GUESS WHAT THIS IS?? ^^ :) Yep, my aunt has photo cred. And yes, Schloss Clarlottenburg!!!
This picture (see above) was taken by my aunt. Here's the history she gave me: Library of Duchess Anna-Amalia (Weimar, Germany); more famous as Goethe's library, blah blah. Oh well. I have the original! And the full history. Sucks to be you, I suppose.
Me, on the trip of a lifetime! Actually, an accident...playing with the camera and snapped an okay picture!
Hallo!
I bring greetings from my aunt Carrissa in Germany. Lemme tell you about that. :) 'Cause it was pretty kick-awesome.
Okay, so, a nice, wonderful day...but I'm sick in bed. A day before I anticipated traveling. A quick cancellation, but Carrissa, being the good aunt she is, says I can come when I'm better. Yay! Well, I'm stuck in bed with an awful flu-type thing. High fever (103 or higher, most of the time) and a lot of icky feeling. It goes for two weeks. Joy.
So I finally come around and make my little flight (I don't even know how long: I slept most of the way.) I arrived, mid-day, to a smiling aunt...who was sick. WHY???!!! So...I was stuck with a little bit of money and a sick aunt. So much for hitting landmarks and having a great time. She lives outside of Berlin, in I suppose what you'd call the countryside-type area. Very pretty. It was cool, and a sundress didn't seem like a bad thing to pack. So, I had beautiful scenery, a cute outfit, and time on my own. I felt like I could sing. But I'm an awful singer. Bad idea.
There's a little place by Carrissa's house...owned by an older couple. A little family business. A restaurant. Very nice. So, I had to beg Carrissa to tell me how to order a salad. But, thanks to my German teacher, I did know how to order a glass of tea with lemon!
My tiny first-day meal was over. Yay. Time to walk around.
Okay, so country-side is an overstatement. She just lives on the outskirts of town. So it's like a...20 minute walk (quick pace, which is nothing to me) to a small shop. Souvenirs of all shapes and sizes. I had just enough money to buy this cute decorative plate. It has Schloss Neuschwanstein on it, in brilliant colours. Amazing. It was kind of pricey, but another customer said I wasn't going to find much else like it for that small of a price. I bought it.
It was amazing. I never expected these little walks to be so amazing. Of course, I didn't wander farther than I could read my way back on a little map my aunt had given me. With little money, I walked around, windowshopping, and such. Not amazing fun, but enough.
I know what you're thinking. "Oh, Brittany, no pictures? I wanted to see!" Never fear: I have some. Yay for you guys, right?
So, in case you're completely oblivious, look at the top of this post. Amazing pictures. Just for you. Yaaaaay.
