Below Freezing....in Amberg....Really Cold

This week started off with a bang! Danni finally came and Annie was soooooo excited to see her. ;) We decided to stay close to the base so Danni could get settled into her new habitat. We did a day trip to Amberg, a small town about a 30 minute train ride form Vilseck. It was so beautiful and quaint. One of our supervisors was amazing and picked us up from the train station and drove us to the local monastery, Our Lady of ........we can't remember actually. It was on top of this little hill and surrounded by beautiful forests. Sarah found her true passion in her life (besides speech pathology of course), frolicking in the snow...by herself....as people stared. Just kidding :) Danni joined her and it was so much fun! Unfortunately, Annie's boots inhibited her frolicking abilities. We stopped at this little restaurant next to the monastery and ordered fruit tea and soup. Danni and Annie had beef broth soup with a raw egg yolk smack dab in the middle! It was sooooo good! Sarah got tomato soup to match her red hair :)

Walking in Amberg
Once we came back from the monastery, we were able to walk around the historic district. We stopped at a little brewery for lunch where the owner told us a little about Amberg's history and gave us some free guidebooks and pamphlet about the 1,000 year old town. There were lots of places to shop for clothes, phone plans. You name it, they had it! We stopped at one of the local bakeries Annie's supervisor recommended. Sarah thought she ordered 4 slices of bread until the worker gave her almost a whole loaf. Let's just say we need to work on our German. The bread was flavorful and unlike anything you'll find in the states.
       As we were walking around waiting for our train, a little old German man shuffled us into his antique store. Initially we thought he  just wanted to sell us something until he brought out his younger son, pointed at Sarah, smiled and gestured his son toward her. From this interaction, we have all deduced that Germans enjoy ladies of the red headed variety. Turns out his other son was married to a woman from California! Maybe it is a small world after all.

Drinking "Biere"!!

The Monastery in Amberg!

So pretty but SOOO cold! 

So many smiles....so little time

     As we rode back to Vilseck Annie enjoyed her breze (german for "pretze"l), Sarah had a cinnamon cake, and Danni had the German equivalent of a Mcdonalds apple pie...but better! Next week we're heading to Interlaken, Switzerland with Crystal and Charnelle. We'll keep you posted!