Soooo, I am back from my long hiatus! This past weekend I went to visit a good friend of mine from Asheville School (Matthias Greulich) in his small town of Greven, Germany. I visited him two years ago for a month and met all of his friends and family, so I was excited for the long-awaited reunion! Matthias and his friend Michi (short for Michael) picked me up from the airport late Thursday night. We chatted in the car and Matthi translated for Michi, who has a little bit of trouble expressing all of his thoughts in English. After dropping Michi off at his house, we drove to another friend's (Jonas') house where we, of course, had a beer and chatted for a few hours.
The next day Matthi took me to the Kalkreise where the Battle of Teutoburg Forest took place. Oook, for all of you who do not know your Germanic or Roman history: this was a pivotal battle that took place in Lower Saxony between the Germanic tribes and the Romans. The Germans were able to strategically trap the Romans in a narrow field, and therefore defeat the enemy. Over the years there have been numerous excavations of this site and an ample amount of archeological discoveries have been made (weapons, bones, coins, armor, bowls, etc). The museum was really interesting especially since I had never heard of this specific battle. After the museum we drove to a nearby town outside of Osnabrück called Tecklenburg. This small town, first documented in the 12th century, exhibits beautiful red-roofed cottages inside the decaying medieval castle walls.
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