Spain!

On our drive to Montpellier we realized we were driving on the same road as the Tour De France! It was so cool!

We spent the last few days in Spain! 

On Wednesday we drove to Montpellier, France (which is on the Mediterranean) and we spent the night there. On Thursday we drove to Puerto De La Selva, Spain and spent the day at the beach swimming and ate dinner by the sea! On Friday we woke up early and took the train to Barcelona which was AMAZING! We saw so many cool Cathedrals and the city was so cool! Saturday we slept in and went to Roses, a city nearby and spent the day at the beach where Alex got a relaxing massage, while laying next to the sea! 

Saturday night we stayed up late and went night swimming in the Mediterranean which was super fun! And scary! 

Sunday, we drove back to France and spent some time by the river! We went to Alice's friends birthday dinner and then saw the fireworks in celebration of Bastille Day! Which is in celebration of the French Revolution! It was really exciting to be in France on such a big holiday! 

 

France!

Today we rode in Alice's orange convertible to her friend's farm! 

They showed us all their animals; cows, chickens, ducks, geese, bunnies and even kittens! 

After visiting the farm we went to a small town and picked up some pizza and took it to the lake to eat! 

Then we drove 30 minutes into the country to see a beautiful waterfall! We even got to go behind it!

When we got home we were very tired, but we went to the swimming pool where Alice works and participated in a water aerobics class that Alice's friend taught! 

Finally, we had dinner with Alice's parents and gave them their gifts which they greatly appreciated! 

 

3 Countries in 3 Days!

On Friday night (our last night with Weysa in Germany) we went to Weysa's girlfriend Duffy's house, a huge home in the country complete with horses! We had a BBQ at Duffy's with all their soccer teammates and ate all kinds of meat, and they drank multiple bottles of beer, while we watched of course! (But seriously, we really don't like the taste of beer..eww!)

Duffy let us ride the horses around her house while we waited for their friends to come! 

On Saturday, Kiana's grandparents picked us up from Weysa's home in Werther, Germany and we began our drive to France! 

We stayed the night in Hidelberg, Germany and walked along the river and visited this castle! 

On the way we stopped at small rest stops for a picnic lunch on the roadside.

On Sunday we stopped in Lusanne and Geneve, Switzerland! And had dinner in Geneve at a very nice restaurant. We've been eating most of our meals outside, which has been so pretty! 

Finally, after some hotel trouble outside of Switzerland we finally made it to Saint Chely, France! Alice made us all crépes that were delicious! We said our good byes and thank you's to Honey and Steen for driving us (they are now headed to Sweden) and Alice and her friends took us to the river to swim! However it was very cold, and reminded us of the creeks in Oregon. 

We had dinner with Alice's family and ended the day by going to a pub with Alice and her friends!

Day 5

After sleeping in until 12:30 because of the concert last night, we woke, got ready and went with Weysa and her friend Berit into town to search for more Birkenstocks! Then we took the bus back home and hung out for a bit before we went to dinner with Weysas friends at a local restaurant just 5 minutes from her house! I had a delicious German schnitzel with "twister" (or our version of curly fries), and Alex had a delicious margarita pizza. It was great memories getting to know her friends, they did a great job speaking English :) we hung out at the restaurant talking for a good two hours and ended the meal eating some of Lika's fresh strawberries from her work! 

Day 4 in Germany!

We ended up sleeping in and then running to the grocery store for our 2 hour drive to Hannover, where we saw Rihanna in concert! It was really cool!!! She did a really good job! And there was even fire incorporated into her show! It was amazing! On the drive back it rained a lot, and we didn't get home until 1:00 am, so of course we slept in again! Overall we're having a great time!

Day 3 in Germany!

This morning we visited the Cathedral in Köln! After taking a 2 hour long train ride into the city! 

Inside the magnificent church!

We saw the bridge of locks! Apparently you write your and your partners names on the lock and throw the key into the water, which means that your love will last forever.

Shopping in downtown Köln (Cologne) 

They had a lot of American stores, and department stores which was really interesting! 

Unfortunately the train we were waiting for to take us back to Bielefeld fell off the tracks so we had to wait over an hour for a new one, but that took to long so we ended up getting a free ride on the expensive bullet train! 

We finally found the Birkenstock store!!! And we got Birks for our boys! 

Day 2 in Germany

We started out this morning by heading to the local bakery for breakfast before school. Weysa is studying to become a travel agent and had school this morning, so we got to sit in the back of her class and observe (although this was difficult because everything was in German!). Then due to our lack of sleep, we went back to the car and slept while Weysa finished her classes. Bielefeld is the city her school is in, so we got to explore the area. We went to Sparrenburg castle and climbed several flights of stairs until we reached the top where it overlooked the entire city with such beautiful views. Next, we drove to the popular shopping area of the city where we walked around looking at stores. I also got to taste a real German bratwurst (it was very good as you can tell from the smile on my face).