Wednesday, April 20, 2016

First Day of a Jelly Donut - Carver

Did you know that a hamburger is not named that for being a burger with ham? No, it is named for Hamburg, Germany. A hot dog, called a frankfurter, is named for Frankfurt, Germany. And a jelly donut is called a berliner, named for Berlin, Germany. So, my title would have been First Day of a Berliner, because I am in Berlin. So I changed it to Jelly Donut. And jelly donuts are good, just pointing that out.

We arrived two days ago from Stansted Airport, London, England, UK, Europe, Earth into Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe, Earth. We came into Bornholmer Straße, an S-Bahn station. For lunch, we went to Curry Baud, at the Gesundbrunnen Center, a big mall where there is a major S and U -Bahn stop. That day, we saw the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag and, with the Berlin transport ticket that we bought to get from the airport to Bornholmer Straße, we rode the bus to one endpoint and then back to the other endpoint. Then we went home.

But also, in Germany, I am enjoying all of the German around. After all I only get 10 days of a German speaking place and Syarra got months of French. So she will be better at French than I will be at German. But I can use these 10 days to learn as much as possible.

Extra things to say before the post is over: Gesundbrunnen is a far bigger stop and maybe even closer than Bornholmer Straße so we use that one instead. Straße means street. Bahn means train. The U-Bahn is pronounced like OO-Bahn. And the ß makes the s sound.

Us at the Brandenburg Gate:

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