What an amazing dinner and evening. I hope Berlin can continue to impress as much as it did on day one.
-The bear
Sunday, April 17, 2011
A great start to Berlin (cont)
We got some advice from our hostel receptionist about a good German restaurant to grab some dinner at. When we arrived at the restaurant there were no tables available, so we decided to grab a beer at the bar and wait. The hostess offered us a spot at a small table with one man already sitting there. Hungry, we decided to sit down. He was quietly reading a magazine and having a beer, while we sheepishly discussed what we'd be having. He eventually suggested a dish that consisted of pig ankle, mashed peas, sauerkraut, and potatoes. It was delicious!! After ordering, we got to talking with the man about politics in both Germany, America, and the rest of the world. Our conversation continued throughout dinner and another round of drinks, winding through all sorts of topics from travel to technology to languages to the German view of war today. Almost three hours later, our dinner paid for, we found out this man's name was Jurgen. It was an amazing dinner and even more amazing conversation, the kind that makes a trip like this worthwhile (as greg put it). In the end, Jurgen left us with this: "if you take one thing home to America with you, I hope it's that there are Germans today much better than the ones your grandfathers fought long ago."
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Good to hear that you guys broke bread with the locals, do it a much as you can. I try and do it every opportunity I can during my own travels.
ReplyDeleteI hope you find a special place to celebrate passover, how cool would it be to find yourselves bringing in the holiday with a local jewish family.
Thanks for allowing us to travel with you, keep up the good writing.
Travel safe,
Happy Passover, y'all! I hope you find something meaningful to do for the holiday (I won't bug you with a million web sites - I'm sure you can find the info on your own if you want it!) Sounds like a great day in Berlin - that dinner w/ the German dude is what it's all about!
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David's Cousin Lauren
have you made it to checkpoint Charlie at the wall. We ate at a chinese restaurant right there ! Leave it to me to find chinese food at checkpoint charle. KaDeWe is great on the top floor for food too !
ReplyDeleteHappy Passover! Thinking of you all today. I had seder on campus tonight and one of the guys there was an Australian exchange student who was born in South Africa. When we asked him if the seder he had tonight was any different than the ones he had in other countries he said that the nice thing about Judaism is that even though the food may change, the seder stays the same :) Hope you had a great holiday and can't wait to read more of your travels!
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