Lutherstadt Wittenburg is quite the charming city, from what we've seen so far. We also have an incredibly clean and spacious hostel pretty much all to ourselves. We haven't seen any other guests the entire time we've been here, not even at the big breakfast spread this morning.
Speaking German has been fun--or I should say, attempting to speak German. Jenny always laughs at me, but I'm really enjoying trying. This may be the one chance in my life to make those years of German worthwhile, heh.
Yesterday Jenny and I sampled a German dish--a döner, which is basically shaved meat (like gyro meat) in a thick pita bread with onions and sauces and lettuce and tomatoes. Absolutely amazing. The men that were making us heard us talking to each other in English.
'American?' One man asked.
'Yes, yes, American.' We replied.
Then the other man laughed and said, 'Bush? Bush? Haha. Bush nicht gut, Bush nicht gut!'
Interesting. Just goes to show what the world most readily associates with our country right now.
Last night, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Jenny and I walked to an Irish pub on the main street for one drink. Interestingly enough, the drinking age here in Germany is only 16. While we were in the pub, a family came in to drink and smoke together. Probably not something you'd see too often in the States. The town was quite quiet last night, and everything, except a few pubs and restaurants that also served alcohol, we closed by 8 pm.
Today, Jenny and I toured Wittenburg, including the church where Martin Luther is buried, the church where he preached, and some other noteworthy locations, including a creep museum with all kinds of taxidermied animals. Now we're off to sample some German dishes for a late lunch. Hopefully tomorrow we'll visit Berlin.
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