Did you know that in Germany everyone is crazy about recycling? It's true and they enforce it in a somewhat infuriating way. We went to the grocery store and bought these cheap large bottles of water for .19 cents. And you know what? They charged us an extra .25 cents to make sure that we returned it to the store! They had a machine where if you brought back the bottles it would give you a credit receipt for the .25 cents per bottle that you got refunded back at the register. It's unbelievable I tell ya. Recycling's all well and good, but not when you're charged for the privalege.
Still all was well, and with the help of Aaron's mad subway managing skills, we got all the way to Schoenfeld airport to pick up the last part of our trio - Laura. Just in time to get a call for her informing us that because of a two hour delay leaving New York she was not stuck in Dublin trying to get a new flight into Berlin. It's always great to find out that a 45min bus ride was completely for naught. Well we did find out that she was going to be routed to London and then catch a connecting flight to Berlin, so at least we knew where she was. Though she wasn't coming in untill 8pm instead of 10am.
But moving on now, let me tell you about a little part of Berlin called Potsdam. It's home to the 'castle' of Freidrich the Great, and while the castle wasn't really all that moving the garden's were beautiful. Luscious and full of fountains, it was really great to walk through - especially while the day was cool and slightly clouded- it made all the walking completely do able. We saw Freidrich's Roman bathhouse and spent some time admiring the Princess' tea room. Or at least marveling at the strangely compelling, gold encrusted 'China-men' that adorned the outside. I took some great pictures and after walking around the castle grounds, we continued on to the village. It was great! Really quaint with these nice little shops with touristy items or delicious baked goods. You could look around and see places to buy purses and jewelry or gelato and croissants. The smells were definitely enough to make your mouth water and I got to try a few different German dishes (though for lunch we had German prepared Thai, which was actually pretty good).Dinner we went to a German restaurant called 'Englechan' and I got to try raviolli, spaghetti, and snitzel (which was definitely the best in my opinion). Fried pork sounds so much better in German doesn't it?
Oh yeah, after Potsdam and before dinner we did head out to Tegel airport (45min in the other direction) and picked up Laura.
And then the world was complete.
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