Weimar, just an hour by train from Leipzig, is a wonderful historical little town. It seems like every famous German person in the history of Germany has lived in Weimar. Okay, so maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but Schiller, Goethe, Bach, Strauss, Nietzsche, Martin Luther, Wagner, and Marlene Dietrich all lived here at some point. I was spending the night with Kathrin and Hendrik, who are Servas members (Servas is an organization dedicated to promoting peace and intercultural understanding). Kathrin's dad picked me up at the train station, I had tea with Kathrin, and then I hit the town. I later spent the evening with Kathrin and her daughter, Amira. We ate a typical German dinner and then Amira and I learned colors and animals in German together while we played with her toys.
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