The first thing that stuck out to me when I first arrived in Germany were all the trees. Trees are
everywhere! Not only is everything lush and green but the trees are actually crucial to the way of life
here. The timber and forestry industry in Germany is the largest timber reserve in all of Europe!
While there are very large cities such as Berlin and Munich the majority of the countryside is made
up of small farming communities. The country is designed in a way where numerous routes to get
anywhere, if you use the small backroads. There are walking trails in almost every city and linking
cities together. You can pull off the road and walk next to a field and just take in the beauty of the
countryside.
I was out exploring one the small towns and a local German gentlemen attempted to communicate
in German why and how I should photograph this scene. Even though we couldn’t understand each
other’s words, he was able to motion what he felt about the scene. Even when I left the town, he
stopped and waved goodbye.
Europe is well known for its rail system. My first experience on a train was a scary one. We were
headed into Nuremberg for a festival and the engineers running the train went on strike. We made it
about 15 minutes of the 45-minute train ride and then the train completely stopped and all the
lights were shut off. Luckily I was with a group and some knew the area well enough to get where we
needed to go.
While Germany is smaller than some states in America, it is a large country to travel in a few days or
even weeks. Bavaria is in my opinion, the best state inside of Germany. It has so much to offer from
the Alps to the Neuschwanstein castle.
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