The following blog will be a bit of a list as I have done so much in the past week that to write on every day will no doubt bore you!
The good
There are so many beautiful museums with amazing history, arts and ideas
The people are so friendly - met Ulricka Licket, an architect running the new community library building project, she was amazing to speak with and we got along so well that a 30min interview went for 3hours! This is her office and she invited me for dinner afterwards! An authentic German family meal on a Sunday night - something I will never forget.
This week has seen me manage the U and S Bahn on my own and all I can say is that time and practice bring confidence. There are four different kinds of transportation - tram, bus, U Bahn and S Bahn is it can get tricky! These stations alone are historic and this one has hitlar's marble in it!
The bad
There might not be enough time to see them all - over 180 here in Berlin
The class I am in have already done one month and have completed A1 so A2 is challenging for me in so many ways. I have noticed that these students can party hard and often have only returned home after 2am and on the weekends 5-6am getting up for 9-10am cultural tours that are a part of the program! Maybe it is age! No more to say!
There are only ten more days here and I want to stay for the launch of the architects library plans for a new regional library - quite a contentious issue!
Libraries here require you to be a paid member so extreme difficulties were experienced when I went to Humboldt Universität and the staatsbibliothek where entry was refused! It felt horrible but to have it open in winter for all would lead to homeless coming in - more on this issue in a separate blog as this was such a sad day! Needless to say the empty library was equally as disappointing!
The beautiful - everything - the sky is so blue, the sights so full of history and the friends so amazing!
What do you think?
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