Ich liebe Berlin

so I'm over here in Berlin right now, occasionally with time to get onto a computer, and I have so many funny stories to tell that I absolutely had to share.

First of all, our dorms are basically in the woods, odd for me because woods and cities never seemed to mix, and it was built in the sixties so it had really odd construction. We have a campus bar, for the forty some odd people who are living here, complete with all the beer and vodka the james tate could ask for (with negotiable prices) and a barkeep named Pint,

My first night out on the town, I saw the great sights of Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, and the hotel Mickael Jackson dangled his baby. We also got really lost and walked along back roads around this really rich neighborhood and almost stepped on a growling but terrified porcupine. Seriously, its so strange-are they even native to this continent?

Anyway, I got tons of stories and no one to tell them to, so if I get atleast one vote frm you guys to tell stories I'll be extatic.

And I have already come down with a part English part German accent. When I come back, I'll be really popular if I lie and tell everyone I'm from europe 😉

Oh, do tell!! It's nice to live vicariously through other travellers..I am happy you are having a great time!

Hey Gwen, what are the pros and cons living there in Berlin as compared to NYC.

I've already had a lively discussion over here as to why Berlin is so much greater than NYC...

Pros:
-no signs that say 'Beware of Sewer Rats-they bite'
-More people in Berlin speak English that in NYC
-everything is clean, I don't have to watch where I step or what the state of the benches are when I sit
-there are more museums and historical landmarks
-there are bikes and bike lanes everwhere
-you can return your glass/can/plastic bottles anywhere for anywhere between 15 and 50 cents a piece
-public transportation is really easy to understand and easy to navigate
-the grafitti is much prettier

Cons: mostly to do with my parrticular universiy and dorms
-Graffitti everywhere
-overgrown bushes/trees encroaching upon our dorms
-NO air conditioning, and they lied about the temperature because its atleast 90F with 99% humidity for the last few days
-I cannot find tortillas, tin foil, eggs, or notebooks any where at all

LMAO @ More people in Berlin speak English than in NYC!

You know..I'm ready to beleive that.

That goes for Los Angeles too!!!