The first thing we did was go on a hike. It was absolutely, breathtakingly beautiful. We hiked up a place that looked like a gorge. There were high rock walls, and a stream running down the middle, and everything was green and luscious. It is hard to describe how beautiful it was. We got to the top, and kept heading up. All in all, we hiked about 30 kilometers, and it was wonderful.
We walked back to the car after wandering though a town for a little while, and then drove to a youth hostel. We all slept in a room that had 3 bunk beds (6 beds in total) and it was very nice for being a youth hostel. Then we walked around for a little while before heading to dinner. The hostel is in the middle of what appears to be an old fortress of some sort. There were museum-like displays, and old buildings and streets. It was all very pretty and very interesting.
The next day, we went into the city of Koblenz. We took a tram over the Rhein river to where the twon was below, and I got to see the place where the youth hostel lays from below. It was mind blowing. They whole mountainside is covered in old fortress-like buildings, with old towers and stone walls. It was amazing how little you could see from above, and how vast and expansive it seemed form below.
We walked through the city of Koblenz and made our was to Deutsche Eck. There was a big statue dedicated to the first ruler of Germany, and there were also plaques for each of Germany's states.
After exploring and walking up the statue, we headed into the town itself. We walked down the main shopping street and went into a few stores and such, then headed back up to the youth hostel because we were all exhausted from our long hike the day before, then we headed back home.
It was a very good trip, and I had a great time with my host family.
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