Hooray!! I made it to Germany. I was suuuper tired yesterday and we didn't end up having wifi, so I'm just trying to write this now while at dinner my second day here. I got to RDU early Friday morning and guess who I saw... Ms. Carrelha! She was on her way to South Africa with another program. Here we are with Flat Freddy and Freddy Junior :). We first flew to New Jersey and had a long layover before heading to Germany. It's always hard for me to sleep on a plane. I think Freddy slept a little better than I did :). I was fortunate to have a man who works at the American Embassy in Berlin sitting by next to me on the plane. He gave me some suggestions of places to see on my free day when we arrived. As as soon as we arrived at the Berlin airport we got on our bus and took a tour of some important places in Berlin. I was really happy about this because we went by several of the places the man had recommended and it was much easier than trying to navigate around the city on the U-Bahn. We went by Checkpoint Charlie, the Holocaust Memorial, saw remnants of the Berlin Wall, and the East Side Gallery. After that we arrived at our hotel. I was ready to sleep, but just got a 20 minute nap before heading out for lunch. I ordered a salad with shrimp and steak, but the man told me they were out of the grilled vegetables for the salad. I tried to tell him that that was okay and I'd have it anyway, but he conferred with another chef and ended up frying some cucumbers for my salad along with the other vegetables! I've never had fried cucumbers! If I knew how to speak German, I would've been able to tell him that I'd eat them raw. Actually, speaking of languages, there is a lot of English here. He probably would've even understood me if I spoke English because most people here do, but I was still hesitant to do that since I just arrived and wasn't sure if he would think I was rude. I don't feel like I'm in a foreign country as much as I have some other places. I think it is also due to the fact that a lot of buildings are newer since many were destroyed in World War II. After lunch we strolled through a little bit of town and ended up going on a boat tour of the river that goes through Berlin. It was beautiful weather and a nice ride, especially since I could sit back and rest! I took a very brief rest after that at the hotel and later we had a traditional German dinner. Finally I was able to get some sleep after that! Here are some pictures. More to come! Use the sentence stem suggestions to make comments below! Danke!
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Genevieve
6/19/2017 01:04:58 pm
Great post! I'm enjoying following your travels!
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Ms. Wesner
6/26/2017 03:10:18 pm
Thanks! I will post more eventually! Check Twitter :).
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Nicholas
6/22/2017 05:39:41 am
The sky view of Germany looks so foggy.
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Ms. Wesner
6/26/2017 03:09:45 pm
I guess it was kind of cloudy that day. But overall, it has been really sunny and very hot!! Around the same temperatures as NC...80s to 90.. but the difference is that there is not much air conditioning here! We've had lots of meetings in buildings with no a/c and barely any windows open. So hot! But it's actually cooled off yesterday and today some.. still warm, but not as bad. Yesterday was the first day it has rained since I've been here. It also stormed some this evening.
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Nicholas
6/22/2017 05:55:04 am
I engoy the pictures you posted.
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Ms. Wesner
6/26/2017 03:22:05 pm
Thanks!
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Landon
6/24/2017 01:40:08 pm
This looks so fun! I want to be in Germany after seeing the pics!!
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Ms. Wesner
6/26/2017 03:21:38 pm
Germany is fun! I enjoyed exploring the cities, but now I'm glad to have a chance to see some of the smaller towns and countryside. I always like exploring new places to see what life is like for the people that live there.
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Kelcey
6/26/2017 06:30:39 am
Is the food in Germany good? It looks good to me
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Carroe
6/26/2017 09:22:39 am
I agree with Kelcey was the food good because it looks kind of disgusting
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Ms. Wesner
6/26/2017 03:19:32 pm
Hi girls!! Well.... the food is pretty good, but I'm not a huge fan of sausage, so that's not my favorite, but I still love trying new foods. It's fun to experience the local culture. I had a white sausage the other day which was different, but I liked it better than the typical bratwurst. I have had a few things here that are really good. One was a German potato salad, but it was served warm instead of cold. It has some vinegar in it instead of mayonnaise. Another thing I really liked was a dumpling type food with meat inside. There are lots of pretzels here, but not the small crunchy kind. They are big, soft pretzels. But they're not as soft as soft pretzels you get back home. These are a little skinnier and a bit tougher. Often times they are sliced in two layers and served with butter inside. It is good! The breakfasts at the hotels are also different than the US. Some things are the same: eggs, bacon, fruit and there is granola or muesli which is like cereal. But some things are different- each hotel has had an assortment of different deli meats and cheeses and also some veggies including cucumbers, radishes and cherry tomatoes. The first breakfast I had I saw a couple with a whole bowl full of cherry tomatoes and radishes! I don't like radishes by themselves, but I did start eating the cucumber slices with my breakfast! They are a refreshing touch.
Carrie
6/26/2017 09:21:40 am
hi miss wesner I love your pics
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Ms. Wesner
6/26/2017 03:20:15 pm
Hi! Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed seeing them. I have looots more to come!
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