--(1st pic: walking across the rhine, 2nd: bren's birthday shot, 3rd: in the beer garden, 4th: brennan's house) This last weekend i went to visit brennan and monica in bonn, germany for brennan's 21st birthday. i flew from madrid to frankfurt and then trained it to bonn from frankfurt and the train ride was so amazing! there were vineyards and green hillsides everywhere, and every once in awhile you would come across a random castle on top of a hill! it was absolutely amazing! that train ride made me fall in love with germany and i hadn't even done anything yet! it was definitely cold and i had to change from my flip flops to uggs as soon as i got there! bonn was city-like but definitely not as city as madrid is, it was similar to saying santa rosa is a city, its spread out and not as fast paced as a regular city. monica met me there and then we took a bus to brennan's house, which was very quaint and in a nice neighborhood. its a three story house and she is the only one on the top floor so she has here own space. she has a sister and two brothers in her host family, all of which speak english (lucky for her). we all hung out there for a while at caught up and then headed to dinner, at a regular dinner time which was unusual for me! we ended up going to a spanish restaurant, which was really good and enjoyed sangria and some vegetable paella that i could actually eat (cause in spain they only make it with shellfish)! after dinner we walked across the rhine river and headed to this bar called flowers. we walked in and there were flowers and disco balls hanging from the ceiling and murals of the beatles everywhere, playing of course some good hippie music! we had a lot of fun there and lillie and her friend emily ended up meeting us there with two of their friends they had met in germany. we hung out there all night and had a lot of birthday shots for bren! the next day we walked around bonn and went to a beer garden to cure the hangovers! the beer garden was so great! it was hidden and the girls had been there before so they knew where to go but it sat right on the edge of the rhine river and we had some delicious german beer and pizza. saturday night brennan's host family was out of town so me, bren, monica, lillie, and emily cooked at brennan's house. we made vegetable pasta (which turned out to be absolutely amazing) and salad. we just drank wine and hung out, it was really nice (something i miss being able to do at home!) sunday i headed back home. but we had a great time and i think brennan enjoyed her birthday! ...thanks mom and dad for letting me go! i love germany!!! hope everyone is doing well. email me to let me know whats going on in everyone's lives!! miss you all! love you lots!
xoxo, Lex
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