Aachen, 08/24/2017First night in the building did not go well. Whether it was the time change, jet lag, heat, loud noises, or the unfamiliar bed and pillow; my night was restless.
I went to sleep at about 9 and slept decently until about 4 AM. That is when the exhaustion started. I tried every sleeping position, earplugs in and out, sleep mask on and off, different pillow placements, and breathing techniques and nothing was allowing me to go back to sleep. I tried for about two hours and finally after some time spent on my phone checking out everybody's' first day of school outfits at Freed, I fell back to sleep at 6. The next hour of sleep passed quickly and I was not ready to wake up at 7.
I was finally comfortable and slightly chilled, the perfect sleeping combo. I got ready for the day and Marie and Hannah (another other group leader,) laid out an array of breakfast foods. There was cereal, bread and spreads (nutella, speculoos, and honey,) juices, coffee, and tea.
After breakfast and much needed coffee, we had a mini orientation to the facilities and important information. Then we had about an hour to go to the market and get needed toiletries and go to the ATM for some of those 'euro euro bills'. (like dolla dolla bills. get it? lame joke, whatever. too sleepy to care)After we made our sandwich lunches to eat on the train, we departed for our day trip to Aachen. We walked to Verviers-Central train station to catch the train to Aachen but it didn't leave until 12:30. We ended up eating our lunches while at the train station because it was going to be like an hour wait.
The train ride was about a 30 minute ride and then we arrived at the Aachen train station, Hauptbahnhof.
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(to be continued)
