There and here

We were both still a bit tired and decided to sleep in a bit.  Then our late start, got even later because we found an English broadcast of the 2016 Olympic selection, in which Chicago was a finalist.  We were both curious if Chicago was going to get the bid, so we waited a round a little bit to see what was going to happen.  They were still a ways off from narrowing it down from 4 to 2 cities, but we at least got to see both Daley and both Obamas' speeches.

After we pried ourselves from the TV we started on our official plan for the day which was to venture out to see Postdamn Palace.  It's a little bit on the outskirts of the Berlin PT, but still seemed fairly accessible without a guided tour.  Does this sound familiar?  Yup, just like our "out-of-town-tour" in Prague, we once again failed.  What we didn't understand on the train schedule, is that that line we tried to take out to Postdamn, did run all the way there when we we're trying to go.  So we got to the end of the line for our train and deiced to call it as day.  We could have backtracked a bit a picked up a different train, that seemed to go out where we wanted, but at this point we figured it wasn't meant to be and headed back to the hotel.

After a brief nap, Kirstyn wandered a bit with Christina and I did the same myself.  We met up back at the hotel after a short while and got ready to head out to a German Cabaret for evening entertainment.

We found the Cabaret without any trouble, which was nice after the morning debacle!  It was set up in an enclosed outdoor tent, and like most outdoor settings in Berlin, it was plenty warm in the tent!  The event was packed and nearly every seat was full when we go there.. and we weren't even late!  Needless to say, Kirstyn and I didn't get to sit next to Fregly and Christina, but we did get placed next to a nice couple visiting from Vienna.  The were fun to talk too and the husband was pretty fluent in English.  And the performance however, was entirely in German!  We knew this going in, but still read that it was a fun show.  So while we couldn't understand most of the words, the actors expressions and the orchestras music seemed to tell the tale very well.  Overall, it was a very fun and very worthwhile experience, even with the language barrier.

I didn't really eat dinner tonight, so by the time we got back near the hotel (and had a couple bottles of Riesling :) ), I was pretty hungry.  Luckily, there was a little pizza shop open near our hotel and we grabbed a quick bite.  Not quite what we get back in the states for pizza (especially coming from a great pizza city like Chicago), but it hit the spot!  Now it was time for a good night's sleep!