As it was raining this morning, and none of us really wanted to spend the day soggy, we decided to postpone the Potsdam hop-on-hop-off tour until tomorrow. Instead, we took multiple trains (4 out, and 2 back) to the Olympic Park in western Berlin. A very, very cool place! Before I get into the park, I do have to mention that there was a VERY interesting character on our 4th train. Laughing and talking very loudly to himself (with a beer at 9:30am)...he was so loud, that we thought maybe he was on the phone...but there was no cord or ear bud to be found. I imagine that the voices in his head were speaking loudly, so he was trying to talk over them! Funny enough, one of the times he got really loud and walked around, Rylee notices that his sweatshirt said "Crazy" on it. It was nice that whoever dressed him this morning tried to give us a heads up! :)
Back to the Park - it was build for the 1936 Olympics, and we watched a movie about how Hitler had taken down all the propaganda before the other participants started to arrive. He was not a happy man when Jessie Owens won the running events - it was against everything he was trying to "preach". But Flat Tony had his picture taken with me, and one with the Berlin Bear inside the facility - he would actually really like the history there (and in Berlin in general). I even managed to get Rylee a picture with her little Flat Family.
Afterwards we went to Potsdamer Platz, which is about as new as things come around here. It's a shopping district with a really amazing area in the middle called the Sony Center, which has restaurants, movie theaters, and concerts in the open area in the middle. After all the walking and train travel, we ate like we may never be fed again, and everything was excellent!
Last night, we went to dinner with the American gal that my mom met on the train Tuesday (Kim) and her 5-year old son Alec. Super people, and hopefully I will see a lot more of them!! Kim is a "conflicted vegan" (she sometimes slips into the vegetarian world)...but was telling mom all about the great ways that you can cook tofu - so April/Michelle, you may just get a happy suprise on Christmas Eve!
You're all up to date. I hope this finds you well, and we will have Potsdam updates tomorrow.
Good-afternoon and God-bless,
from Berlin
No comments:
Post a Comment