It's raining! Does it follow me everywhere? It's quite warm tho' about 25 deg so that makes up for the rain.
I have been separated from my group and I am surrounded by Germans (obviously!). I was trying to have a conversation with the person sitting beside me on the bus but my very limited German vocabulary is causing me to get blank looks and heads held quizzically to one side...So i've stopped trying to speak German as it seems that I sound more like the Swedish chef from the Muppets than a German... Oh well at least I tried. I'm not sure how long I'll be on this coach for, I really should have paid more attention at German classes...
The city looks nice....oh well, off to work...
I'm back on the coach again after a very long day.
And what a day! I'm very tired, and fed up looking at cars. Although I did get to drive some very sporty little numbers, and some of the sporty numbers big brothers. But driving through the very busy streets of Berlin at rush hour with a bunch of boy racers was a bit nerve wrecking! Nothing like a challenge to wake you up. I think I lived up to the challenge, until I had to park one of the larger cars, then I just lived up to being blond!
It's been an interesting day, but I feel a bit like I am being inducted into a cult!! And if i see one more three pointed star...
So after all that training, learning, driving and inducting, we were treated to dinner on a boat on the river. The river Spray. It was amazing. I have decided that from now on whatever city in Europe I visit I am going to take a boat trip around that city. It was lovely to watch the banks glide by with people waving to us as they sipped their drinks from the numerous waterside bars, or sitting by their boats, drinking coffee. We spent over three hours on the boat this evening and I finally got to see all the city's sights at night with all the lights from the buildings, old and new, glistening and reflecting in the water. We even passed Angela Merkels house, but alas, she wasn't in. She probably wouldn't have wanted to entertain us Irish anyway. We also went through a lock on the river and had to wait while the boat was slowly raised up and up and up until we reached the water level on the other side of the gate. Oh the excitement of it all, i don't know what I will have to write about tomorrow to follow that!! I wish too,that I had done more research so that I knew what exactly I was looking at. I will just have to come back when I am not working...
I'm still not quite sure what I ate but it was all very tasty.
Well I didn't find a female partner in crime, but, much to my delight, I did discover that because this is such a male orientated trip, the ladies toilets are completely empty, so no queuing in there for me! You should see the line outside the gents...
Back to my search tomorrow, i won't give up, but now it's bed time for me, and another long day to look forward to...
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