Things have moved FREAKING FAST!!!
I'll go through a day by day breakdown because there is just way too much.
Tuesday: Arrive in Frankfurt, meet with Dan, head to Kassel and chill for the night. We had a lovely dinner and then watched Two and a Half Men with a bottle of wine. Overall, a perfect night. :) A huge thanks to them for all their help!
Wednesday: Get up and ready. Connie helps me pack my stuff and drives me to the train station (hauptbanhof) and I took it to the station in Marburg. I was met by an IUSP guy named Raphael and he took me to where all the other arrivals were, while secretly telling me that the Canadians were always his favourites :D. But shh!! I don't think it would much matter in this gang, everyone is awesome. There are about 47 of us in total. Two Canadians (me and Jen from Alberta <3), a guy from New Zealand, a girl from Australia and the rest are Americans from all over. We were taken to our dorms, given keys and shown around briefly. We were given a couple hours to settle in and then meet back in town. After which I went out for beers with some pretty cool cats, Nathan, Maria and Michael. We almost got lost on the way back to the dorm (which is at the very north end of town) but thanks to Maria's and my superior directional skills, we found our way back. I don't have internet yet, so pictures will come later. I'm using a friend's computer right now.
Thursday: Get up, pay the room deposit and wander around Marburg a little bit. Then hop on a bus to Berlin for 8 hours. I really got to talk to people and get to know them a bit more during that ride so the 8 hours was ideal. Arrive in Berlin and go out for a beer. Sleep.
Friday: Get up early and get a guided tour of Berlin with a really funny guy named Wolfgang. Very informative and very entertaining. Not to mention he showed us this fantastic chocolate shop... We hung out at the youth hostel (which is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy themed) and then headed out for food and to hang out at a bar. I had a really good talk with some more awesome people, like John and Frtiz, which left me feeling just overall fantastic.
Saturday: Get up and chill in the lobby of the hostel for a while. Then head out with Maria, Holly, Jen and Beth to visit the Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, that chocolate shop... etc etc. We ended up walking around for over 5 hours having a BLAST and taking many a silly picture. Great group of girls. We stopped and got quiche and chocolate, which was like heaven. Picked up groceries for tomorrow because apparently everything is closed on Sunday and we tend to get hungry. So now, everyone is just taking some time to relax in the hostel, play some cards or just talk. So I'm going to stop being a mega loner in this corner and join them.
Tomorrow: Check out at noon and head back to Marburg by 1. Then who knows!
Pictures will be coming as soon as I get the internet up and running in the dorm. Maybe when I have more than 10 minutes in it...
Tchus!
P.S. Marburg is surrounded by mountains and I can seem them from my dorm room window. :D
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