So:
a bus tour through Germany. a very nice way to begin my journey.
who? : me, my mom, my grandparents, 3 aunts, 3 uncles, and 2 cousins. oh and about 30 other people.
where? : Weisbaden to Baden-Baden to Munich to Weimar to Rothenburg to Dresden to Berlin. In 14 days.
Highlights:
in weisbaden, some of us went to the circus, and not just any circus. This was Flic-Flac. Not that i've ever been to a circus before, but this is not what i usually imagine. You could go to the website and look at the pictures to see what i mean. www.flicflac.de (don't be thrown off by the german, go to aktuelles program).

in Munich, my cousins... who, by the way, are the coolest cousins ever, Stephen and Erin, and i couldn't have done this bus tour without them... so we went out to learn about nightlife in Germany. We walked a long time, almost gave up, until we found this place where all the clubs were. They are not mixed in with other stores and restaurants, but all in these certain areas, like a food court, only it's a club court. well, we were there around 10 at night and some of the clubs were not even open. We did not party all night, but we could have.

of all the cities, dresden was my favorite. it was not too big, and we didn't look like slobs compared to the rest of the people. i felt like i could have lived there pretty easily, if i knew german, which i don't.

berlin...
was cool. we tried some absinthe. i was expecting something a little more. and i spent a lot of time riding the underground and surface trains around the city.

I drank a lot of beer, ate a lot of food (although it is a little hard being vegetarian in germany), stayed in really nice hotels, and had a good time with the family. thanks mom for bringin me along.

(pictures coming soon)

Note: obviously this is just a little taste. maybe if you e-mail me, i will give you more details. i like to get e-mails.