Turning 23

I had a wonderful weekend celebration for my birthday! Turning 23 in Germany was great! Friday night I hung out with a few friends and then I spent the night at my friend Laura's flat. We woke up, had a lovely breakfast together and made our way to the train station to go to Garmisch for the day and take a leisurely hike in the mountains.

The train ride was entertaining, of course, with our group of people: the loud people speaking Englisch, with hair braiding and magic tricks. But getting there is always a part of the fun of a trip.

We got to walk through a beautiful gorge down there in the Bavarian Alps with a rushing river right under us. It was incredible. And the water was ridiculously cold!

Then we made our way up and got to see another beautiful sight. The weather was perfect which made the day even more perfect. I took 200 pictures so this is the sneak view.

With Michaela, Azra, and Cristina. And Paul and Oliver were there to take the pictures ;)

Then we went back to Munich and met a few other friends and enjoyed the rest of the day at the Biergarten. It was such an incredible day! I felt so special to get to celebrate with friends here.

Sunday I celebrated with my host family and we had a great time together! Their gift to me was 2 tickets to a water park in another city near Munich. So Sunday night, Anna and I got to go play there! It was so much fun! It is a completely indoor place with a big pool, bar, and water slides. It was no Schlitterbahn (and just after typing that word I realized its a German word, nice New Braunfels) but it was so awesome! We had a blast!

 This past year has exteeded my expectations time and time again and I am thrilled to see where God leads me in a new year of life. He taught me a lot with 22 so I can't imagine what He has in store for me with 23 :)

So it was an all around wonderful birthday weekend celebration, but it did make me miss home a bit. Thanks everyone back home for the birthday wishes! I miss y'all so much and will be happy to celebrate with everyone when I am  home in one month!

"Therefor let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire."

 Hebrews 12:28