Today we took a trip to Ulm, which is a city northwest of Augsburg. We hopped on the train this morning and it only took us a little over an hour to get there, which gave all of us enough time to get a nice nap in.
When we arrived, we took a tour of the old part of the city, where we saw buildings dating back to as early as the fourteenth century. It was really amazing to see authentic, extremely old German houses. The construction is exactly how you would imagine, with the wooden beams on the outside of the house and a stucco-like material everywhere else. We also walked over some really neat bridges that were over diversions of the local river, and we walked on top of a wall that separated the town from the Danube river. We concluded our tour at a large cathedral in the center of the town, and then went to lunch.
We again had pizza for lunch. Normally, I wouldn't enjoy the same lunch two days in a row, but when you have pizza as good as this, you cannot complain! The pizzas were these huge, thin crust pizzas that were so large they couldn't fit on a plate! I ordered a pizza with a little bit of Italian sausage and "hard cheese", and it was fantastic. Next, we took on the most daunting challenge: climbing to the top of the cathedrals 768-step steeple.
Although it took a while, and I wasn't quite fond of the heights at times, it surely was a spectacular view at times, and I managed to snap a few good photos while at the top, including a pretty good selfie!As a reward, we had some delicious gelato at a little store. Then, we took the ride back and had a nice nap along the way! It was a very successful day.
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