*~*Miss Pammy Tan*~*

Greetings loves! Its time for the post you've all been anticipating!!! Henrik and Pamela go to Berlin for Valentine's Day! Part 2 of 2! For updates, refer to the post below!

Day 3. Sunday the 15th of February 2009!

We woke up early ready for a relaxing day at the zoo! We had breakfast at a cafe recommended by some friends. The breakfast was yummy! I had toast, eggs and smoked ham! Henrik had the egg and fruit combo! The cafe was pretty cute and homely.

baby just woke up

my breakfast!
( I totally dropped half an egg yolk on his coat =x shhhh don't remind him! good thing it was waterproof and not my coat *runs away*)

After breakfast we went to the Berlin Zoo! The zoo is one of the largest and oldest in the world! Because it was the middle of winter, all the animals were in their warm houses indoors! Thankfully! So we didn't have to walk very far to see them all! hehehe. The zoo was so enjoyable to go through! All the animals were feisty that day! The elephants came up so close to look at us and stuck out its truck almost near enough for me to touch it! The monkeys swung up the the windows, fought, climbed, ate all just to entertain us! The lion was roaring in his cage and the best part was that I saw a panda bear! Bao Bao was a gift from China and one of the oldest pandas in captivity in the world! I'd never seen a panda before! he looked so cuddly! And he came so close to the glass! *happies* We also saw hippos and baby hippos!!! They were soooo cute! lol *loves+happies!*

ticket entrance!

tada!!! my favorite laaa!!!! I took like 5x the amount of pics of elephants than i posted =x heehee
this one was a attention seeker! he kept scratching and kicking and making noises! *loves*

there was a baby elephant!

still drinking its mommas milk! first time I've ever seen that!!!

elephant family!!!

my fav elephant (center) came up to say hi! and stuck his trunk almost close enough to touch me!

hehe

bison exhibit

beavers!!!! its the first time I've ever seen beavers and apparently their teeth aren't white like on tv! they're orange!!!! Brush your teeth children!!!

bird area

monkey!!! (this one was just waking up! lol)

monkey

monkey grooming himself! I wish I had a fluffy tail.............

giraffe exhibit!

tada!

awww bambi and his mother!

more deer stuff

the seal came right up in front of us to say hi!

some sort of desert cat...not your ordinary household cat.....although I'd keep it!!!

some squirrel/rat/guinea pig creature

it started snowing!

the orangutan came up to the window to stare at us!

a ginormous papa orangutan also came to the window to play!

brothers!

hahah these 2 monkeys were so funny! they kept quarreling and monkeying around!

your face!!! hahaha its a little blur but its a baboons butt!

baboon family!!! awwww

look carefully theres a lot of monkeys here!

love monkeys!

heehee! so cute! we're the zoo "restaurant" where we stopped for a drink!

tiger!! he was restless too!

me and the cheetah

river otters

desert creatures

nocturnal creatures exhibit

King of the jungle! he was an attention seeker too! kept roaring until he got an audience!

queen of the jungle! (left), lioness (right)

Only my favorite part of the zoo!!! Bao bao the panda bear!!! I'd never seen one before this!! *happies!*

heehee I think he was bored because he kept pacing...or he was hungry!

sooo cute! and cuddly!

no tail?!

I can't figure out which is cuter or cuddlier =x

this cheeky cat-type creature kept waning to attack his friend!

meerkat! I shall name him....Timon!

another strange creature

My favorite! the hippo exhibit!
(even though baby said all the exhibits cant be my favorite =o)

baby hippos!! omg!! soooo cuteee!!!!

momma hippo! she came to nudge the baby in but he wouldn't go in! lol

cute! Hippos are my second favorite animal right after the elephant! The bigger ones were trying to nudge the baby ones into the water!!!

an artic wolf!

baby in the penguin exhibit!

outside penguins!

the star of the berlin zoo! 2 year old polar bear Knut! he was a crowd pleaser! lol he was playing with his ball when it fell into the water so he had to go get it. lol

me at the warthog's cage!

so cute! he has a ball in his mouth! If only it was an apple and he was turning around on a spike over a bonfire! =x muahaha!

Mr. Bald Eagle

some mountain animals

zoo exit!

After the zoo closed at about 5 when it got dark, we took a bus into the city! We checked out the Siegessaule- also known as the Berlin Victory column! On the way around it, we saw some interesting statues in the park. Also pretty well known historical statues. It seems like during the old times they really liked the Greek Gods!

I think the statue was some general

Statue for Bismarck

greek god. Me thinks its Hephaestus ;)

atlas

Athena

Victory Column!

Victoria

At about 7, we went to a Synagogue's restaurant, Gabriel (recommended by Jimmy) not too far a walk from our hotel. It was kinda weird because we were the only ones having dinner there. And the waitress failed to tell us 90% of their menu was out of stock! but when the food came it was still pretty good! I had chicken rolled with butter and some vegetable, I forgot what Henrik had (just look at the picture below lol) and dumplings for appetizers!

dumplings!

the chicken!

baby trying to be cute because of how cute I am! =x

And just because it was too early to go home we went to a Jazz bar across the street called Quasimodo. Unfortunately they weren't playing jazz on the day we went -.-" So we saw a bunch of people going into the adjoining door. We checked it out and apparently there was an artsy movie going on. February is the month of the Berlin film festival! So why not? The tickets were sold out, but Henrik got some from people who were selling extra tickets! (probably because their friend couldn't make it or something) The theater was nice, but when the movie started we realized it was in polish with German subtitles. Not able to understand either, I tried to understand just by looking at what was going on. Baby knew some German though and explained some parts-so it wasn't all that bad! It was about a little girl who won a car but her poor parents wanted her to sell it and give the money to them....so there was some controversy ;)

Irish coffee

secret garden!

Afterwards we had a drink at the cafe and picked up some bratwursts before going back to the hotel! The bratwursts were sooooo delicious! I could eat one everyday! and they're only like 1 euro each! =)~~~

Bratwursts and beer!!!

me in the elevator!

idiot ruining my picture in the background!

Day 4

Monday! we decided to check out some musems! But before that, we went to the TV tower! Theres 2 floors, one for viewing and the other has a revolving restaurant. The viewing gallery is about 204 meters (669ft) from the ground. *gasp!* It wasn't a very clear day as it was snowing, but you could still see quite a lot and recognize a few famous landmarks!

the tv tower!

baby looking thoughtful about how they built the tower

there are 2 floors to the tower, the viewing gallery and the revolving restaurant!

tada!

good view

more!

baby is amazed!

we had coffee!

the overly tall tower club!

me and the tv tower bear!

a fury hat!

famous fountain outside (which i thought was kinda ugly =x)

a huge musem we passed-still under rennovation

Afterwards we went to the Berliner Dome. Starting off as the castle's chapel in 1649, it was later the main church and burial place of the Prussian Dukes. Destroyed in the war, it was rebuilt in the 70s-80s. It was huge and beautiful inside! to the left and right of the main church there were some sarcophoguses of important people (kings, queens, princes, princesses etc). Above there was a huge organ and tourists could go to the second floor seats! woo hoo! The crypt was in the basement. Kinda creepy and there were a lot of baby coffins. I guess the life expectancy wasn't too high back then.

Berliner Dome!

baby looking ghetto under the bridge over to the Berliner Dome! lol

the outside gate!

the altar

the dome ceiling

the organ

me praying! momma would be so proud! 0=)

baby lit a candle for a prayer too!

podium

sarcophagus! (there are dead people in there *gasp!*)

there were 2 of these! when I die *touchwood* I want one!

theres some kings wife and another important man in there!

another chapel-or whatever you call it- but smaller for less important people =x

the emperor's staircase!

me looking majestic! lol

the crypt in the basement! wooooooo!

kinda morbid, but I like this one!

a baby sarcophagus!

a big one! I think he was the king

very important people's baby because she got a whole room to herself! and theres a painting in the back of the funeral

model of the musem.....there was a room on the top floor displaying the work they did to restore the place

Next we went to the Bode Musem, also on musem island. It had a lot of sculptures, Byzantine art and coins. It was very interesting! I had a lot of fun =D

the Bode museum!

looks like hes dancing with the statues! lol

mosaic

one of the many altar pieces (i think they robbed a lot of churches =x)

old pillar pieces i think

saints

back staircase!

colorful painting

big balcony

walking to a late lunch!...................

..................at McDonalds!

they had rosti in their burger! LOL

For dinner, we went to the most exciting place ever! Called the Unsicht-Bar, its famous and was visited by celebrities such as Matt Damon *loves and Natalie Portman! It is a restaurant in which there is no light, you eat in complete darkness. You have to manage and orientate yourself through the dinner without andy visual signals! We got to choose what we wanted to eat off a menu in the lit lobby though they don't tell you what your food is. Eg. beef=but you don't know how its cooked or what its sides are. Then our visually impaired waitress leads us to our table (made a train, shoulder to shoulder lol). At the end of the dinner there was a menu telling us exactly what we had. (I was correct for the main courses at least! LOL I had crab) All in all it was really fun, good learning experience. Can't say I'd love to do that permanently though. *touchwood*

To end the night we went to a bar called Dr. Pong. It was a shady looking bar with no indication/signboard on the outside. No internal decorations save for a pingpong table and a few couches + the bar. We heard about it from friends. LOL Sadly I got the most horrible gastric pains and we had to leave early =( I think it was a bit special, but definitely not a place for couple to hang out. Maybe for your best buds or girlfriends for a stupid drunk night! hahaha

me looking rather sickly I think =x
(baby looks drunk-although he was a sweetheart and took care of me when I felt like dying! *loves!*)

Day 5

Our last day in Berlin was spent in the shopping district! We woke up late and checked out. Walked to Ka De Wee. The oldest and largest department store in Europe. It was about 6 floors and has everything you could want in there. Sadly, I couldn't afford anything in it. haha I did get a few souveniors before that though! We went to a street market to get some food. We had fried potatoes...it came with applesauce and some soup! hehehe food fest! We stoped at another mall to walk around. It had the coolest clock which used some sort of liquids and science to tell the time. lol On the way back to the hotel to pick up our luggage, baby bought some shoes and we had the last bratwurst before we left Germany! hehe

Ka De We

mini farmers market

baby at the potato stand

potatoes with applesauce!...one lady eating next to use told us to try sugar.....it was ok but i prefered the salt! and i think Henrik liked the applesauce lol

potato soup

the man and his trailer load of soup!

we tried all the spices on the table lol

mall fountain/lower entrance

soccer bear!

cool clock!

getting the last bratwurst!

Bye Bye Berlin!

Baby looks tired but I'm the one who slept! lol

Berlin air!

happy to be home!

I slept most of the way back to Denmark =D
Best vacation of my life! I love you baby! I look forward to spending many many more Valentine's Days with you! *kisses+ a lot of love!*

<3
Love, your Toxic.