Today after my second grammar midterm (How can you have two midterms? Does that mean there are two middles of the term?), I hung around IES basically procrastinating and doing some intense Spring break planning with Julie. We booked everything except our hostel for Rothenburg ob der Tauber and our return trains. I am sooo excited about this trip to Strasbourg and Germany and especially because we're taking trains! It is my absolute favorite form of transportation and there's no stress like there is with airports and flights. You also get to see the countryside and towns as you go, it's very relaxing and just nice all-around. Hopefully by the end of this weekend we'll have the loose ends tied up and everything will be taken care of.
In the meantime, Julie and I were busy planning, eating lunch, and then we went over to Les Machines de l'Ile with about 20 other IESers and rode the elephant. It was so cool, literally. It was soo windy today! But the elephant was ele-fun and we all had a great time even if it did take 45 minutes to go what would take me 10 mins to walk. I'll try and upload some pictures or a video soon!