Walking Adventure

We tried to go to church Sunday. Notice "tried." We were looking for the Village Church but the people that knew where it was didn't come with us. So we wandered around.

This alley got a lot of attention. Church still wasn't on it. But we were. A lot. Here is a house we passed (these pictures are cheap substitutes--it was really a lovely street).

Then we saw this statue (on the right--look closely). These are my friends Gracie (left), Lukas, and Ari. Two Germans and an American (Gracie). Lukas explained this statue of Wilhelm the First who freed bohemians (from Bohemia---WHAT?!?! That's a place? Not just a thing in that movie with Ewan McGregor?). They gave him a statue. There is bird poop on it. Bohemians...Psh....

After looking for church for half an hour it was too late even if we did find it. So we decided to look for a secret garden park that they had heard of. Unrivaled beauty, supposedly. We didn't find it. But we found this:

And there was a nice enough garden here with well-behaved dogs and a small evergreen. After we couldn't find the secret garden we decided to go to the Tempelhofer Park. It used to be an airport and now it's a park!!!! You can walk/jog/rollerblade/bike on the runway! It's beautiful. Lots of kites. Lots of kids. Lots of hipsters. Lots of fun. So we just walked. Here is a picture of Ari and Gracie (on the runway!).

And this is our last glance before a bakery run and goodbyes to Ari (back to Stuttgart). She invited us to come visit her and stay in her flat. So nice. This was my best German-speaking day so... it's a small victory. Great Sunday (even though it didn't go as planned).