Sieh Jung aus, Sei Berlin

Time seems to fly in Berlin.. in Europe in general! For the most part at least. Seriously, time speeds up... maybe because I am seven hours ahead, lawl. I don't even know what I've been doing...  After class, which I personally think should be more intense and less filled with little busy-work projects, we either have orientations about our classes or people wander off to get food. Because people buy expensive food at restaurants when they're bored. People of all cultures seem to do this and it's interesting. Or maybe I'm just weird cause my metabolism keeps me full and I hate spending money!

Wednesday's class, we visited the wall's remains. The guide was silly and explained everything perfectly for people of our German level in a timely manner. The night was a random "night out" in which we went to this restautrant, mainly for drinks (I only mooched because I wasn't in the mood for a five euro cocktail on a school night) I still got a free shot of mango schnapps. The night mostly consisted of IES groups walking around Berlin Mitte area. Everyone was about to buy drinks (again!) at another bar and the bartender asked if everyone was of age.
"Yeah, we're all 20"
Then he points directly at me
"Not her"

Thanks

Thursday, we made a trip to the Deutsches Historisches Museum - this turned into total chaos. People were late to class, there were multiple organizations/groups/clubs/classes trying to get through, we didn't get tickets, we rushed through everything... Then afterward, were expected to do a structured presentation - with half our group not there to prepare.

After class, me and Emily decided to just walk around. We found this cool second hand shop where I bought a Germany mug, a baby doll backpack (which I named Johannes Wilhemm Schmitt) and very purple pants. Edeka has a great going on, get a card, buy fruit, get a discount on it! YEEEE! Except the woman asked us both if we were at least sixteen :( At least she spoke German to us (which doesn't happen too much) after finding out we're from the states! There is an amazing mall, which I believe to be larger than the Mall of America. It's called Alexa and not only does it have a basement, it has a sub-basement!

A viewing of a few "Arrested Development" episodes followed and that was awesome for a while.

Today, a few presentations were given... then a field trip to another museum - Pergamon Museum on Museum Insel. It was really cool!! It was basically a lot things from the middle east - columns, statues, pots, jewelry.. the upstairs was an Islamic art museum - carpets, glass art, etc etc.

After the museum, we headed to the Turkish Market! I LOVE ITTT. The fruit is so fresh and so so inexpensive. I really like Berlin. I want to live here, in a way. I mean... singles and atheist capital of the world? Openness, muti-culti, parks, bike friendly, good bands and moree. I just really want to meet more german people. Some Berliners.

It's Friday night and I couldn't be more content with staying in. Peace