My Big Adventure part 2

   

My Big Adventure part 2 (Frankfurt/Berlin)

We arrived in Frankfurt at 6 am German time after flying all through the night for 12 hours, it was midnight when we left Singapore so somehow we lost 6 hours. Then we had to wait about 30 minutes before we were allowed to go through Customs.

As soon as I got through I saw my Opa and he bought me a bretzel. This is like a pretzel but made of bread and much bigger and very popular here.  We drove for 2 hours to his house which is massive. His Opa built it and Opa has lived there all his life. I stayed in my mama's old room from when she was a child. Later that day we drove to Stuttgart and went to my aunt Luisa's birthday party in a biergarten and I played soccer with my cousin Lorenz and his friends in the park. Biergarten means beer garden but it is nicer than that sounds, it is like a nice restaurant in a garden.

My Opa lives in Mulucker with a population of 25,640 people.
I stayed at my Opa's house for a few days. I saw squirrels and put food for them in boxes nailed to the trees in his garden. I could see some dirt patches in the lawn which Opa told me were made by Maulwurf which is German for moles. He said he had only seen one in his whole life so not much chance I will see one in the garden. I did see one in the Berlin Zoo.

I went to Berlin by train. It took 6 hours and at first we had to sit on the floor which was a bit surprising but then we got seats. There is a dining car on the train and the food is nice. I noticed that most people have new cars which are still nice and shiny unlike new zealand. In fact I saw two lamborghinis while I was there. Most people actually get around by tram or train.

I learnt that Berlin is the capital city of Germany. I went to some museums and saw the memorial for the Jews which remembers the 6 million murders of Jews. I also learnt that Berlin has more museums than rainy days. One museum had the largest dinosaur ever found. 

My favourite fact is that the ring road of Berlin is in the shape of the head of a basset hound. Germans really like dogs. They even take them into restaurants and trains. all the ones I saw were well behaved.

After Berlin we caught three trains and one bus to Freiburg which is way down in the south of Germany. The trip took seven and a half hours. Once we arrived we went to Wilhelmstrasse where my grandma lives. Today I went to a cathedral called the Munster which is really really old and I played with my little awesome cousin Isla. Isla doesn't speak english so I had to try and work out what he was saying. Since I only know a bit of German I want to learn some more so next time I can actually understand him and not just say yes or no randomly.