La La La La La La Bamberg

This morning Leslie dropped me off at train station on her way to school. At that point I wasn't 100% sure where I was going. I had a couple of day trip destinations in mind, but I settled on a small town called Bamberg. Bamberg is supposedly the "Venice of Germany." I arrived around lunch time and set off. At first I wasn't impressed.


It was nice, but nothing fancy. If I would have gotten a map I would have realized that I wasn't in the right part of town. I turned around and went in the opposite way of where I thought i should go I was a believer. Bamberg is fantastic. It could be my favorite town so far.


As I was walking I had to squelch my urge to sing. I felt like I was in Beauty and the Beast. It was really lovely.


There was water everywhere, and people used it just like streets. I walked for the better part of the afternoon and I saw churches with creepy underground crypts.


Castles and a theater that called to my dramatic flair. I wish could have seen a play or been in one there.


When it was time to head back to Augsburg I was feeling great about my day. It was fantastic. The Internet is broken at Leslie's so when my train stopped through Nuremberg I decided the best thing to do was get off. After all, I knew where there was a Starbucks. After talking to my parents and checking on some things from home I headed back to catch the train to Augsburg. Because I was on a day pass ticket I couldn't take a direct train. I had change trains after an hour. Unfortunately, I started talking to a really nice girl from Russia who wanted to practice her English and without thinking got off the train at the wrong stop. I was stuck in the middle of nowhere.



I took the bus from the small station to the larger station in town. When I got there I had 30 seconds before the train I needed to be on left.


I chased that sucker down those very tracks, but didn't make it. I was forced to sit and wait an hour before the next train was scheduled to arrive.


Really exciting times. All I wanted to do was watch the game. When the train got there I was excited to be on my way. It was a tad bit creepy though because the train was missing people.






Yep, I had the train to myself. It was just me and the guy punches the tickets. If he would have been a bit more friendly I would have entertained us with a musical number, but instead he was all business.
When I finally got back to where I needed to be the busses were no longer running. Thank heavens Leslie came looking for me or I would still be walking. I will say that it was definitely a dramatic way to end a decade.

Location:Bamberg, Germany