Monday, August 26, 2013

Visitors! (Brian and Juju edition)

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 off goes Brian and Cassie to explore Germany


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. 


so small break and bought some picnic food at a local farmers market for lunch. Delicious Pesto Rosso and Organic bread. 
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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