Day 3 Dublin to Berlin

Well, last night was quite the rousing time in Dublin. For the non-football (soccer in the US) fans, last night was the UEFA (union of european football associations) Champions League final. Manchester United (from England) faced off against Chelsea FC (from London). The game was tied 1-1 after 90 minutes, and remained tied 1-1 after 30 minutes of overtime. The game was tied 4 penalty shots to 4 after the first set of five penalty shots, but Manchester pulled out the victory on the seventh penalty shot. We spent the game in a pub in the Temple Bar district, the most famous bar and restaurant distict of Dublin. It got quite rowdy in the pub, everyone was civil, but we did see some tears of agony and of pain, as well as three glasses of beer fall to the ground and spill all over in jubilation or frustration. After such excitement, we went to the hostel, slept and arose at 4:15 am for our 6 am flight to Berlin. We have had an amazing day in Berlin, taken in many of the sights (the Branenburg tor, the Reichstag, Checkpoint Charlie, the Holocaust Memorial), as well as some typical German food and a pitcher of beer for lunch, then some DonerKebabs (an Eastern European classic now spread throughout the continent) and some more German beer for dinner. It was sunny and warm today in Berlin and helped show off how beautiful the city is. Because much of it was damaged in World War II, much of the city is very modern and has quite interesting architecture. Dave's German has been coming back to him in pieces and getting us along pretty well, but the Germans are also very good with English (or at least here in the capital). That's it for now (oh and these darn German keyboards are a nightmare to type with...switching the z and y is just not a nice thing to do to someone). Auf wiedersehen!