Berlin

We happened to mention to Jonathan and Frido that we were interested in going to Berlin, and the next thing we knew, we were on our way with Frido's family!
We had such a good time seeing almost all of Berlin from the tower; which we bought tickets for, but then ended up having to wait 4 more hours. Eeccchhhh. So we walked to the Brandenburg Gate while we waited. It's pretty cool, but pretty small. The Parliament building however, was quite cool! Jonathan decided right there that he was going to be a politician so he could go into it - Frido just said he would be the janitor, and still go in it! We then walked to a park of fountains, got wet, and moved onto the train station. Apparently it's the coolest building in Berlin, according to some people (: Got some water at the indoor mall there, and found a spot to toss the disc and eat homemade waffles. After tossing it for a good 30 minutes we decided that we should really go and do something else so we wouldn't have to say that "we just played Frisbee in Berlin...", so we did. Slowly but surely we found our way back to the tower and took a long elevator ride to the top! Almost the entire city can be seen from there. It's also neat cause the buildings always match the city blocks. Meaning that if the block is a 83 degree angle, the building on the corner is too! There's also a pink barbie building...not sure why though. After getting slightly misdirected - by the map, not the guys - we made it back to the hotel! We met Frido's parents for a lovely dinner at an Italian restaurant! SO good. Ended off the day by playing cards at the bar in the hotel, and eating grapes (:
The next day we ate a lot of breakfast - it's free so...we had to eat a lot! All of us thought it'd would be quite cool to take a boat tour and see the buildings from the river. After Frido bought the tickets, I immediately proceeded to dropping it in the lake! But no matter, because you don't need it on the boat. A lady that was sitting beside Jonathan was graciously telling him all these interesting facts about the stuff we were seeing...because SOMEONE thought it would be so funny to pretend they were Canadian too! The entire tour he was asking questions about why all their police have cars - because ours ride horses. Also staplers - how are they legal in Germany? Because in Canada you have to have a license. Also that only rich people have TVs. When the tour was over Jonathan asked Frido what we were going to do next - in German! She looked back, and everyone was quite embarrassed, but it was super funny! We took the trams to get to the most beautiful park in the world where we could play more Frisbee! After that we went back to the hotel for one last meal in Berlin. We then hopped back into the van and were on our way back to Dillenburg. It was such a good weekend, and we've already made plans to go back in 2 years with them! Ha (: