Really bad picture, but really good beer.
Jonathan and I took a trip to Berlin with our friends the Coopers the day after Jonathan got back from his 2 month work trip to Las Vegas this past September. Berlin is a pretty amazing city...though it was freezing and raining for most of our trip. You walk around the city and can't help but think about its history. Most of the city is newly built...turns out most of the buildings didn't survive past 1945 (those bombers were a little too good at their jobs!). The Germans are very friendly...and were especially so because we were visiting Germany during a little holiday that they call "Oktober Fest"!! Jonathan had a smile on his face the ENTIRE trip knowing that Beer could be found on every corner. 
<---- Jonathan drinking one LITER of yummy Oktoberfest beer.
Among the sites that we saw were: The Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie (on Freidrichstrasse), Berliner Dom (a big cathedral), Alexanderplatz (where Jonathan drank the liter of beer), Tiergarten (a big garden) , a HUGE Russian War Memorial (oddly, placed in West Berlin...kinda wierd), and of course the Berlin Wall.
Berlin Wall- - ->
Jonathan dusted his thinking cap off and strained to use the German that he learned in High School so that we wouldn't be totally obnoxious Americans that didn't even attempt to speak German. I used the few words I know (Eine bir, bitte) and am pretty sure that I completely butchered their language. Jonathan did a great job, though at one point we thoroughly confused a waitress who couldn't figure our where we were from and spoke to us in German, English and Spanish in one conversation.
All in all, the trip was a blast. Good food, good friends, and of course good beer. You can't get much better than a German Hef (though the Belgians put up a good fight in that beer battle). Jonathan tried to buy some Leiderhausen as a souvenier (just as he tried to buy a kilt in Scotland), but I used my crafty ninja skills and helped him talk himself out of the idea. I really don't want him walking around England in leiderhausen (or a kilt)...which is exactly what he would do if I let him buy them.
We are hoping to make another trip to Germany soon...Jonathan and I both spent many years as children in Germany, so its always nice going back to one of our "homes".
2 comments:
i think jonathan secretly wants to dress like a woman... kilt = skirt. leiderhosen = panty hose. watch out for that guy.
BEER AND LADIES CLOTHING. Jonathan's mom in law is now a bit concerned!!!!!! if we could be back in our room at the beach house and answer that question about the blessing to marry our daughter,,,i might give a differnt
answer--not that i gave a great one 2 years ago:}:} love ya both xoxo
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