Lis arrived at 9:30 Friday night, and we started off having fun right away by meeting up with some of my friends in Kreuzberg. It was a fun night, but unfortunately the BVG (the company that owns all the public transit in Berlin) had scheduled a strike for Saturday until 7pm. So we ended the night with a long walk home - good thing I knew the way!
Saturday morning, as the U-bahn was down, we did a great deal of walking. There are 4 methods of BVG transport in Berin: U-bahn, S-bahn, tram, and bus. Out of those, only half o the S-bahn was running. In addition to that, there was a footbal match. And the world's second largest film festival was still going on. (I guess they planned their strike at a good time to draw attention!) So, the city of Berlin plus a few bajillion tourists were crammed into very infrequent S-bahn cars. Much to my surprise, I'd never had more positive and hygge encounters with Berliners before! Everyone (well, a quarter of them were drunk footbal fans) was so friendly, and just laughing at the audacity of the train situation.
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| TWO people offered (without us asking) to take our photo Saturday. All the Bavarian citizens must have come up for the weekend or something. |
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| Lis jumping off of the art museum! |
Anyway, after a long day of exploring, we finally got home and our feet were throbbing so we had some down time before starting to cook our big feast! We made a big italian dinner, and four of my friends came over and each brought a dish to share. We ended up with a 3 course, and extremely stuffing meal!
Sunday we did a lot more exploring. It was 40 degrees, so people were jogging outside en masse, and playing catch in t-shirts, etc (you know, typical 40 degree weather activities). We visited the Topography of Terror museum, it's one of the city's free museums and is at the site where the Gestapo (the secret police of Nazi Germany) had their headquarters. It was pretty much a summary of German history from 1933-45, during the Nazi Regime, but I did learn some interesting facts I hadn't learned of before. It was a pretty good museum, and I would recommend it, especially if you're less familiar with the specifics of the Nazi era.
After this, we went to Curry 36, one of the two original/most famous currywurst places in Berlin. It was absolutely delicious (and the people were even friendly!) - you could definitely tell the difference between that and any ol' currywurst. Delish!
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| Lis's photo skills, my editing skills |
We finished off the night by making our favorite German dish - Käsespätzle - all by ourselves! We aren't known to be the best cooks around, but it turned out to be absolutely delectable.
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| That's what a face should look like if it tastes Käsespätzle as good as this. |
This morning I took Lis back to the airport. It was so sad to part ways again :( But it was such an awesome weekend, and so refreshing to have my best friend around again! We finally got to fulfill part of our long-time dream of exploring Europe together. Taking it one city at a time :)
Speaking of best friends - I will be a bit inactive on the blog this week, because on Wednesday morning I'm leaving to go visit Lucy! Yes, I know she was just here, but that's just the way our schedules work out because we're so busy the next few months. She's got an awesome place and cool friends in Prague, so I'm super excited to see her, them, and the city! I will be getting back Saturday night, and will hopefully have time to blog before leaving for Paris on Sunday afternoon with my school for our first study tour.
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