"I feel like today will be an adventure." -Me.

Let me just say in my defense that I had no idea of the power of those words. I was thinking, Oh, today will be interesting... referring to the information we were about to learn that day. And it was. Every bit of it was amazingly interesting. Things boggled my mind on a regular basis. But then...

Adventure took on a whole new meaning.

< this is one of many blackbirds that haunted the Eagle's Nest. Carrie didn't like them very much. haha. Notice the grey background. It wasn't just overcast. We were inside the overcast. 

So we started out the day by getting on a series of trains and buses in order to reach this little place called the Eagles Nest. You may have heard of it. It's basically Hitler's Hide out he got as a birthday present from his buddy. He didn't really like it, and only went there like 5 times. But His girlfriend/wife Eva Brown went up there all the time. Any who, it's a really interesting tour with crazy information about the Mr. Hitler. For instance, he hated the sound of construction all the time, so he made it so all of the bunkers and all of the secret rooms were built under ground. So there is this huge network of bunkers inside this mountain. It's crazy stuff.

But aside the education we recieved today, we also got a few... other odd experiences. For instance the wide variety of tourists we met today. The American tourists (With fantastic accents) singing happy birthday on the phone on a bus full of Europeans and tourists alike who may or may not have just been on a 4 hour Hitler tour. The situation was quite odd. It got even more odd when the French people in front of us joined in. It was just an odd experience that required much self control. Another odd experience we had today was the whole part where we found ourselves in Austria for the second time, in the pouring rain, in a cafe where the menus all had eyes on them, and they were all looking at me. That was an odd experience. We didn't even plan on going to Salzburg at all. And we ended up there twice- in the rain- running around in the deserted streets looking for sound of music moments and Mozart statues, and the yellow Mozart house. It was pretty awesome. We felt like secret agents. Then we found ourselves in a cafe called MozART, where they had dark chocolate hot chocolate (holy amazing) and scrambled sweet pancakes. (well, that's basically what it is, but I cant spell the actual name) But the menu's kinda looked like this.

Creepy right? Well Ya. that happened. Then we found a taxi, and then we found the train station, and we thought we were done with adventures for the day. But oh no.

So let's just say that the young people of Germany have a... broader spectrum of knowledge. Some of this knowledge is a bit... unnecessary. We over heard an interesting conversation between a 20 something German/Russian and a few Koreans. In the beginning we had a hard time figuring out what they were talking about. They were talking about prices, and how the weather was making it more expensive. We had no idea. Then it became very clear that the German/Russian was helping the Koreans arrange... for some female evening companionship. ANYWAY. So That happened, and a few minutes passed by, and the German/Russian turns to Carrie and asks where we were from. Then, like everyone else that met us, asked about the political situation, and the candidates running for presidency. He then asked if Romney's religion affected our opinion of him. Then, as you can imagine, MANY more questions about the church followed. However, I couldn't tell you half of the conversation because as soon as he figured out that Carrie spoke German, the language I could understand ceased to be spoken. So.... ya. I'm not much help at this point. But just the thought of that situation made us laugh all the way home.
So ya. That feeling I had that morning? Pretty accurate.