Loving Berlin

(Pictures. 1. Alex at the museum 2. Whitney standing over where the Berlin Wall was...standing on the East and the West. 3. Checkpont Charlie 4. Whats left of the wall. 5. Alex walking through the Holocaust Memorial 6. Whitney at Brandenburger Gate)

This whole mixed up keyboard...the z and the y are backwards...we can never find the @ sign... its really messing us up. But I just figured out how to do pictures!!

Um...update.. I cant believe I havent mentioned that the Ducks won the Stanley Cup!! Holla!! Wish I was at home to celebrate with them, as Im sure my dad (yes Ill find a big enough shirt for you ;) did.

And Miranda... Jimmy Woos is going to New York in 6 months so Alex and I may have to visit for that!

Now...Berlin!

Our hostel is amazing. St Christophers Inn, they have hotel-hostles in a few cities. IT has a bar down below and had better breakfast than Ive had in a long time. We decided to take the free walking tour that picked up from the hostel. It ended up being the best thing ever. It was almost 4 hours of walking around the city with a tour guide who was a girl from Kansas City, its absolutely free you just tip at the end. We went to the Brandenburger Gate, Reichstag, The park where they have the love parade, the Holocaust Memorial, Hitlers Bunker, the Airforce Building..now the tax building, Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, French square with two huge churches and the symphony, Humboldt University, Opera House, Nueu Wache, Museum Island at the TV towers, Pergamon Museum with one of the arches to the gates of Babylon (one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world) and I had a giant hotdog for 3 euros from a stand which was delicious. We walked up and down Unter de Linden a couple times. Its insanely interesting to see the buildings that have the bullet holes and the really old statues that are blackened from all the bombings. The tour guide we had was extremely smart and it was neat to get all the information from her on the history of everything. It was WAY WAY worth it! Theres no way we could have done that on our own, all my world history knowledge was flowing back to me.

It was pretty super hot today at a few points. Even with sunscreen we got a little burnt. Especially waiting for the reichstag we were dripping sweat. We spent a good almost 9 hours walking around. Tomorrow we hit up the Zoo! And Ka Da We (for you Tall Fry) and the bombed out church (for you court).

Alex and I both feel we did an awesome job allowing enough time in each place and then moving on, and loving every moment of it!!!!

Berlin

We are now in Berlin, we arrived at night so we are waiting until the morning to check out the city, but our hostel is amazing so far! We are looking forward to all the history the city has to offer!! More later...with pictures.
Love and miss you all!!

Jumping

The other newest craze to hit Europe... or at least The Netherlands...
Go to youtube and look up jumping. IT is a type of dance that invovles jumping up and down and kicking your legs in different directions. They have a whole show devoted to it on Hollands version of MTV... If you watched So You Think You Can Dance.. You know what we are talking about. But we couldnt stop laughing. The show taught us some moves and Alex tried it out on the dance floor. She was pretty awesome at it, of course. This is definitely something we will bring back with us..

Amsterdam!!

Amsterdam was amazing!!
Day 1
WE got to the airport and Janneke picked us up in her cute Fiat and drove us into the city. We had cokes at an outdoor cafe right in the middle of town, went shopping at Zara, HM and Mango and had Fritz with Mayo and croquets (I really think I was made to live here...eat mayo everyday) Everywhere you go theres a million bikes! Its also the first time we have ever felt short ...maybe averaged height. It was incredibly! I thought the girls were in heels...they werent. and the guys ..some of them have to be 7 feet tall. Its like a country bred to play basketball. Jannekes apartment is sooooo cute. She was such an incredible host there are no words to explain our thanks!!
Day 2
We spent the day walking around the city. We saw the Van Gogh Museum, the Anne Frank House, both which were moving in different ways. We took a canal tour around the city. We saw shops and restaurants and ate more fritz. We went out in her city, Den Bosch with Jairus (Jannekes bf, sooo awesome!) as well. The second bar had a rotating bar and a waterfall beind the dance floor, and we were once again surrounded by giants.
Day 3
We drove to Belgium and went to Antwerpen. We had more fritz (to taste the difference) and Whit had a belgium waffle!! We went back to Jannekes to get ready for the evening....

Jimmy Woo´s!!

Which is ´the most exclusive, most well known bar in not only amsterdam but in all of holland´. Pharrell is often seen there as well as many celebrities. We got on the list and it was amazing. The top floor bar was decorated so nice, and the downstairs was a dance floor where the ceiling and behind the dance floor was all lightblubs, like we were in Justin Timberlakes Rock Your Body video. We danced until 5 am ... when Jairus picked us up (thanks!!!)
We had an amazing time!!!
WE would go back to Holland in a second. Miss it already

ýou are so jimmy´

Our Overall Thoughts on Dublin

We had an amazing second night in Dublin. We ate dinner and went to Temple Bar area to hang out. We met some Irish guys that told us the best place to go.. Fritzsimmons
It was sad to go but super exciting to think about our future stops!!
But here are our Dos and Donts of Dublin

Dont - No need to come for more than a couple days unless you plan to travel into the countryside

Do - Go to the Guinness Store House (Our favorite thing in the city!)

Dont - wear overalls

Do - Fall asleep on any green patch of land you can find

Dont - go to the Clarence Hotel for drinks (sorry zabala!) unless you find a rich guy to buy you 14euro cocktails

Do - Go to Fritzsimmons!

Do - Find Irish guzs to buy you drinks and talk to you in that thick accent

Do - walk everywhere. no need for a bus!

Do - Walk down Graffton Street and visit River Island, Top Shop and all the other stores

Do - Go to Trinity College

I dont think you can go wrong in Dublin.
Cheers!!

Overalls

Its really too bad we cant hook up Alexs camera to the computer because she took some sweet pictures of Overalls... in store windows and even on a girl. They are in short form, skirt form, green, demin, whatever awful thing you can think of. WE really hope the trend doesnt cross over here...

I forgot to bring my connector to the internet cafe, but tomorrow Ill post pictures....promise!!

Dublin!!

Hello!
We made it. And are safe.

Yesterday we walked around all day. We saw Graffton St and all the shops. Trinity College, which was big and beautiful, Dublin Castle, St Stephens Green and lots more.

We did a great job of staying up, except when we got to St Patricks Cathedral we laid on the grass and....fell asleep for just an hour. We both have pink faces now. Last night we went to dinner off of Grafton Street and to Temple Square. We had drinks at Temple Bar. Me...a Guinness and Alex? A 7 euro vodka cran.....which consisted of half a shot of vodka and cranberry from a glass jar which the bartender handed us.

Today we went to the Guinness Store house. It was our favorite. The tour was awesome and we got a free drink at the Gravity Lounge, which is all the way on the top with a view of the city. I had a Guinness which the foam was so thick I wrote a big W in the center and Alex had a diet coke.......with a lemon...

Then we shopped and walked around and laid in St Stephens Green for a little nap. Our hostel is very clean and very nice. We miss you all lots and will post pictures and talk more when we get to Amsterdam.
We have a nice blog on Overalls coming up (apparently the new euro fashion.......)

Cheers!
Whitney and Alex