T-4 Days

Still haven't packed yet (go figure) BUT I did find a suitcase so I'm not freaking out about that anymore. Sadly, I don't think my bags are going to be filled to their fullest seeing that I'm trying to be practical with my packing.... I guess that's a good thing?
I did however think about some of the things that I really want to do over the next 4 months, that is unless I die of hypothermia, which (thanks to my socal wardrobe) is a likely possibility.

Here it is:

- eat a black forest cake while IN the Black Forest
- hike in the Bavarian Alps--I figured, I've gone white river rafting down the Swiss Alps, now its time for the Bavarian ones :)
- travel travel travel travel travel anywhere and EVERYWHERE- preferably more of Eastern Europe this time
- become as fluent as I can in German (which might be tough seeing that I speak NO German)
- start liking sausages (I might just have to force myself to do this, I remember not really liking German food the last time I was there but that was 3 years ago so......)
- try all different kinds of beer
- go to an opera concert
- go to a soccer game
- go to as many museums/historical landmarks/parks/shows/concerts/etc as I can
- learn to live/eat/drink like a German
- make the absolute most out of my time abroad
- touch what's left of the Berlin Wall
- go to Oktoberfest
- dip my toes in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea (this may just be the reason I die of hypothermia) 
- take a ride on the Rhine River
- that's all I could think of now...