19 September 2016
Today marks my 27th day in Bremen. 
Between the last two weeks I have visited three new cities: Osnabrück, Hanover and Paris, France. I have walked, ran and jogged across stretches of streets enriched with culture and history. With over hundreds of miles under my belt, I could not be more grateful for the traveling partners I have had this month and all the amazing people I have met along the way.
Osnabrück is a city about an hour and thirty minutes aways from Bremen Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) filled with colorful graffiti and long stone roads of bars, restaurants and small shops. 
My cellphone died the first 30 minutes into city but at least I managed a quick shot of my already-licked gelato ice cream. Each city in Germany feels so different from one another, I find it difficult to compare. The atmosphere and weather has been outstanding this last month with little to no rain, and a nice cool breeze with a clear blue sky, giving Osnabrück the limelight of the evening. Completely mesmerized by its beauty, my roommate and I wander a bit too long and almost missed our connecting train back to Bremen.
The very next day I did not waste one second of my Saturday afternoon and hopped into the first train into Hanover, Germany; another city you can travel to within an hour from Bremen Hauptbahnhof. Definitely another city for the books. The life outside of the Hanover Hauptbahnhof was thrilling the moment you stepped outside the doors with food tents, shops, live music and venues. The city of Hanover was right on board with me, no time to waste Saturday indoor. The city has two Rathauses (city halls) and one of them faces a small pond surrounded by a public parks where people where walking, running, riding bikes or laying in the sun. Germans know how to enjoying a sunny day with some beer and wine on the side. Love this culture so far.
The Rathaus looks like a palace and I could not stop taking pictures of this architecture. I visited inside the Rathaus and on the first floor they have four miniature models of Hanover from the 1600’s, prior to WWII, after the bombing of WWII, and modern day Hanover. The city has to be completely reconstructed and demonstrated the growth of the city after the bombing, truly remarkable.
The week of class is generally slower pace because my classes are all scattered throughout the week from Monday to Friday but this last weekend I had to chance and pleasure to meet up with my two best friends in Paris. That weekend can only be described by this phrase “Long Live the Macroons.”
With my first month almost done, I have five days to prepare myself to take on another big city of Germany: Berlin with my close friend from Stanford.