Ulm

Day 12: Thursday 5/19/2016

The city of Ulm was the destination for today. Shortly after arriving, we met up with our tour guide and went on a city tour. By this point in the trip, a good deal of us were not too thrilled to be going on yet another walking tour of the city. While the city was very cool and I enjoyed walking around seeing the city, the tour guide was not the most entertaining, making it difficult to pay attention. Lunch was definitely a unique experience. We went to a place where the specialty was pancakes with the most outrageous toppings. I got a pancake that was about the size of a medium pizza, with creamed spinach, a fried egg, and bacon on top. It was very good and not like anything I’ve ever had before. The highlight of the day was the climb to the top of the Ulm Minster. After climbing 768 steps and being very sweaty, I finally made it to the top. The view was unreal. I could see in every direction for miles. Later that night we had our goodbye dinner with all of the German students. We gave each of the Germans in our group a Pitt t-shirt and in return we got some chocolate and a hand-written t-shirt. The time and thought that they put into it made it extra special. It was sad saying goodbye to some of our German counterparts because we had grown fairly close over the course of the past two weeks. 

All 768 steps worth of the Minster