It was my first trip to Germany. I had to meet Grundy UFA in Griebnitzsee. It was a beautiful town. I stayed at http://www.avendi.eu/?tree_id=521 - A really nice hotel with good breakfast right next to the lake.
The day I arrived, I decided to go to Potsdam just to walk around and have dinner. It was a fairly odd experience. Not a single shop would accept credit cards, I did not want to change money if I did not have to.. eventually I had to and that too at a low rate with fees.. crap. So amateurish I felt. I also walked and walked and walked.. everything seems closed. I could not find any restaurants or people I could talk to. This was just Tuesday afternoon so I thought people might be on the street but they weren't. Finally somehow I ended up on brandenburgerstrasse.
The lunch/dinner was a pizza in front of St. Peter and Paul Church at Brandenburgerstrasse. Good pizza and beer. The service was crappy... I had to "ask" for breads and then "ask again" for olive oil for the table.. wierd since other tables were getting it without asking.. my "foreign, brown tourist" radar went up again.
Anyhow, I had to buy trousers since my luggage did not make with me to Berlin Tegel airport. I bought one from H&M and left my credit card there. I was lucky that I was able to find time to go back and get it. I had a good dinner and drink and conversation with Marc from Grundy in Potsdam. I had "Tequila Lime Chicken" with a sweat spicy sauce.. imagine that. I thought you could only get that at Applebey's in Austin.
Going back to Griebnitzsee was easy. The trains were always on time. I had a great time at TV studio looking at set of "good times bad times"
Going to Berlin was an experience. The train station was beautiful I enjoyed the walk from the train station to the reichstag and bundesstag and the chancellor's house and the holocaust memorial. I had a good large beer in the sony center right by Potsdamerplatz after seeing the remnants of the berlin wall. I planned my transcription business at this spot. Hopefully I can bring it to life.
It was very interesting to see how the wall kept what looks like one city divided for so long. And, the tragic history of it all...
The hotel was great, they packed a breakfast for me since I had to leave at 4AM in the morning to catch a 6AM flight from Berlin Tegel. All for free.
The day I arrived, I decided to go to Potsdam just to walk around and have dinner. It was a fairly odd experience. Not a single shop would accept credit cards, I did not want to change money if I did not have to.. eventually I had to and that too at a low rate with fees.. crap. So amateurish I felt. I also walked and walked and walked.. everything seems closed. I could not find any restaurants or people I could talk to. This was just Tuesday afternoon so I thought people might be on the street but they weren't. Finally somehow I ended up on brandenburgerstrasse.
The lunch/dinner was a pizza in front of St. Peter and Paul Church at Brandenburgerstrasse. Good pizza and beer. The service was crappy... I had to "ask" for breads and then "ask again" for olive oil for the table.. wierd since other tables were getting it without asking.. my "foreign, brown tourist" radar went up again.
Anyhow, I had to buy trousers since my luggage did not make with me to Berlin Tegel airport. I bought one from H&M and left my credit card there. I was lucky that I was able to find time to go back and get it. I had a good dinner and drink and conversation with Marc from Grundy in Potsdam. I had "Tequila Lime Chicken" with a sweat spicy sauce.. imagine that. I thought you could only get that at Applebey's in Austin.
Going back to Griebnitzsee was easy. The trains were always on time. I had a great time at TV studio looking at set of "good times bad times"
Going to Berlin was an experience. The train station was beautiful I enjoyed the walk from the train station to the reichstag and bundesstag and the chancellor's house and the holocaust memorial. I had a good large beer in the sony center right by Potsdamerplatz after seeing the remnants of the berlin wall. I planned my transcription business at this spot. Hopefully I can bring it to life.
It was very interesting to see how the wall kept what looks like one city divided for so long. And, the tragic history of it all...
The hotel was great, they packed a breakfast for me since I had to leave at 4AM in the morning to catch a 6AM flight from Berlin Tegel. All for free.
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