Tuesday, December 23, 2008

My weekend of Awesomeness (take 2)

Well this weekend started at 1pm on friday when school finished.

Friday: After school they had a Xmas jazz performance on so me and daniel watched that for about 40mins then we went home, after packing and getting in the car we drove from Ludwigsburg to Dresden (where Dresden china comes from) and we spent the night there at daniels brothers university flat, it was cool, the whole family went out and we went to a bar for a drink, Vodka Orange.

Saturday: Spent the day going around Dresden seeing its history and sites, Especially the Frauenkirche, a Church that was destroyed in WWII and was only just repaired 5 years ago, it looks amazing, i will post some photos soon. Then we went to the Medieval market which was cool, had traditional german sausage with mustard that burnt my throat and then tried my hand at Archery, not to bad i thought myself. Then we went to the Palace where the king used to live and that was cool, very old barouqe styled buildings. Then to the Kings Church which was even better, full of gold and cool looking stuff.Then we drove to Berlin in the evening, me and daniel and his brother we out to bar that evening, Vodka Sour, Martini.

Sunday: Got up late, then went into Berlin city for the day, saw the Parliment which is way cooler than ours, saw the Bradenburger Tür ( the big gates in Berlin) then we went down the main street of Berlin. Saw pieces of the Berlin Mauer (wall) around the city and went into the berlin Ferrari store haha. Came home and relaxed on the couch for the evening then played Uno which was extremly competitive.

Monday: Went to the Jewish Museum in Berlin, not really a fun experience, felt very somber there. Very interesting though, was very well done and would recommend it to anyone going to berlin, then we went to checkpoint charlie which was cool, lots of pieces of the wall and the original USA checkpoint post. The shop there was pretty expensive though, €7,50 for a tiny piece of the wall the size of my pinky fingernail. So i didnt purchase.After that we went to the main shopping area in Berlin which was huge, so many shops and heaps of high class store, Louiss Vitton, dont care if i spelt that wrong haha. Me and Daniel went to the Hard Rock Cafe in Berlin, Bought the T-shirt haha and drank a beer there,  kristallweisen beir is the best in the world, if you can find it in NZ, drink it. Then last night we played more Uno then Me, Daniel and Konny(daniels brother) went into a bar and had another beer, KristallWeisen again, i cannot stress how good it is.

Tuesday: Tired to go to the Fersehe Turm in Berlin, (TV tower), but it was way to expensive so we didnt, then we went to a shop called the Ampelmann store, basically the Ampel Männchen is the small green and red guy on the traffic lights but it looks way cooler than the one we have in NZ so they made it a novelty and now you can buy stuff, so i got a t-shirt and some rubbers shaped like the people, its rather cute haha, Then we came home, had the best pizza for lunch and then drove home to Ludwigsburg and we got home at like 10pm.

One of the Coolest weekends again, here in my second home of Deutschland (Germany)

Tschüs (bye) for now

Lots of Love 

Hamish

4 comments:

David, Robyn, Tash said...

Sounds like you are having a great time away. Guess you will be having a white Christmas! It is Christmas day tomorrow here in NZ. You have a great "German" Christmas & we will all be thinking of you.

David, Robyn, Tash said...

Nanas Blog: Its Christmas day today, we missing you around but we know you are having a lovely time in Germany. Love reading the news and looking at the pictures. Thanks for keeping us up with all the news. I like you to enjoy yourself with Daniel & friends, but don't drink excessively. Make the most of your time in Germany with lots of new experiences & challenges. I went to Elim Church this morning and there was a German couple who gave a Christmas greeting in German. That reminded me of you & how you are coping with the language. Take care, lots of love to you, Daniel & Family x x

David, Robyn, Tash said...

Sorry Mish - fat fingers haha!! The comment above is from Nana :o)

Dave and Jen said...

Hi Mish We all missed you today, but its very comforting to know you are having a fantastic time, and getting treated very well by Daniel and his family.

Great talking to you on your Christmas Eve / our Christmas day.

Your time away in Dresden and Berlin sounds amazing.

Keep up the photos and commentary. We are all enjoying hearing your travel exploits, and sharing them with others.

Mum wants to know who winning stonewall?

Dad & Mum