We spent most of our time in Montmartre and came upon the neighborhood Bastille day celebration - people were dancing in the street and charging at cars like bulls. We asked someone, "So, when do you sing the national anthem?" She immediately shook her head. "Oh you will not hear this. The French do not do this. No one knows the words."
One day I ordered a crepe and made the mistake of saying "avec nutella et banane" and pronouncing the "e" at the end like Spanish. The crepe guy laughed so hard. Failure! The next day I tried again with the same guy. This time I'll get it! Aaaaand fail again. It came out sounding like "nutella et baNAH." He laughed even harder this time. ("banan" is the proper way, I learned.)
After Paris came Amsterdam and Berlin. Amsterdam was beautiful and raining. We ate lots of waffles and got lost in the canals. (literally - one night it took like 2 hours to get back!) The sun came out one day just long enough for us to see the Anne Frank house, which was unbelievable. There really aren't words to describe it!
Berlin was ridiculously amazing. They have currywurst - bratwurst with curry- so right away Jonathan knew he was going to like it there, haha. We spent a day at Mauer Park - I loved asking the cop where the karaoke was and having him essentially say "Girlfriend, don't you check Facebook? That's been cancelled."
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