Greetings!

So I’ve gotten back from my short trip to Berlin yesterday. I think it was one of the coldest places I’ve ever been in my entire life actually. But everyone just dresses extra warm, go out and do their things unlike some of us who just drop everything the moment there is a hint of snow, haha. So despite the weather, I’ve flown in and out with no complications and had a great time.

I didn’t end up going to the Berlin wall nor the Jewish memorial, partly due to the weather. The only museum I went was the German History Museum, which was great!! I highly recommend it as a place to go on your first day in Berlin, because one will get so much sense of Germany right from the beginning up to fairly current. I really had no idea how little I knew about Germany! Besides, it’s only 5 Euros, which is a lot cheaper than a lot of other galleries and museums. An ancient pocket calendar, Prussian uniforms, A Napoleon portrait… Things were superb and overwhelmingly inspirational.

Another thing made my trip to Berlin great was Berliner Weisse mit Schuss. Translate: Berliner White with shot! Berliner Weisse is a kind of wheat beer that is light and sour-tasting, and is apparently mixed with a shot of raspberry syrup or woodruff (I still have no idea what the heck that is). The end result is this delicious (dessert-like) beer, that Berliners love to drink on a hot summer’s day! When I first ordered it, This pink “beer” with a lot of foamy head was handed to me in a round beer glass, and with a straw. For a moment, I thought it was my server’s way of saying I am an utter amateur, who doesn’t know how to drink German beer properly. It does looks like a total girl beer or something like that (if there is such a thing), but because I have such a low tolerance, having a deliciously refreshing beer that is so drinkable, with its low alcohol content (3%) was amazing! Besides, the taste is great, as well. I know so many people who would like it back home! I wanted to bring a keg home so we can all drink this in July on a patio (of someone else’s since I don’t have one). Besides, it is an astonishing 65 Euro cents a bottle from a supermarket!!! I was so happy to find it in a duty free shop (I know, only Germans would do this), so I brought two bottles with me. I think I will not drink it until the hottest day of the year 2010.