Collect ’em All!
When I found out I was going to Germany, I half-seriously made it a goal to see all sixteen of the Bundesländer which make up the Bundesrepublik Deutschland. When I got to Germany, I made it a quite serious goal. As time has a serious habit of getting away from me, the goal has now settled in the realm of half-quite-seriousness. I’ve visited half of them so far, and I have much less than half of my time left to see the rest. But this weekend I’ll be making a very serious attempt to reinvigorate the goal as I journey to both Sachsen-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern! I’ll be visiting friends from the program in both Magdeburg and Rostock, and hopefully will get a look at the Baltic Sea!

Gotta love those natural boundaries.
In celebration of this jaunt, here is a haiku about each of the Bundesländer I’ve visited so far (in chronological order):
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Hessen
Landings, a castle,
A launchpad, a meeting point.
Thanksgiving with friends.
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Baden Württemberg
I miss those shores and also
Meinen kleinen Zug.
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Bayern
Schön’s Wochenenden
To the consulate and back;
Oktober, a fest.
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Nordrhein-Westfalen
Rainy foreign days
Give way to friendly faces.
Learning forever
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Rheinland-Pfalz
Castle on the Rhine,
A Game of Thrones comes to life.
The Three Musketeers.
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Hamburg
Fog and a nice home.
Klaun klaun äppel wolln wir klaun
Finkenwerder rules.
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Niedersachsen
O Buxtehude,
Where no one believes I went.
First Autobahn ride.
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Berlin
Brotherly visit,
History, Bach, and mayhem.
Close call on the train.
Finkenwerder rules!
Like. 🙂
go, Mickey, go!
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern looks forward to welcoming you tomorrow. And you will certainly see the Baltic Sea