Thursday, May 19

            Thursday was our final day trip to Ulm, about a 45 minute train ride away. Like always, the first thing we did was take a city tour and look at old churches, but what was different about this tour was that the old church we looked at was the Ulm Muenster, with the world’s highest church steeple at 530ft high. We eventually trekked all the way up, but I’ll talk about that later. The tour guide showed us around the main parts of the city, and while it was kind of boring I found all of the little waterways really pretty and cool, and it reminded me of Venice because the buildings were right on top of the water. After the tour we went to lunch and ate an Ulm classic, potato pancakes, but they were really just crepes. While they were very good, it took so long for our food to come, and some people had even eaten lunch and dessert before others had their appetizers. We then had about an hour to digest our food and walk around before heading back to the town square to conquer the Muenster, and it was quite the hike. It took about 20 minutes just to get up to the first of three balconies, and the stairs only got more narrow the further you got up. The very top balcony was so narrow that you could only fit one person across, and that became a big issue when people wanted to get down at the same time as people were coming up. It was actually kind of scary trying to get down, squeezing by people on extremely steep and short stairs, but it was all worth it because the view was amazing. You could see where the city ended and farm country started, something I had never seen before from the top of a building. After climbing down, we got back on the train and headed back to Augsburg one last time, as Friday is our off day. I’m sad it’s coming to an end, but I think I’m ready to get my summer started back home.