DAY 14 ( +Day 15)

DAY 14

Monday 25 July 2011



We headed out for a day on our own in Berlin. The furthest point out was the 1936 Olympic Stadium, which we got to walk around. An interesting thing we learned was that the "slight" to American multi-gold medalist Jesse Owens by Hitler seems to be a myth; he was told by the Olympic committee not to shake hands with any of the athletes.







We came back to Mareike at the end of the day and found her preparing dinner, which was just the warm welcome we needed after a day in the city.

DAY 15

Tuesday 26 July 2011

"Hallo!"

We arrived in Dresden, no problem, and found Robinienstrase. We heard "hallo!" from Ursula, waving from the balcony. Dian's mom's cousin Siegward and his wife Ursula were welcoming and immediately set out coffee, tea and homemade cookies. They opened the packages that Dian's mom had sent, of See's chocolates, and we gave them Simpsons beer glasses.

Siegward drove us to our rented flat about five minutes away. We were blown away by how cool it was. After unloading we were picked up by Siegward for a delicious chicken noodle soup and salad dinner that hit the spot. Of course beer was served in the Simpsons glasses.

After dinner Siegward showed us some of his photography which is a hobby, but in many regards shows he is an artist. We listened to classical music from a local boy's choir that the two have seen perform many times. He gave us a bunch of guide books of Dresden, and after ice cream (which Ursula ran out and bought just for us) drove us back to our flat.

© Siegward's photography

© Siegward's photography

© Siegward's photography

After dinner we took a short walk near their place