I think I can, I think I can....

Well, as I start the 6^th hour on this plane, I needed something new to distract me. My original plan was to sleep. But well within the first 4 seconds of sitting down and realizing I was next to a 3 year old, I came to the realizations that I would need a plan B.

Ok, Plan B: stay awake, watch movies…time will fly. Well after 2 movies, a tv show, and some Taylor Swift of course, time has not quite flown. The good news is, the 3 year old has stolen my plan A, and has been past out for about an hour now. Good for her.

So, now I blog and post when I have Internet! In America! Where they speak English, and I don’t have to pay to go to the bathroom, and I can get all my fav foods again, and where my puppy is, and where my big bed is. I’m ready!!

(Just typing, too tired to edit…sorry in advance for spelling errors… or rambling.)

So we’ll start the update with Friday:

We decided to just wander the city. Steven had a few places in mind and well we all just trust Steven. We went to a little market and it was really cool to see all the different things there that people were selling….and all the crazy, bizarre things too. WE then just continued wandering, and by wandering I mean walking, and by walking I mean dying. Ugh, miles and miles. Although it was rough and I had DM flashbacks with the pain in my legs, I decided it was needed...we have buffet breakfast every morning, and well the food here is just soooooo good!! So yea, I could use a few million miles to walk off my breakfast….But anyway. WE walked all around the big dome where the senate takes place in Berlin. It was an adventure for sure. Well you see, we had to make reservations, and they did not email us the reservations till the day before. With out dumb 1 hour a day internet we didn’t get this email till it was too late. So we gave it a shot today. We walked up and one woman told us we wouldn’t have a problem, it was fine. Well as we walked up the man goes hmmm, ill have to ask the police officer (who btw, doesn’t speak English.) Well we get to the police officer and he asks for ID…which me an my mom don’t have. (Let me preface this by saying, I never leave anywhere without my ID. I always have it. I never drive without it or anything. It’s always with me. But well, in Europe, you never need your ID!!! Ever!!! Pretty sure they’d give alcohol to the 3 year old next to me.) Yes, so I didn’t carry my passport around because if I got pick pocketed or anything, I’d be worse off. So after looking at us, and repeatedly telling us we always need to have ID (literally repeating like a broken record.) The policeman finally told the guy we were ok. And he had to escort us in. Scary!!! But we made it, and it was pretty cool. And then we had dinner and headed home to crash.

Saturday: Well the crew had differing views for today. So we split. My mom and Steven wandered the city again and went to a few places Steven was interested in. My dad and I went to a concentration camp. It was something we both wanted to do being we were in Germany, and may never get the opportunity again. I don’t really know how to describe it correctly. It was an amazing learning experience and well just that, an experience. That’s all I’ll get into on that, so st night. We all met back up and went to a beirgarten…if you couldn’t get that one, it’s a beer garden J It was actually the very first on in Berlin and has been there since the 1800s! It was such a cool little outside area. Steven and myself finally got these beers we had been hearing about that were a specialty to Berlin. His was bright, lime green and mince was red. They were soo good!!  IT was a great way to end our vacation.

Well, by the time I post this, I will actually be in America!

I’ve currently got an hour and 24 minutes until Philli. Where I will fight to stay awake, make to it Tampa, and continue to fight to stay awake. I’ll hopefully adjust better to the time difference than I did going to Paris.

Plan on taking a small coma of a nap!

Until then, thanks for reading all my European adventures!