Day one-ish...

Guten Tag von Freiberg!

Birds chirping, wind blowing...its a beautiful, chilly day in Freiberg, Germany. And I am loving it!

I arrived in Freiberg about 2 days ago. Passport in my hand, and my two suitcases- I should have brought only one! (you'll get it later)...

I came all the way from California boarded two planes, a bus and a train to finally get to this nice little town, with all its nice little houses, where people are living their nice, cute little lives in peace
:-)

Freiberg, Germany is a small town of about 43,000 inhabitants. Located in the ore mountains. The name Freiberg, actually means Free Mountains. The town is about 850 years old and in the 12th century was funded because of silver mining. The mining is abandoned now, but everywhere in the city you can still see signs of the mining history.

I came to this nice little area to do an internship aka - a practicum. But mostly, I came to travel, go sight-seeing and to have fun! (shhh...don't tell :-P)

On the day I arrived though, there was a German rail strike. After successfully planning and figuring out my way to all the right gates, terminals and flights for my trip all the way from LAX airport, to Frankfurt airport and finally to Dresden airport, the last thing I expected was for the railway system to be a serious issue.

But believe it or not, it was. The day I arrived, was the day the train drivers had decided that enough was enough! I mean of all days, seriously?!
Well, good enough, I was in luck, there was one train that was working :-)
I imagine there must have been this one train driver, a loner-perhaps, who was so dedicated to his cause that come rain, shine or strike by his colleagues, he was going to drive his train! So help him God!. :D

After waiting in line for a while and dragging my two suitcases from the bus, across the cobblestone-paved roads of Dresden to the Dresden Hauptbahnhof, I finally made it to the one sole train that was to get me to my final home straße (street).

Am happy to say that as of now I am happily settled in my little room in a flat, soaking in all that this life has to offer me here in the town of Freiberg.
Here are some pictures for your enjoyment :-)

Shots from the streets of Freiberg city center

Nothing like a McDonald's sign to make you feel at home :-)(Am yet to try out the food there)

The people have spoken. Enuf'said!

Watch this space I will be posting more tales and pictures of life in Freiberg(Germany), and Europe.

tschüss,
Mwiza