Michele used to work with German native, Betti in Port Douglas many years ago. Betti was staying in Berlin with her partner Daniel so we arranged to meet for lunch. They have been working in Canada, where they met, and are now making plans to work in Ireland. Daniel is originally from Equador.

Scott and I walked to Neukölln Rathaus station and caught the Ubahn to Hermannplatz and then changed trains for Alexanderplatz. Sometimes you encounter some interesting people on these trains like a musician busking for money or people who want to preach to the crowd. There was one very vocal and cute passenger on the train today who had a lot to ‘say’.

We met Betti and Daniel under the Clock structure and made our way to the Bavarian restaurant. Conversations were easy and we made the best of this window of time to catch up over food and beers.

Betti and Daniel were due to catch a train back to Mannheim at 3pm. So we all made our way back to the Alexanderplatz Ubahn and went our separate ways after vowing to catch up somewhere like Ireland or Spain next year. Daniel is keen to see Spain and then Scott commented on how we always seem to want to go to the land of our colonisers!

Back in the apartment we decided to take it easy. Wolt is the online food ordering app like Menulog and we decided to have Asian chicken wings and bites for dinner.

I only have one day left after today so I wanted to start packing for the trip home. Coming over, I had my large case and a smaller carry on bag (for our Iceland trip) which I packed with the anticipation of not getting my large suitcase at my final destination. Luckily there were no luggage woes but it was a pain to drag 2 suitcases around. I wanted to see if I could fit the little one inside the larger one and pack items inside and around it. It worked! Now I’ll just stress about getting my luggage at home. 🙄

I love Scott’s apartment …. My home for the last 3 weeks ❤️

Guten Nacht