July 24, 2016

Hello, trip sponsors!
Welcome to the last Sunday before you get to see your babies. I am Eden Krenzel and I'll be your writer for today.

To start things off I would like to apologise for the blandness of today's post as today's adventure was a very calm one.

The morning started off as usual. Everyone woke up at around 7am and then went down for breakfast. We finished eating and left to catch our 20 minute train to the Baltic sea at 8:40am. The ride was pretty quick and calm. We were all still sleepy, but pretty excited to go to the beach. Once we got there, Frau rented us a few cabanas to share. As soon as we got to them, we dropped off our stuff and took a group picture. Following that we split up into groups, some going swimming and some tanning (we put on sunscreen). The water in the Baltic Sea was very cold but still warmer than the Rhein, and much saltier than what we're used too. There were some jellyfish present, but they were all friendly and none of us got stung! 

Academites walking to the beach

Around noon, most groups split up to go get food. It happened to be that at the exact time we were at the beach, there was a sailing festival. There were competitions all around us and many different food stands. Since the food was so close and there was such a big variety, many of us went to go get lunch at the festival. Some of the popular foods were: bratwurst, crepes, falafel, french fries, garlic bread, and pizza. The weather was also amazing, sunny, but also slightly windy, thus we were able to walk around with our food and explore the festivals. Aside from the food, there was also live music, jewelry stands, clothing stands, art stands, and many other interesting and entertaining things to explore. 

The beach we were on and the
cabanas that were there

Academy tanning party

Once people finished eating and exploring, we went back to the beach where we again split off into swimming and tanning. At this point most of us got really tired -- so many fell asleep. Slowly, most of the class congregated together and we ended up getting together and all tanning and hanging out by each other. Since at this point it was about, four in the afternoon, we decided that we should stay and get dinner at the festival, and then we could take the 6:30pm train home and then come back early enough to pack and get ready for tomorrow's trip to Berlin. Thus, for the next two hours, we played frisbee, tanned, and then went on to explore the sailing competition and the rest of the festivals until we finally returned back to our hotel.

When we got back to our hotel it was only about 7pm so most of us took showers, got redressed, and then proceeded to go out with our friends and explore Lubeck. After that, we all got ready for tomorrow's early ride to Berlin and then we proceeded to congregate in each other's room where we talked, laughed, and ate A LOT of candy. 

Thus, overall, while the day was pretty calm and not too adventurous, our class still had an incredible amount of fun and we could not have been happier to have a calm and relaxing day before our intense three day touring trip to Berlin. Make sure to check out tomorrow's blog to Keep up with our adventures in Berlin.