Monday, January 21, 2013

January 15th


We gathered early to leave for Germany on the beloved charter bus. As an aside, I think I was awake for a combined total of 30 minutes for all of the bus rides. I consistently got refreshing sleep on that bus. Anyway, Aachen is a city right near the Dutch border and it is a medium sized German town. We got off the bus and went to the EGS Annaschule which was a Protestant Primary school but would be considered a public school in America despite its religious affiliation. The lady at the school reminded me of Professor Umbridge from Harry Potter. I don’t know why.
After the school we went to an amazing lunch of soup and sandwiches before briefly walking the city. We went into a large, ornate church and some local stores before heading off to the Three Country Point.
We were only at the Three Country Point for about ten minutes but it was cool to be in three countries (Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands) at the same time. After, we went to the only American WWII cemetery in Holland. It was really moving and cool to see in the snow and our guide was informative and engaging.
We then headed back to Maastricht and all the guys ordered in that night and we just chilled the night away.

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