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Sunday, January 15, 2006

ach ach ach!
this page is all in german!
i too am in german(y).
livin it up in berlin.
maria has a gorgeous apartment on the edge of kreuzburg where my great great grandfather was born.
i really really like berlin.
ahhh lovely little cafes EVERYWHERE and artsy fartsyness without being too pretentious or fartsy. will come back in the spring/summer to appreciate the greeness of the city.
i really want to learn german.
ach ach ach!
have seen (and enjoyed every minute of) the relatively new topography of terror exhibit, the brandenburg gate, the reichstag, etc etc all the touristy stuff but the best part has been having a personal tour guide who knows all the cool non-touristy spots.
actually the first few days i wandered around alone getting lost on purpose (i love love love doing this) - a bit more thrilling seeing as i dont speak the local language. then again everyone seems to speak english.

i had a currywurst today. mmmmm ketchup and curry powder !?!
and bought a blue belt and a couple of bowls made of old records.

friday night i discovered Red Dwarf but my viewing pleasure was cut short when someone spilled a bottle of martini on the laptop.. then we went to this concert in a random town hall - a friend´s acapella group - the musical entertainment after some political meeting. they were awesome. it didnt even start til after midnight! but there we were up front, us young´uns and then politicians sitting behind us. they covered peaches´ ´fuck the pain away´.. HI-larious- could hear the women behind us "was that really necessary?!" ahahhahah
then went to the PrivatClub where maria knew the staff so no cover and we danced the night away to so-called indie/britpop. ahahh AND i met this guy who taught german to a friend back home. ended up alone in a taxi at 5:15am...! (friend gone home with boyfriend)

saturday night i discovered the movie ´Station Agent´ - lovely! so simple and about nothing but what entertaining characters...!

ooh and did i mention berlin is soooooooo much less expensive than france, at least haute savoie and lyon... gosh
4 euro cocktails instead of 8 euros
and 2.50 pints instead of 5 euros .. which we paid in lyon at a fun lil irish pub.. was there for quiz night a week ago today! for future reference: when she discovered she had dandruff, catherine the great had her hairdresser executed.

left to do in berlin -
jewish museum, buy a wok, fore-arm warmers, a milk frother, a cutting board - - all of which are either impossible to find or are double the price in annecy.

i´ve realized i really have a thing for bicycles.. yeah, would love to collect them but i dont have that kind of cash so i´ll settle with matchboxes, and coasters, and copies of ´the little prince´in various languages. bought a german copy today in the 2nd hand market.

and so back to france in a few days which means back to work. but also back to my cheri. <3

looking forward to many a visitors in the next few months. i find it makes the time go faster to have something to look forward to. not that i really want time to go faster. oh i dont know.
have decided i´ll try to make it to various music festivals in europe this summer!
wooohooo
there may not be a glastonbury :( BUT there are hundreds of other open air festivals ..!
yessss

right. will look into getting the net at home asap.
for now, this is rebekka signing off from the lower west side of berlin.
going to make toast!

~ rebecca 6:59 PM ~ [+]