today is the last day of our trip. i believe it to be a bittersweet ending. although i am very excited to travel on my own, i will miss little osnabruck. i thought the rafting yesterday was fun. i love the outdoors so i had no problem with it. the river was so peaceful and quiet. i even enjoyed dodging trees and bushes. we saw some sheep and baby ducklings too. i am a little anxious about my travel plans because i don't really have everything ironed out, but i am hoping that things will fall into place. and even if they don't, it will still be an experience. a learning experience. i think i will learn more from the backpacking portion of this trip than the german class part. at least life skills wise. on the evaluation form today, one of the questions was what was your favorite experience in osnabruck. honestly, i couldn't really think of one. i don't think i'll realize what was important or memorable until i get back to the states. after it all sinks in and i start remembering things. i am still on an adventure here and i'm going to focus on that for now.