Erfurt Day 2.2

After our wanders through town we went to explore the citadel. We had gone up there the first time we came, but not since then so that was fun. A lot less snow this time! The tree is an art installation made of metal with 70,000 olive leaves the sign said! Crazy! It looked like a real tree until you looked at the trunk closer and then I was like did they put metal in there to help the tree grow? And I was so confused by it until we found the sign! Because it does look like real leaves!

While we were up there we got a message from the guy who owns the place we are staying that was…interesting. He said he tried calling me 14 times (!!) but I did not answer and am not answering any of his messages and he required a call back by 4pm!! We are not answering and we have the apartment key! I was so confused as I had no missed calls (later found out he somehow got the wrong number) and we are not leaving until tomorrow so I asked why he needed in the apartment and such and he doesn’t need anything I just didn’t reply to his message he sent yesterday with the where to get the key (though if we have the key it stands to reason that we got it). I was like umm…that’s kind of an unhinged response to that. I don’t normally chat with people in the booking messenger unless it is needed. So that was fun.

Then this evening we ordered ramen for dinner…and an hour after it was supposed to be here after talking to them again and again and then telling me it was on the way they canceled the order for some reason. By that time I was a hungry monster, but luckily one of the other places I had on my list is 2 feet away and I thought it should be quick (it was) so we went over there and got a vegan plate that was delicious! We had talked about getting it for lunch and Raymond was like I didn’t think you liked this kind of food and I was so confused by that. He was like I didn’t think you liked falafel which falafel is delicious and I have made it myself before! The plate was a stuffed pepper, stuffed grape leaves, roasted veggies, hummus, eggplant dip, tabbouleh salad, and a salad with a side of pita bread and it was so good!! Afterwards I was like I think I know why Raymond said that earlier - because most places you can get falafel in Berlin it is only falafel and french fries with maybe a tiny iceberg lettuce salad. I want things like this with all the foods not just all the fried foods!

So that was our day. Pretty good overall, but a bit frustrating here and there. Tomorrow we move on to our last overnight stop!Read more