Heidelberg, Germany

So I've arrived in Germany. One of the first things I did was grab myself a good pint of pilsner from the bar at the hostel I was at and it was good. Heidelberg is a great city. It's got this old quarter, where my hostel was, that has some real traditional buildings and what not. they have a massive castle at the top of the city with some amazing gardens as well. i went up there one day and spent a lot of time there. They also have a philospher's walk, as it's called, with a fantastic view of the city on the other side of the river that the castle is one. Yesterday I walked up there and took my time. I was eating some food, drinking a beer and readin my book the whole way.
Since I met that guy David in luxembourg he kinda sparked this fire in me to try to go out and meet new people. Just to take more initiative and talk with people more at first because that's what he had been doing for a couple of months. So in Heidelberg that's what I've been doing. the first night I struck up a conversation with 2 Americans who eneded up leaving but then I started talking with this Australian woman named Christina for about 2 and a half hours. She was pretty cool and we talked about politics and social work for a while. The next night I talked with another Australina named Emma just about traveling and what not for a while. Then the bartender about good German beer. The third night I talked to these two guys from Chicago about, guess what Chicago, and different cultural aspects between the U.S. and Europe as well as career prospects. One of these guys grew up in Heidelberg but moved to Chicago for a while. We also talked with this Brazilian woman for a while who was in my hostel but was also about to start studying in Heidelberg for her graduate degree in international medicine. After they left I talked with these 3 Asian girls who were studying in Berlin and 3 American dudes from Texas. So it's been a bit more social but Heidelberg was very relaxing as well. I got to sleep in every day and the prices they offered the food from the bar to the hostel goers was pretty damn cheap. And the food was damn good German food.
I find that just when I think I'm in some sort of groove some new idea or concept about how to travel comes my way and makes me try something new or completely abandon the way I was traveling/living before. Although, as much fun as I'm having I think I'm ready to get to Chicago and just get settled in some. I don't think I'll do another trip like this in a year. In time but not in a year from now. But no worries, I'm in Munich and in Europe now and that's something to be pretty positive about. I am definitely having a good time and I know there will be a lot more parts in the trip in the near future that should be pretty fucking awesome.