Elysia's Month in Berlin: Chemnitz

My weekend in Chemnitz was a lot of fun. Clemens and Steffi’s apartment was really nice. On Saturday we walked around a little bit, then went to the Schlossteich and went on a boat ride in a pedal boat swan and saw lots of cute baby ducks learning how to dive underwater. Then we stopped and had a light lunch at a restaurant on the river, and then back to their apartment, where we watched “Burn After Reading”, and the 2^nd and 3^rd “Godfather” movies, which was a bit confusing, because I have only seen the last 10 minutes of the first one, but it was out of the rental place. We had our “Mafia” themed party with spaghetti and meatballs, tiramisu, Italian chocolate cake, and lots of wine…

Then on Sunday we had brunch at the Brauhaus right across from the Rathaus… it was really nice and delicious. They had pineapple encrusted in caramelized sugar, which was sooooo yummy. Then we went to the zoo, where the first thing we saw was two lions… mating. The zoo had lots of creepy monkeys, dwarf hippopotami, and even a petting zoo with some hilarious goats. The rest of the afternoon we spent lying around the apartment. Clemens and Steffi had sunburns, and we were all tired from being in the sun all day. Then I had to go back to Berlin… I got back to my apartment around 11:45, I think, and now I’ve been scrambling to do a million things before going to class today, like laundry and grocery shopping. And now I need to head back to class, because I might actually be late getting back (I walked to Starbucks during our 30 minute break to grab coffee).