It feels weird calling this a morning post since i'm making it at like
13:00, but I didn't wake up until 11 or so.  The blackout curtains in
this little guest house work too well.  Not a ton of active plans, we
need to stock up today since most stores are closed on Sundays in
Germany, we want to go up to the center of the city for touristy
nonsense, we're going to a beer garden tonight, but that's about all
that's on the docket.  I did get some japanese study in today, which
I've been neglecting while here.  Also watched a bit of Beatbreak.

In large part we took it a bit easier today until lunch or so.  We
went to the local döner shop, then went on a walk.  We made out way
out to Wilhelmshagen which is a lovely little part of Berlin along the
Spree and the Müggelsee (a river and a lake.) Had some coffee by the
water, walked down to the local S-Bahn station, and went up into
central Berlin.  Since it was practically along the way we looked at
the Brandenberg Gate and Reichstag, since we started walking the wrong
way at first we also saw the Altmuseum and Dome.  We went to the
Paulaner Beer Garden for dinner, since my friend managed to not eat
any 'German' food here (we've had plenty of kebabs and such.) He ended
up getting roast chicken like a coward.  Good frittes though, and I
made him try some of the sampler I got.  Pretty sure I got the same
waiter as last year (he seems to be the one who speaks English best.)
Google tried to screw me on the way home again, recommending a train
which was cancelled, but the DB website was able to set me straight
until we got to the bus: 15 minutes late, utterly packed.  They
*REALLY* need to get the S3 up again, this is ridiculous.  I'm pretty
sure that lack of capacity even with the S replacement buses is the
problem.  Realistically it might even be better to just dedicate those
buses to the bus routes that'd serve along the line anyway?  We're not
particularly near an S-bahn station in the first place, but I noticed
huge numbers of people getting on and off at them.

We didn't have a chance to food shop properly since (due to how late
the bus was) we didn't get to Edeka until 30 minutes before close.  We
just grabbed some sandwich stuff and some drinks.  Through my morbid
curiosity (see the Europe entries.  By the way, I don't think I wrote
it down but Prague has a Popeyes.  It's good,) I bought a mountain
dew.  I'm used to it just being an orange soda in other countries, but
apparently German mountain dew is literally just sugar mountain dew?
This wasn't the case anywhere else me or my friend have been.  There
was another fun shock too: I bought some cherry cordials.  Now in
America, cherry cordials are a cherry and some cherry syrup covered in
chocolate.  We still call it cherry liqueur but it's just a thick,
cherry flavored syrup.  No, not here in Europe.  They take their
cherry liqueur seriously; that was a hell of a first bite when I
wasn't expecting it.

No big plans left for tonight, just snacks, a couple drinks, and
hanging out.  Tomorrow is our last full day in Germany and we both
have to get going early, plus practically everywhere is closed by law
on Sundays in Germany, hence the pressure to grocery shop.  We're
considering just renting bikes and touring the area, but who knows.
.