Veni, Vidi, Vallendar

  August 21, 2021 My train was at 10:25 and went directly to Koblenz, where I then took a bus to Vallendar. I had to get all of my luggage uphill for the longest 5 minutes of my life. While I was dripping sweat, the manager of housing greeted me and gave me a tour and information that I would need for my stay here. Then I went out to get groceries since everything is closed on Sunday here. I checked my mailbox on the way in and already had 3 letters! Thanks, Mom! Text me if you wanna be penpals!! a blurry train pic August 22, 2021 I woke up and went to church, there were only about 7 other people in attendance. On the way back to my dorm I walked by the WHU campus so I walked around a little to see my new school! Right as I got home, it started to pour.  the admin building at WHU, which was a castle!! After the rain subsided I decided to go on a walk.  August 23, 2021 I still had not met a single person in Vallendar, so I went exploring on my own again in the afternoon....

August 17, 2021 My journey started around 9 am and I set off to Philosophenweg, which is a huge park on a mountain. I walked through a beautiful neighborhood to get there. There are tons of different paths that you can go on once you're at the park, one of which leads to a tower to get an even higher view of the city.  10/10 would recommend the hike for the views, 0/10 would recommend wearing sandals and jeans while doing so. The scenery is definitely worth it, iPhone camera quality is just not cuttin it. After the watch tower, I headed down the mountain a different way to see the historic bridge and walked around for a while until I put my next destination into Google Maps. My next destination, however, was back up the same mountain I had just come down. So I trekked back up. If Heidelberg Thingstätte is on your itinerary, make sure you keep google maps pulled up the whole time. It kept getting confused about where I was and telling me I was on the wrong path. When in doubt, stay ...