Europe, Germany

Little Sister’s Adventures Continued

Little Sister’s Adventures Continued

Alrighty, so my sister’s trip is winding down and she’ll be home at the end of the month so I’ve ask her for a second half of her trip post. She has done a lot, so again this will be broken up into a few different ones. Stay tuned!

P.S. I think I need a better title for her stuff than “little sister…”

JMF


After the Amsterdam weekend there were a couple weekends that I relaxed a bit and made smaller trips to recuperate. One was a kayak trip to Rursee with the group of students that I am in Aachen with doing research. Despite the rainy weather, it was a great day. We had wetsuits which made us look like Power Rangers, but that kept us really warm and relatively dry. That same weekend I got to see some relics, including Jesus’ swaddling cloth and Mary’s robe, that were on display at the Aachen Dom. It’s a huge pilgrimage site because the items only go on display every seven years so I guess I timed my visit to Aachen pretty well.

That same day I completed my list of things to do in Aachen with finally trying the Printen. Printen is a gingerbread tasting cookie that is officially only allowed to be made in Aachen. I didn’t think I’d like it but now I randomly find myself craving it. It does taste like gingerbread, but with piece of candied ginger in it I think, it’s softer than normal gingerbread and dipped in different chocolates. I bought a pack to take home and I find myself resisting it pretty often. The next weekend I headed just an hour away to Monschau. It’s a beautiful little town but quite frankly not a whole lot to do. I spent a lot of time walking around the Altstadt, the old city. Then I saw the castle there and some tower ruins. It was just a very typical old town with the leaning houses and narrow streets.

JKO

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