Berlin 5: Bowling, Materials Institute and Schnitzel

We had the bowling alley to ourselves.   In between we also ordered supper which was way overdue by 10pm.   The owner couldn't speak English but made himself very clear - especially as far as wearing bowling shoes went.

Thursday was focussed on leaving.   Although our flight was only about 7pm, we checked out of the hotel after breakfast and no matter what we did, we were aware that our bags were in the taxi and we were on our way out.   This made the day seem wasted although it was not.

We visited the Materials Institute and find out interesting things about their projects.   One of their focusses is safety so they have a facility far away from the city that Mythbusters would love, where things are dropped from heights, burned and generally tested to destruction.

Another of their projects focusses on new generation cements and how adding polycarboxyllates can generate a much stronger, self levelling product.

Next order of business was lunch and since we had hardly had any German food but had been existing on McDonalds and Burger King besides the excellent breakfasts, the driver, Kei had take us to a Schnitzel place where we all enjoyed Schnitzel.

After that it was off to the Airport via Kaizers and the One Euro Shop.

The wait in the Airport was long, we didn't want to break any notes and we were all a bit down.   The flight was standard, very good landings and for me made better by the camera footage that we could see on the screen of the plane arriving at the airport.

That was a short but wonderful adventure.   We were all greeted enthusiastically by family and whisked off home to take up real life again.