sorry its been a couple of days... we left berlin and are now in paris. sarah leaves tomorrow and then i will officially be on my own for 3 weeks!!! should be good but it will definitely be different and i will miss sarah tons!! but we went to another cool bookstore today and i got sense and sensibility so i will get to read another jane austen book while i am here :)
i will try to recap the rest of our time in berlin and our journey back to paris. nothing real exciting to tell about the pub crawl... it was fairly disorganized but once it got moving it was fun. i told sarah that i would try a beer even though i dont like beer (i was in it for the vodka orange shots, not so much the beer) ;) so i had a coronawhich was tolerable but still not something i would choose to drink. and i did try a pilsner (german brand) but hated it. we got to talk to lots of peeps throughout the night... ranging from australia, england, new zealand, and ireland. so that was fun, but we were definitely part of the older crowd and my patience level for 19 yr olds is pretty low... :) and sarah started to get tired (thats right folks, i finally outlasted her for once) so we peaced out at the 4th bar and went and got ice cream... and burger king. oops ;)
so then the next day we went to church which i was totally looking forward to! so it was great to get a taste of being back at home and since we were visitors we got a little welcoming gift with some chocolate! so you cant beat that :) after that we went on a free walking tour all over the city of berlin. it was really good and informative, but it was FREEZING and drizzling or raining the WHOLE time so that was a bummer. we were definitely ready to leave the dreary weather. before we left the next day though we made sure to get another doner kebab!!! they are like gyros so if you have never had one you should totally try one! they are quite possibly added to my favorite food list :)
so the train ride to paris was good. 8 hrs but it went really quick. and random sidenote - this whole trip i have thought that sarah has had a nose whistle. its been super annoying and she has never heard herself do it. then on the train i asked her if she had heard her nose whistle at all because she had been doing it A LOT on the train and she said no. then later on she was like, "is this what you think my nose whistle is?" and she made the noise. and i said yes. and then she said that it was actually a nose that she makes with her freaking throat and she doesnt know how she does it or when!!! i couldnt believe it... so that might not have been funny to you but it was a 6 week mystery finally solved :)
so today in paris we went thru the notre dame since we didnt make it last night. then went on a free tour of the city to kill time and learn a bit more history. coolness.
tomorrow morning i will drop sarah off at theairport :( then do whatev around paris for a few hours. then i am taking a bus to a city outside of paris because i am flying out of a different airport tomorrow so i want to be close. so hopefully i can figure it out on my own.... yikes :) anyways, i am flying to dublin, ireland where i will spend 3 nights. i am really pumped b/c hostels are cheap there and lots of see. and i am so pumped just to listen to people talk with an awesome accent!!! :) my plan after that is to hit a couple other cities on the other side of the country and then head to newry to visit kelli bradley (kevin & jesse's sister) before coming back here. once i get back to the main part of europe i am still trying to decide where to go... i will be ending my trip at a beach though, thats for darn sure!!!! :)
eric, i will email josh's aunt tonight to get his sis's email address for you :)
ummmm, i know i am leaving things out.... i hate that feeling. oh well. if it comes back to me i will blog again :)
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doner kebabs
What a hoot. They can be rather tasty when yer hungry with very little money to spend. But, I recommend you close your eyes or turn your head as they are prepared.
The dude behind the counter (who was definitely NOT German), slices a meat-like substance from a vertical rotisserie (kinda looks like a rotating 40 pound roll of SPAM on a stick) as it sizzles on an open flame.
BTW... WHO orders a Corona in Germany??? It's kinda like going to Burger King when in Berlin.
Oh. Never mind. 8-)
Jodes! That nose whistling story tickled me, I was laughing out loud!!!!
Marco Polo going solo! Uh oh, it must be past my email curfew...that's pretty silly. I truly lol about Sarah's nose/throat whistle. I'm sure she'll be sooooo happy to know you blogged about it to the world! One thought about Burger King...everyone knows "burger" is a German word. And "king", well, duh, Europe is full of monarchies. HowEVer...really?
Post some pics when you get a chance!
xo
ok, i feel the need to defend our burger king trip in berlin... sometimes a girl just gets a craving for a whopper jr., what can i say! ;)
and about the kebab meat... its definitely not spam. gross looking maybe, but its real i swear :)
and sarah was laughed heartily that i blogged about her nose/throat whistle mystery. but she reminded me that i forgot to blog about how she wasn't looking as we got to a street crossing on our berlin walking tour and i had to yell out "SARAH!!!!" and she stopped JUST in time to not get hit by a speeding car... who am i gonna be mom to now that she's gone :(
"...i am so pumped just to listen to people talk with an awesome accent!!! :) "
When Irish folk speak to each other, are you able to understand ANYTHING they are saying?
i love my nose whistle...even tho it's not really my nose... ;) jods..i miss you already! i made it back safe and sound although the day was the longest day ever.i didn't sleep during my flight or the 7hr wait at the philly airport! anyways, i'm sick with a cold now, but glad to be back at home. miss you and i just know you'll meet some irish hottie!! later playa...
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