Somethings I Normally Wouldn't Do...

Thursday night, I went to the Philharmonie.. and I was dressed up! In my  host mother's dress because she's small. But I decided I can't be serious all over so I wore cool socks and converse. Typical. It was for sure interesting, mostly to watch the composer and how his body moves. The music isn't something I'd typically listen to, obviously - Bach and Beethoven.

                                                                                         

    The way I used to cam-whore myself^^

Friday, was our Abschluss/placement test, which I actually did better on than expected. I headed back since I got a visit from my ma for a couple days. It was unusually beautiful outside - I could go out in my t-shirt! And of course, went to the Turkisch markt for the third Friday in a row to stock up on lots of fruit and veggies. We also sat down for some dinner at this Restaurant by the river. The people who sat behind us, arrived after and finished eating the food they ordered and left BEFORE we even GOT our food. Ach Deutschland, why so cruel? I also had no idea what I ordered. I just "vegetarisch" written in the description. I ended up getting a really yummy surprise.

Later that night, I went to Weinery Forumn to meet up with a couple people. You pay 2 Euro and can drink all the wine you want! They have so many different types to try. I enjoyed it. The next morning was a little bit iffy, but I got over it fast enough.

I decided to play tour guide and went all around Berlin. First, Checkpoint Charlie and what's left of the wall. Then walked to Potsdamer Platz, the Jewish memorial, Alexanderplaz (went to Alexa, a huge mall, and bought actual clothes that are classy enough to go out in... that includes Lady Gaga's face!), Museum Insel, a tour of where my classes are... etc etc. I'll post pictures later today or tomorrow.. Later that evening, we went out to this really cute cafe called "Bilderbuch" (Picture book) and the menu items are named after fairytales! Two bands performed, one of which was Acappella. I found it to be interesting, especially since they sang a song I would expected from such a band - Babara Ann. What acappella band DOESN'T do that?

Sunday was mostly a lazy day... it started raining (and hasn't really stopped) so I watched the german version of Phonebooth, went to the gym (which still smells like sweat and ass) and then did yoga. This week is bound to be boring since most of the IES students are going on trips since we have no classes. Only one that I know of is still staying, so yaay not completely alone! It will sort of nice to take a break from everyone. I should try meeting new people though, who are actually German since I need to get better at speaking - which I think I've slowly, but surely been accomplishing. I can read faster already! A lot of times when I hear languages being spoken, it doesn't even register to me WHAT language is being spoken, just what's being said - all three languages are getting to be first nature.