At the interview, we ate lunch in the village "community center", where villagers came to have cheap lunches and congregate. I had something like a potato latke with apple sauce. I think the name is Kuppelofpuffer.
We had the opportunity to wind along smaller roads on our way out of Nodelohn to Wittenberg and saw much of the Germany countryside. It looks a lot like the U.S. on two-lane roads with an occasional eatery and outlet warehouses every few kilometers.
The villages look so incredibly cute and quaint here. The houses are straight out of a fairy-tale. We stopped along the way at a coffeehouse - Deutsches Haus, where Edwin and Martin had cappucinos and apfel strudel. I met a boar mounted on the wall (as pictured). We made our way into Wittenberg after dark, but the town is so beautiful. We checked into our "pensione", which is consisted of renovated storefronts scattered across a few different blocks. It's so hard to describe; however, the Germans we are traveling with say this is strange even to them. Despite the appearance of the town, the shops are quite modern looking. I wish we had more time to spend here to absorb the culture.
We had dinner at a restaurant called Germaine, where traditional German food was served. Luckily Edwin helped order me a special plate of vegetables consisting of peas, broccoli, white asparagus, mushrooms, and croquettes (little fried mashed potato balls). I washed it all down with a glass of Köstrißer Schwartzbier. The dark beer was deliciously light and fresh - I asked to keep the glass it was served in, and they happily obliged!
We're headed to Rheinsberg tomorrow night - northwest of Berlin. Hopefully I'll have internet then!
Tchüss!
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