Hello Everyone! (Everyone meaning the couple of people I suckered into looking at my blog...)
I'm now here in Berlin...got in Saturday morning, got settled, and promptly passed out. Traveling is rough!
When I got in, my phone wouldn't work - even when I was willing to shell out the $2/minute just to call my roommate. Luckily, after I got off the U-Bahn (the subway), I was standing on the corner in the sun, looking around wildly confused, sweating sheets, and a very nice woman came up to me and asked, "Elizabeth??" Yay! It was my new Mitbewohnerin, Erdmute! We walked two short blocks to her apartment building, and then lugged two very heavy suitcases up four flights of stairs. You gotta work for that balcony in the trees! The apartment is beautiful and I couldn't have asked for a better hostess. Photos to come...
After I took a nap, Erdmute walked me to the local market and I bought a couple of things... including some meat that I hoped was chicken, but ended up being turkey. Putenfleisch. It's not as easy as Schweinfleisch, which sounds like, you know, "swine flesh." When we returned, we had to do a bit of Jenga in the fridge, which is of the tiny under-counter European variety rather than the gazillion cubic feet that we're used to. We had a very lovely dinner on the balcony, and then I slept for a good 14 hours.
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