Free Weekend

This past weekend was the weekend we were given to pusue our own interests. As you already know we have been traveling around to many cities on the weekends and have kept ourselves busy with many muesums, historical sites, shows, and tours. However, this weekend we were left to do as we pleased and go where we desired.

On Friday night a small group of us went salsa dancing! One of our classmates is from Colombia and he taught salsa dancing lessons for a number of years and was willing to help us learn a little. It was such a fun night. We learned a number of different dances and it was such a neat experience to learn from someone who was so obviously knowledgeable about it. It was really fun to pick up on some of the dance moves, but I will be honest I think it is a little easier for us girls to learn since all we have to do is follow the lead of our partner. :)

A group of us stuck together and decided to travel to Frankfurt for the day on Saturday. We jumped on a train in the morning and arrived in the city about an hour later. It was definitely a new experience to be in a city alone and have to figure things out on our own. We managed very well if I do say so myself. We found the tourist information and planned our day out and even managed to find the bus stop without getting lost! We decided to spend the day getting a couple tours of the city. We started out by getting a bus tour of the city. We were very much blessed to have a nice, warm, and sunny day, and so we got to enjoy the city from the open top of a double decker bus. After the bus tour we walked across the bridge in the city and got onto a boat that took us on a ride down the Rhine. From the boat we got an extraordinary view of the skyline of Frankfurt, and once again got to enjoy some more sun which has been very slim thus far this trip. After our tours and learning a lot about the landscape, structure, and uses of the buildings in Frankfurt we got the chance to walk into St. Paul's Cathedral. This was a special opportunity because this is the place where the rulers are coronated. We ended our day walking around the pedestrian zone of the city and heading back to the Hauptbahnhof (the main train station) to arrive back in Marburg for a relaxing night.