The ‘Film Museum’ in Schulstrasse is a museum about film….but it’s not that interesting. Entry costs 1.50 Euro for students and 3 Euro for adults. There are some costumes in display cases, from films which I have never heard of. There are also exhibitions about shadow puppets and light boxes. I paid 0.50 Euro extra to see the Peter Ustinov exhibition…I didn’t even know who he was…I still don’t know who he is….
Then I went to Carlplatz to get something for lunch from a bakery…then MFA rang me and reminded me about the chip shop. There is a chip shop near Heinrich Heine Allee and there is always a line of people outside the shop. The shop also sells Currywurst, which is what I had. Curry wurst is chopped up sausage in sauce (this one was BBQ I think) with curry powder on the top. A Currywurst will set you back 1 Euro…and if you want a roll to so that you can scoop up the sauce, you will have to pay 0.15 Euro extra…I didn’t because I’m extremely frugal…and it would have been white bread…and white bread gives you cellulite. But don’t panic! From the bookshop in the Hauptbahnhof, you can purchase a book titled ‘Goodbye Cellulite: the 3 week plan’.
In the afternoon I walked to the bakery/organic shop to buy some Hanfbrot (the super expensive, yet yummy bread). I walked in and the lady greeted me as she usually does and then she said ‘Bread, isn’t it?….ummm..Hanfbrot?’ She remembered me Then we started talking about bread and how Australia pretty much has lousy bread. However, there is a German bakery in Mt Barker that is pretty good.
I took my bread to Aldi, where I purchased some Vollkorn Butterkekse (biscuits) and then I went to Edeka, where I purchased 3 packs of Philadelphia cheese and a litre of milk. In Germany, the dairy section in the supermarket is sooo big. There are so many kinds of cheese, youghurts, dips etc etc. However, they do not have the big packs of Philsdelphia cheese like we have in Australia.
Other supermarket differences (I may have already spoken about these but I am too lazy to check if that is the case)
No plastic bags. If you want a plastic bag at Edeka, they will give you one, but it will cost you 0.20 Euros.
Weighing vegetables/fruit: At Real, you have to weigh your vegetables/fruit by yourself. Above the food you are purchasing, there is a little sign that will tell you if you need to weigh the food. For example, you need to weigh bananas, but not the already packed broccoli. You place the item on the scale, and from the weight, the scale will calculate what the item COULD be. Then, you touch the touch screen to indicate what item you are purchasing. The machine then prints out a barcode sticker, that you stick to the item.
Trolleys: German supermarkets are quite dangerous. I always somehow bump into someone who can’t steer a trolley properly.
Pumpkin: It is really hard to find pumpkin in a supermarket. Apparently pumpkins are only popular around Halloween. If you want to buy a pumpkin, it’s best to buy one from a market. Actually, it’s best to buy all of your fruit/veg from a market.
Strawberries: Winter is not the time for strawberries. However, the shops still sell them; they’re brown, bruised, small and will set you back 3 or 4 Euro.
Super fast checkout chicks: Not many checkout chicks will speak to you. Most of the checkout chicks are over 40. They beep your shopping extremely quickly and pass it to you…you don’t have enough time to put it into your own bags, so you have to put it into your trolley, or carry it over to the ‘packing desk’.
Cigarettes: At the checkout you will find cigarette vending machines above the conveyor belt. You select your favourite cancer stick/coffin nail, push some buttons and the machine will spit out the packet onto the conveyor belt
Separators: Not sure of the word for the rectangular prism bars that are used to separate on person’s shopping from another person’s shopping. Well, Germans LOVE to use these things. If they buy 1 item, they will use a separator…even if there is a CLEAR GAP between their item and the next person’s shopping. So, instead of having 2 or 3 of these separators at the checkout there are about 7!
I got home and baked my cheese cake, which turned out pretty well. I don’t know why people have to put so many flavours in cheesecakes. What’s worng with good ol’ PLAIN!?
For dinner we had brussel sprouts (Rosenkohl) with a cheese, chilli, onion, garlic and sundried tomato. I think the brussel sprout haters could be converted with this meal!
Waltz with Bashir is a really good move that we went to see in the night. It’s a strong movie and is a movie that you think about after you have seen it.
Then we went out into some nightclubs/bars. In the Altstadt there are lots and lots of bars/restaurants/clubs but it’s pretty much the same as in Australia: guys getting into fights, binge drinkers (I have a certificate in Responsible Service of Alcohol), girls on the larger side not looking in the mirror before they leave home…and then dancing on the podium *kotsen*, guys wearing stupid T-shirts. Oh and you know what? I tried to order 2 glasses of Leitungswasser (tap water) for free…according to the bar chick, I can get 1 for free but if I want 2 glasses, I have to pay 
There are also old single men in the bars….yuck.
