What a week!
I have been out of the house most of the time because the weather is so nice and there has been so much to do. My best friend Majo leaves to go back to Mexico TOMORROW so we have super busy with doing fun-crazy stuff.
Last week I wrote my Physik exam and it was really embarassing because I'm horrible at Physik and I just could not answer anything. But I made it through and was able to write down a few things. On Friday me and some friends went out to eat and go into the kino and on Saturday we had a going away party for Majo. It was really nice to all get together and eat and talk! We had so much fun grilling and reminiscing on the year together. That night we decided to go to this fest called Karneval der Kulturen. I had no idea what it was but Boyyyy was I in for a suprise.
Karnival der Kulturen is basically a HUGE hippy fest. On the night we were there, there were roughly 100,000 people from all over the world in this one park. The streets were lined with traditional food from all over the world like Afrika, Mexico, France, USA, India, etc... And there were what seamed like 100s of little stores with all different sorts of interesting gifts. The vibe was AMAZING! It was the first time that I really experienced a laid-back vibe from germany. Normally Germans are really punctual and stressed out about something, but here it was just hippy and peaceful and relaxed and it felt GREAT! There was this huge field with people dancing in circles to drums, and lights hanging in trees, and people singing and chanting... it was great.
On Sunday a good friend of mine came to visit from about an hour outside of Berlin. We all met up in the city at 11 O'clock and made our way to Mehringdam- where a big Culture parade was going to take place that day. We were pretty early and got some seats on the grass on the side of the road and watched at people started to pour into the streets. By noon the entire area was covered in people from all over the world. The parade started slowly and we saw people from all over the world performing traditional dances or other art forms. It was very interesting. The parade started to get a bit slow so a few hours in we started walking in the direction of the starting point and saw it much quicker. I loved the feel of world cultures all around me and I felt really good in this atmosphere. We ate some indien food and enjoyed the musik coming from what seemed like every single direction and had a GREAT time in the sun. It was a fantastic experience. That night we went back to the street fest and had another fun night in the field of hippies. Greatttt times :)
I have no school from Monday-Wednesday so I#m just enjoying the weather an relaxing. Today is my last day with Majo and tonight we are just going to hang out and maybe go to some places where we all share a lot of memories together- Potsdamer, Hauptbahnhof, and most of all- Hackesher! (anyone that hasnt been to berlin probably has no idea what I am talking about) Having my best friend leaving is a huge wake-up call! Its really telling me that I am leaving is just over a month! ONE MONTH! I HAVE ONE LEFT.... one. how the time flies. I can not even explain.
On Thursday i am back to school and will be writing two more exams on Thursday and Friday. I have no idea how to do the Biology one on Thursday... it is about the immune system but I was gone when they learned about it so I am clueless. Im hoping I will be able to do the Math exam on Friday. Im pretty decent in Math but again- I was gone from school during Eurotour so I missed quite a great deal. I'm not sweating it... I should be getting going. I need to get some food into my stomach and then call around to see what people are doing today. until later.
I have been out of the house most of the time because the weather is so nice and there has been so much to do. My best friend Majo leaves to go back to Mexico TOMORROW so we have super busy with doing fun-crazy stuff.
Last week I wrote my Physik exam and it was really embarassing because I'm horrible at Physik and I just could not answer anything. But I made it through and was able to write down a few things. On Friday me and some friends went out to eat and go into the kino and on Saturday we had a going away party for Majo. It was really nice to all get together and eat and talk! We had so much fun grilling and reminiscing on the year together. That night we decided to go to this fest called Karneval der Kulturen. I had no idea what it was but Boyyyy was I in for a suprise.
Karnival der Kulturen is basically a HUGE hippy fest. On the night we were there, there were roughly 100,000 people from all over the world in this one park. The streets were lined with traditional food from all over the world like Afrika, Mexico, France, USA, India, etc... And there were what seamed like 100s of little stores with all different sorts of interesting gifts. The vibe was AMAZING! It was the first time that I really experienced a laid-back vibe from germany. Normally Germans are really punctual and stressed out about something, but here it was just hippy and peaceful and relaxed and it felt GREAT! There was this huge field with people dancing in circles to drums, and lights hanging in trees, and people singing and chanting... it was great.
On Sunday a good friend of mine came to visit from about an hour outside of Berlin. We all met up in the city at 11 O'clock and made our way to Mehringdam- where a big Culture parade was going to take place that day. We were pretty early and got some seats on the grass on the side of the road and watched at people started to pour into the streets. By noon the entire area was covered in people from all over the world. The parade started slowly and we saw people from all over the world performing traditional dances or other art forms. It was very interesting. The parade started to get a bit slow so a few hours in we started walking in the direction of the starting point and saw it much quicker. I loved the feel of world cultures all around me and I felt really good in this atmosphere. We ate some indien food and enjoyed the musik coming from what seemed like every single direction and had a GREAT time in the sun. It was a fantastic experience. That night we went back to the street fest and had another fun night in the field of hippies. Greatttt times :)
I have no school from Monday-Wednesday so I#m just enjoying the weather an relaxing. Today is my last day with Majo and tonight we are just going to hang out and maybe go to some places where we all share a lot of memories together- Potsdamer, Hauptbahnhof, and most of all- Hackesher! (anyone that hasnt been to berlin probably has no idea what I am talking about) Having my best friend leaving is a huge wake-up call! Its really telling me that I am leaving is just over a month! ONE MONTH! I HAVE ONE LEFT.... one. how the time flies. I can not even explain.On Thursday i am back to school and will be writing two more exams on Thursday and Friday. I have no idea how to do the Biology one on Thursday... it is about the immune system but I was gone when they learned about it so I am clueless. Im hoping I will be able to do the Math exam on Friday. Im pretty decent in Math but again- I was gone from school during Eurotour so I missed quite a great deal. I'm not sweating it... I should be getting going. I need to get some food into my stomach and then call around to see what people are doing today. until later.
