Stefan & Susi

I have the nicest friend in the world who met me at the airport upon my arrival in Berlin, kind enough to accommodate me for a week, rush to pay all the bills, bought me a tour guide book (in English), find out attraction details, spend time touring me around despite working days & even get me a Germany SIM card to ease communication.

In Germany, surprisingly quite a number of people still don't speak English. My guess is they understand but are not really fluent with English so they try their very best to avoid speaking English (purely based on personal experience).

A lot of restaurants still don't have English menu (especially if they're not located near tourist attractions) and the waiter/waitresses definitely don't speak much English. The only one that I encounter (so far) that speaks English is in Haagen Dazs. Funny guy...when I asked 'Can I have this please'; he said 'Yes, you can have everything including me', lol...

So I'm glad to have my friends as 'translator', when they're not with me, I carry a small yellow English-Deutsch dictionary for 'emergency' purposes. Stefan & Susi also serve as my tour guide providing explainations. Susi is sort of the group entertainer, provides her funny stories that'll often make me laughing uncontrollably, she's so cute. Will try to share her stories when I go back to Copenhagen (& have the time), it's too funny to be kept by myself.

Here's a picture with 3 of us in front of the famous Brandenburger Tor:-