June 1st, 2024
Rise and shine! Today we were headed off to Rhineland-Falls in Germany to participate in a service project in the Ahr Valley, an area severely affected by flooding in July of 2021.
We woke up at a bright and early 6:45 am and grabbed some breakfast at the hostel. We headed off on our three hour car ride to Germany and stopped short of the border for a bathroom and lunch break. We were all so amazed by the vistas and how scenic the area is. We took a couple wrong turns and had some great tunes for the ride and ended up a little late (unlike the German punctual way).
We met up with Sascha, Alex, and Christoph and started on our service project —picking up trash along the river. We picked up an assortment of shirts, plastic, styrofoam, and other miscellaneous materials.
We then took a detour and helped out a local woman weed out her front yard and clear out her greenhouse.
We found some snail and slug buddies in the process!!
In return we sat down with her and heard her talk about her experience with the flooding.
We headed out to dinner at a brewery nearby and had some traditional German meals! I had the pork medallions with spätzle (a classic you can never go wrong with).
Thanks for following along today!! See you tomorrow:)
