Day 60: Goodbye Dinner

Halloooo!!! It is the last full night here in Berlin! I cannot believe it!! I am very excited. But I don't really know what to expect of the next couple of days. I really am looking forward to going home, but I feel like I will have mixed emotions when I am actually on the plane. I guess we will have to see what it all brings!

So, today was interesting. I got up and went on the hunt for cheap luggage. It looks like I have bought too many souvenirs for the contents of my suitcase! I should have anticipated that I would come home with more than I brought over. But it really was my fault for packing in such a small bag. So, I tried the Galleria Kaufhaus where I had shopped last week. On the way there, I was stopped by someone and asked if I spoke English. I don't know what gave me away! My red hair? There really aren't very many red heads in Germany. So, I thought this person might be asking for directions, but instead she gave me a card to read, asking for money. I always feel badly about this type of thing, but I just said "sorry" and walked away. It was an interesting experience. Anyway, at the Galleria they had some nice luggage there, but it was way out my budget. I had seen some discount luggage stores in Munich and other cities, but I was not able to find that on my search this morning. Luckily, Professor Nelson was able to refer me to a great place which has luggage for under twenty Euro. I am planning on getting up early and heading there tomorrow so that I can finish my packing in time to bring my luggage with me to class so that I can head over to spend the night at Anna and Paula's. We have similar flights time-wise, so it makes the most sense for us to leave around the same time in the morning. I guess we will see how that all goes!

So, I went to class and was again a bit bored. We did literally the same exercises as yesterday, so it was the fourth time that I learned this material. Wonderful. After class, Andrea and I worked on our video project. We were supposed to have dinner with the group at 7:30, but somehow that got switched to 7 pm and we hadn't really anticipated that. So, Matt, Andrea, and I all ended up getting to the restaurant at 7:30 anyway. But it wasn't really a big deal. The place was on a different street than I had originally thought, so it took us some more time to get there. But it all worked out. We had a nice time at dinner. I decided to go with some traditional German food for my last real meal and had some Wienerschnitzel. It was good, but I am looking forward to getting back into some more regular, healthy eating habits while I was home.

Dinner was nice, we discussed the trip: what we liked, what we thought could be improved. Andrea and I finished our video project and Anna helped check over the grammar to some of our more complicated sentences. We all premiered our videos, also. I was very happy to hand over all of my work to Professor Nelson. It is nice to be done, but I cannot believe that the term is actually over!

After dinner, we went to Anna and Paula's for just a little bit before heading home. I am glad that I am spending the last night here. Hopefully, I will have the chance to say goodbye to my host mother before I leave. I haven't really seen her to tell her that I will be leaving tomorrow afternoon. I am planning on going to class until the first break. Most classes are shortened tomorrow, but I don't know my teacher's exact plans. Well, that's about it for now. I hope that everyone is doing well! 'Til next time...Tschuess!