Hallo, Hallo!

So here's a recap of the last few days:

FREITAG: In the morning a few of our partners took an important prelude to the Abitur. Most of us got to sleep in and come to school later, though. When I arrived, the entire outside commons was rocking out to German techno beats as the students enjoyed Grosse Pause. It felt just like the senior lounge! After the test we all took quite a long Zug ride to Tübingen. THe university town, and Sophia's birthplace was cute and quaint but the weather was quite chilly and rainy. We ate lunch, did a little shopping, and headed back to the Bahnhof to go back to Stuttgart. At night, Kim, Anna's partner, threw a goodbye party. We listened to guitar, played fussball, and swapped photos. A couple of us then met up with some more Germans and danced the rest of the night in a disco.

SAMSTAG: Partners and family met at the train station around 11:00am to say goodbye. There we lots of photos, some tears, and loving hugs from Frau Abt. THere were quite a few glitches once we got on the train. It was supposed to be very modern and fast, but it was not. Some women stole our reserved seats and wouldn't move so we relocated to a different car that was quite crowded and old...Then we got off only to get on another train where women had stolen our seats. This time they reluctantly moved, though. After we settled into our lovely hostel (located on the only street in Berlin where prostitution is legal), we decided not to go to the cabaret show, like originally planned. Instead, we ate Thai food and sushi at a restaurant and debriefed on our time in Stuttgart, which we so dearly miss.

SONNTAG: After breakfast in the hostel, we trekked to Checkpiont Charlie museum. On our way, we encountered the Berlin halfmarathon contestants warming up. A few times we were forced to sprint across the runners. I think it was illegal. The museum was über crowded but fascinating. After that we toured the Reichstag. The building is a melange of every era and architecture imaginable. In our freetime, we split up but the majority of us rode on a seven person, round bicycle tour. Then we met again and attended a Wise Guys concert. I'm not really sure it was our kind of crowd...We had a late dinner at Vapiano, mmm.

Tchüß for now! -Carly