireland). The list (as far as my research has gone) is Ireland, England, Scotland, Germany, and France.
I knocked out England and France when I went on a student ambassador trip with People to People when I was 12. I visited London, Bath, Oxford, Paris, and Normandy. I'm lucky enough to have this extended stay in Ireland, the country I'm probably the most interested in. That leaves Scotland and Germany.
My mom's maiden name is Zimmerman and I'm not sure you can get much more German than that. So when I heard the film club at our school was taking a trip to Berlin, I decided to invite myself (and my travel buddy, Ali) along.
We have the whole week off of classes, so why only visit one place? My roommate and his friend are going to Madrid, so we also invited ourselves on that trip. So Madrid, then Berlin, then back to Dublin.
I'm not quite sure what we're going to be doing in either of those places, I'm just picturing some very interesting and foreign Spanish food,Sangria, parks, a trip to the Berlin Wall, sauerkraut, and delicious German beer. We'll see what else we can find.
Let's see if I can make my Spanish teachers proud. I don't speak a word of German (that's a lie, I threw one in the title of this blog) but... English a Germanic language so how hard can it be? Right? Right??
When I get back, it's going to be all about planning my Scottish adventure. I need to convince some friends to come with me first -- maybe I should remind the girls that Gerard Butler is a Scot.
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