April 2010
29 posts
Berlin Trip (Day 4)
this was our last full day in berlin and we took full advantage of it - zeke and wendy style. we intended to catch a bus into the city centre to do an english tour of the major sites. we got to the bus stop about 30 seconds before the bus was scheduled to come, however, german transportation is extremely prompt and usually early. so, we missed the hourly bus and hence our tour. but not to...
Berlin Trip (Day 3)
We woke up on our third day in Berlin determined to hit up a German flea market we had heard about. Our friend Rich was especially determined to find some Nazi artifacts, which you apparently have to ask secretly about because hardly anyone displays them out in the open. Sure enough, when he asked vendors about souvenirs from the Third Reich, a few of them looked side to side, then pulled out a...
Berlin Trip (Day 2)
after staying at kristi’s (see her below, the proud former resident of scranton- hence the shirt) we all woke up and headed to Potsdam, just outside of Berlin.
the weather was lovely and simply perfect for wandering around the baroque and rococo palaces of Potsdam. see the slideshows for lots of pictures of the palaces and the beautiful gardens surrounding them.
after walking around...
I'm (kinda sorta) lovin' it
The weather in Manchester today was absolutely amazing, so we felt like we had to spend at least a little bit of it outside. (Note: our bodies must have adjusted to England’s climate, because even with this amazingly warm weather, the temperature was still only 59 degrees. For reference, the low in Chapel Hill today is 59 - it’s 78 there right now.)
Still rocking the sweet mustache...
Berlin Trip (Day 1)
As many of you know, we spent last weekend visiting our friends Julia and Rich Rudolph in Berlin (and staying at new friend Kristi Walker’s home - thanks Kristi!). We saw (and ate) a lot during our trip so we’re putting up a post for each day we were there. First, a day one recap:
We arrived in Berlin a little weary and sour (easyJet deserves its own future whinging post for charging...
whinge-v. (whinged, whing·ing, whing·es) Chiefly...
so this is a new word we’ve picked up that gets used in our vocabulary quite often, as you might imagine. but when one of us is whining about something and the other says, “Oh, you’re whinging on and on”, it has a comic effect.
there have been a few things that constantly get whinged about here at the smiths. we hesitate to air our grievances because last time wendy...
