VERY FIRST UPDATE

So it has taken me forever to actually make this but here is a brief overview of the past three weeks.
We had our opening tour in Berlin, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; and Vienna, Austria.

Here are my friends and I in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Berlin was absolutely crazy. Imagine 150 college kids who are now legally able to drink. Oh and there isn't an open container law in Europe. Enough said.  So we had tours of Berlin and we even saw a concentration camp.  We all did a pub crawl that took us to 5 different bars and ended at a club.  Berlin was great because it was very European and still a lot of it was similar to America.

This is Shannon and I in Prague.

Prague was so beautiful and was definitely my favorite city we visited on opening tour.  We had to switch currency from the euro to the crown and everything was really cheap in Prague.  It didn't seem like because a drink would cost like 90 crown but in reality that was about $4.50 when you converted it.  It was very confusing. I felt like I was spending Monopoly money.  We had a walking tour of the city, we ran a race for life, went to a sex machine museum, drank a beer by the river that ran through the middle of the city, went to a 5 story club and did yet another pub crawl. 

This is a crazy children's play place we played in at a castle in Vienna.

Okay so this isn't the best picture to depict my time at Vienna but we had so much fun at this 

castle! There was another organized tour at a castle but a few of us got separated from the group and we wandered around this giant castle! It was absolutely incredible! Later that day, we rented bikes and rode around the city.  We were pretty burnt out by the time we got to Vienna so we took it easy for the most part.

Then we finally got to Florence. What a beautiful city! Pictures cannot even come close to how incredible it is here.  I am living in a pensione in a quad with Meredeth, Jackie and a girl named Elle. Elle is from LMU and we met her on opening tour.  She is so much fun! So we were in Florence for two days and then it was off to OKTOBERFEST in Munich, Germany.

Oktoberfest was insane to say the least.  Imagine people from all over the world who are in the same city for the soul purpose to eat big pretzels, devour bratwursts and drink beer by the liter.  We met people everywhere! The Australians were my favorite! There were thousands of people crowding the whole festival and beer maids brought us our beer at the big bier garden where we drank!

This is my friends and I after a hike in Capri.

This last weekend, a few girls and I went to the Amalfi Coast. This is the coast in south west Italy.  We stayed in Sorrento but traveled to the island of Capri, Positano and Pompeii.  This place was so gorgeous. Unfortunately the weather wasn't the best while we were there but it was still great to see everything!  We did the trip through EuroAdventures and they made a short video of our trip! You can see it at this link.

This weekend I am going to the French Riviera and I cannot wait!! Keep in touch! Facebook and Skype is the best way to get ahold of me. (Skype name is lkirby08).
I love and miss everyone!!