The weather was much drier than it has been, but it was still really cold.
I didn't see any real life animals, but I did see this cool statue of a girl with ravens in Bratislava, Slovakia. The statue is in memory of all of the women there who were accused of witchcraft. The statue was really neat.
There are caves under Buda's castle in Budapest, Hungary, that were turned into a labyrinth. During the Medieval Ages, it was used as a stone factory and it has many stone statues in it. It is even believed that at one point, Vlad the Impaler (the real life Dracula!) was held prisoner in the labyrinth. Part of the labyrinth is pitch black and you have to feel along the walls to get out.
To get to Eastern Europe from Germany, we drove over the Alps. Soon, the snow on the Alps will start to melt and the Edelweiss will start to bloom.