Day 39: Long Day

Hallo all! What a day, what a day!! What a very long day! I woke this morning fairly early and headed to another section of the city to a small cafe where Professor Nelson held our class. The journey took about 40 minutes and involved two subway lines, a street car, and some good ol' fashion walking. Not too bad at all, but definitely a lot different than traveling in the small city Freiburg!

The class went well, but it was a dreary day here in Berlin, so everyone was not in the best of moods. It was just so darn cold this morning! One of my classmates did not show up for class today, so I hope that everything is okay with her...After a.m. class, we basically headed right to the Goethe Institute for another 5 hours of fun, fun, fun. We stopped at a used English bookstore along the way. Professor Nelson had spotted some Kurt Vonnegut books along the way and knew I'd be interested, thanks to my friend Zach, I have now found my new favorite author!. Classes at Goethe went fine, although they were pretty long. And I was the only one present from Union in my specific class, which was a bit frustrating.

After class, I sat in on a 1.5 hour lecture on Weimar Germany just because I had nothing better to do...and I thought it would be a good use of my time, too! I really didn't want to go back to the house and just sit there all night long, so I hung out with Paula and Anna for the evening. We planned to go back to their apartment, make some dinner, and watch a movie, but it got too late, so we're moving movie night to tomorrow evening before I leave for London. Speaking of London, all is set for our trip! We are flying via RyanAir tomorrow night and coming back early Monday morning. We also got some nice rooms in cheap hostels, so the initial cost of the trip will be under 100 Euro! Pretty sweet! Thanks, Union Stipend! It's nice to budget one's money well and have some saved up! So, that's about it for now. 'Til next time...Tschuess!