So my exciting Germany trip has been populated by visitors
every month. Brian started his Euro trip in Berlin in June, Julien came in July
from France, and now my parents are here for 2 weeks doing a grand tour of
Germany.
So basically these visits for me means a time to explore
Germany as a touristy tourist which I am usually too lazy to be. So….. picture
time!
Brian came first week of my Germany stay so it was a perfect
time to eat some big fat chunks of pork feet!
Oh and some stupid syrup mixed with weissbeer….. my lab mate
Alex would disapprove strongly.
And Juju came with an offering of Canailles. Too bad he didn’t
bring a bottle of Bordeaux Wine. Owell, I am in my quest to regain some
appreciation for sweets so it’s all good.
And well July is also a good time for some more pig feet, so…
more pig feet!
Okok, I didn’t only eat German food and call it being a
touristy tourist. Juju had a guide book from Lonely Planet which had some good
suggestions on where to go. We started
off with a visit to Schloss Charlottenburg, the palace dedicated to Sophie
Charlotte, mother of Friedrich the Great, the king of Prussia, conveniently
located about 10 minutes from my apartment by foot.
Sorry no pictures allowed inside as I found out after being
stopped. Sad.
Then we went to the DDR Museum and learned about the fun
life of Eastern Germany under Soviet control.
Natural Beauty
Gourmet food
Then we went to visit the hip area of Neukolln and Keurzberg. We weren't hip enough to appreciate it I think so we ended up just eating food. So we visited the most famous Currywurst store, Curry36. It was quite delicious. The sausages were a bit different from the normal ones. Just realized that picture just looks like a plate of fries with ketchup... I promise there were sausages in it.
Finally we visited the Berlin Zoo. Alrighty non Germans, try pronouncing Zoologischer Garten. Ya.... freaken took me 2 months to learn this word.
So Juju had a few more days of wandering around but I had work so we just ate dinner and stuff. We weren't very exciting so no pictures.
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