It's been awhile! So, we last updated from Lithuania. Since then we have been to Riga, Latvia, Tallinn, Estonia, flew to Berlin, Germany, and now we are visiting a friend in Cologne, Germany!
Riga, Latvia- The Old Town was beautiful! We spent most of our time walking around there and playing in the leaves that had changed color and fallen off the trees near the river. I can't explain how wonderful it is to experience a real fall season! Our hostel wasn't the best, it was difficult to socialize and in the kitchen there was only a hot plate that you COULD NOT BOIL WATER ON which made cooking very difficult. Overall, Riga was not our favorite.
Tallinn, Estonia- BEAUTIFUL. Oh my. Very beautiful old town and just a generally enjoyable place to walk around. We stayed at an awesome hostel and met some really great people! We went on a pub crawl, had a little football party where we streamed the Niners game on a projector and watched it with fellow fans, and watched cruise ships come in from the abandoned building overlooking the Baltic Sea.
Berlin, Germany- We couch surfed for the second time! We stayed with a 21 year old and her parents in their really nice/well decorated flat in West Berlin. We did the four hour walking tour which was fantastic! We also went out with our couch surfing host and her friend to a couple bars one night which was great fun. Our last night there we had to find a hostel because our host originally told us we were only able to stay for two nights (turns out we could have stayed al three, but oh well). Our hostel was in a nice area and we met a few people, plus there was a 2 for 1 happy hour at the hostel bar which you really can't beat!
Cologne, Germany- We took an eight hour bus ride from Berlin to Cologne. My friend, Emily,then picked us up and we stayed with her for the weekend in one of the nicest houses! It really was like staying in a hotel. Anyhow, during the day we went to a flea market, got crepes, did a little shopping, climbed to the top of the tallest gothic cathedral in all of Europe (quite scary), did a little more shopping, rested a bit, then we met all of Emily and her boyfriend's really awesome friends and then at like 1 AM or something we went to a club and stayed there until 5 AM or so! Everyone parties a lot later here and it's definitely hard to get used to, but we had a great time!
We are currently in a van on our way to Amsterdam and using ride share for the first time and the driver is playing a bunch of American hip hop/rap, it's funny.
So after Amsterdam, we take an overnight bus to London where we will be for a day, then we meet up with Koby's aunt the following afternoon and get a ride to Wales where we will visit for a couple days, then we have a day of travel (bus, train, ferry), and we'll arrive in Dublin at 5 AM, and fly home at 10 AM! Our trip is quickly coming to an end and it's bittersweet.
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