May 3rd
Hello! (You´re in for a bit of a ramble here!)
I made it to Berlin okay, and I don´t remember much of the flight here as I slept most of the way. Carla and I recognized each other quite quickly, which was an answer to prayer. (Side note: the y key and the z key are switched in a German keyboard, and it´s getting annoying!)
The last two days we´ve spent all over downtown Berlin seeing all of the sites. We even went up the Television Tower to get a birds-eye view of the town. The observation deck is at 200 m, so we could see the whole city. Carla and I found the neatest shop yesterday! It was a minibook store. The largest book there was no more than 4 cm high and 3 cm wide! They even had a replica for a stone prayer tablet from 2600 BC! Carla bought me a minibook of Europe that has a lot of photos to 'help me get some travel ideas'.
Yesterday we also found one of the 3 Birkenstock stores in Berlin so I bought a pair of sandals for myself and one for Diana. They are quite a bit cheaper over here, even after you do the conversion. I hope they fit Diana! They didn´t have the wide version, so I hope the narrow version fits. If not, I´ll take them! I might ship them with a few souveniers over to Canada within the next week. That way I won´t have to haul them all around Europe!
Today I was quite proud of myself, as I shopped in every store in German! Carla was there to help me at KaDeWe (The largest German department store: think The Bay, a liquor store and Safeway combined.) when I didn´t understand what the lady was asking. Twice the shop owners started asking about my day, and I was able to answer them! One lady even told me how annoying the English tourists were getting, as she thought I was a Berliner! I then responded that 'I come from Canada' (In German) and we both had a good laugh.
Carla and Oli are both very nice and interesting people. They are really into reinacting the 12th century (similar to what Beth does), and they have furs and weapons all over the place. Instead of compeating with blunt sword-like sticks like Beth, they use the reall thing! They want to take me to a heavy metal/gothic club tomorrow, but I don´t think I´ll enjoy it as I really don´t like that kind of music! I might go just for the experience.
I will probably head towards Munich Saturday, as Carla and I have covered most of the sights these last two days. We´ll play it by ear though. I hope this finds you all well!
Love,
Andrea
I made it to Berlin okay, and I don´t remember much of the flight here as I slept most of the way. Carla and I recognized each other quite quickly, which was an answer to prayer. (Side note: the y key and the z key are switched in a German keyboard, and it´s getting annoying!)
The last two days we´ve spent all over downtown Berlin seeing all of the sites. We even went up the Television Tower to get a birds-eye view of the town. The observation deck is at 200 m, so we could see the whole city. Carla and I found the neatest shop yesterday! It was a minibook store. The largest book there was no more than 4 cm high and 3 cm wide! They even had a replica for a stone prayer tablet from 2600 BC! Carla bought me a minibook of Europe that has a lot of photos to 'help me get some travel ideas'.
Yesterday we also found one of the 3 Birkenstock stores in Berlin so I bought a pair of sandals for myself and one for Diana. They are quite a bit cheaper over here, even after you do the conversion. I hope they fit Diana! They didn´t have the wide version, so I hope the narrow version fits. If not, I´ll take them! I might ship them with a few souveniers over to Canada within the next week. That way I won´t have to haul them all around Europe!
Today I was quite proud of myself, as I shopped in every store in German! Carla was there to help me at KaDeWe (The largest German department store: think The Bay, a liquor store and Safeway combined.) when I didn´t understand what the lady was asking. Twice the shop owners started asking about my day, and I was able to answer them! One lady even told me how annoying the English tourists were getting, as she thought I was a Berliner! I then responded that 'I come from Canada' (In German) and we both had a good laugh.
Carla and Oli are both very nice and interesting people. They are really into reinacting the 12th century (similar to what Beth does), and they have furs and weapons all over the place. Instead of compeating with blunt sword-like sticks like Beth, they use the reall thing! They want to take me to a heavy metal/gothic club tomorrow, but I don´t think I´ll enjoy it as I really don´t like that kind of music! I might go just for the experience.
I will probably head towards Munich Saturday, as Carla and I have covered most of the sights these last two days. We´ll play it by ear though. I hope this finds you all well!
Love,
Andrea
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