The final leg of the tour! And what a great one - I enjoyed Germany much more than I ever I expected I would. Perhaps I just entered with low expections?
Christie and I began in Berlin and were pleasantly surprised with a very shiny, new, quick-paced city. We learned so much about German history, politics and economics of the last century. So many buildings are stark reminders of WW2 and the holocaust - the buildings that weren't bombed down are literaly covered in bullet holes. (~80% of Berlin's buildings were bombed in the war). On our 2nd day we visited Sauchenhausen (sp?) concentration camp - the camp that served as a model camp and SS training facility. Though the visit was thoroughly disheartening, it did serve as an excellent time to reflect on a period of history that will hopefully will never be repeated. Berlin was also the place where we tried "Curry-wurst" which is a city specialty. Now that we've had it, we know how to make the secret sauce.... lots of curry powder + lots of ketchup. Mmmmmm! Oh one more thing about Berlin! We saw Katrina Witt's old apartment! Sweet.
We next skipped over to Prague which was a fabulous change from Western Europe. I mean, just the language so tricky! Luckily, Christie and I don't take ourselves too seriously. You should have seen the dinner we made... seeing as we couldn't read any labels, we just went by the pictures... what could possibly go wrong? Our spaghetti dinner was a ferocious shade of green. lol. Luckily it still tasted good. Most of our time in Prague was spent wandering the city and marvelling over the architexture. I especially liked the clock that had astronomical correlations. I also enjoyed the cheap-o beer; A pint cost less than a Canadian dollar. Nice! The next day however, I made a conclusion that Canadian gals like us do not have the correct enzymes to metabolize Check beer (based on big headaches!...it couldn't possibly have been the quantity....) :)
Munich was up next and I just loved it! Quite a lot smaller then Berlin, but with just as much or more to do. On the first night in town, we wandered into the main square and took in the sights. We had to tear ourselves away from the enormous displays of Birkenstocks! The prices were so low too! Ahh well. The next day should offically be called "Tour Day." We started out with a 3 hour walking tour of the city which was just excellent. Saw the Glockenspiel which was a little wimpy to say the least. After the city tour our guide mentioned that he was doing a "Beer-Hall" tour of Munich and the 1st 1 litre beer was included. What could we say? Of course we were going - beer halls are a huge part of Munich history! (This is where Oktoberfest is for those who don't know). So that tour was just wicked - about 16 of us trekking around the city pretty darn tipsy. We saw the HB beerhaus that Hitler used to speak at (the swastikas are now covered by Bavarian flags), and many others that were more like city parks with picnic tables. All good fun. When that came to an end, our guide mentioned that everyone on the beer-hall tour got to go on the Pub-Crawl for free. Yikes. So I made it about 2 hours before calling it a night in Munich. All in all a great day!
2 comments:
Beer, Beer, Beer! Wowza, I'm impressed with your drinking abilities day in and day out! The pictures look like it was one hell of an adventure!!
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