Monday, December 5, 2011

Our Trip to Germany. Day 2.


     We had decided to do something fun for Maggie today so we located an aquarium in Olympiapark but we woke up to a little girl not feeling well.  Feeling so under the weather that she puked all over me.  Not once but twice.  It was an AWESOME experience.  One that I would recommend you NOT encounter in your whole life.  Scott did run out to a pastry shop down the street to get us breakfast which was delicious! We walked to the train station & we paid WAY too much for our tickets because we didn't understand the ticket we needed.  So €54 later, we were changing trains like pros and walking around Olympiapark like tourists who knew exactly where we were going.  We didn't though & even ended up walking in the wrong door at the aquarium (I guess we should have learned a bit more German before our trip).
    The aqurium was expensive & no better than any I had gone to before in North Carolina.  But Maggie and Scott used it as a time to bond.  He held her the whole way through the aquarium & looked at the fish with her. I just pushed the stroller and took pictures (which a BIG thank you goes out to my father-in-law for letting me borrow his wonderful Canon DSLR camera).  While in the aquarium Maggie would not let Scott put her down & I refused to carry her.  Scott loved the fact that Maggie was letting him carry her.  




     This was also the first we had laid eyes on the BMW Welt, Museum, and Headquarters.  This made Scott very happy as he has a slight obsession with BMW (only a slightly less obsession than his obsession with penguins).  Olympiapark was also beautiful and very cool to walk through.  We ate at a small restaurant in the park & were very timid about ordering & such.  This was the first place I had encountered that the language barrier was slightly an issue.  We did not know how to order or anything considering that it was a walk up to the bar & order, then seat yourself & they will bring your food to you kind of place.  It was good food & this is where I realized I love that Coke doesn't come with ice in it.  
     As we left dinner we decided to walk through the park some more back to the train.  On the walk through the beautiful park, we put Maggie in her stroller so that we could wrap her up in her stroller blanket.  The little girl FELL ASLEEP in her stroller.  I can barely get her to ride in her stroller for longer than 5 minutes in the states, much less get her to fall asleep in it.  



This is probably my favorite picture of the whole trip


     She slept all the way back to the hotel and then stayed up late.  We all enjoyed the bonding and playing together though so none of us complained.  And the next day we would go to Marienplatz to explore.  





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