I finally, finally got to see Europe.

t: Only two countries (Germany and Holland) but it was awesome. It really was an adventure for me. I was visiting my friend in the army for a week. Then I took a train from Bad Nauheim to Frankfurt. Reconnected in Frankfurt to Koln, Koln to Aachen. Took the bus from Aachen to Maastricht, Holland to see my brother and his then girlfriend at the school she was studying at.
It was cool for a person who had never been to Europe and only has a mild grasp of German to travel alone overseas. I got drunk in Frankfurt, discussed politics with an angry Scotsman and tried to do the same (in German) with a local man. He seemed to basically get what I was saying, so that felt good. I just wish I had a better grasp of what he said to me.
In April my Dad, brother and I are taking a cruise of the Mediterranean. Cant wait.