Hello all from jolly old Berlin. Strangest thing at
the moment is that some of the keys are in the wrong
place on the key board, my spider quick typing fingers
thwarted!! Well, took short flight from London to
Germany, flight itself only 1 hour but then spent an
hour circling the runway because they had to make spur
of the moment repairs on the runway (unnerving to say
the least). This followed by long train ride from
Frankfurt to Berlin. German efficiency is not a myth,
boy those trains are on time and they have no patients
for idiotic lost tourists (not that I'm one of those
or anything). So finally got to Berlin and absolutely
love it!! Went on 5 hour walking tour of the city and
had a blast. Ended up going out with a few people
from the walk to drinks at their hostel. This led to
more drink (as often happens) and soon a group of
about 15 of us were taking the train to East Berlin to
go to a club over there. Not sure how all the time
passed but suddenly we're trying to navigate the
trains back home at 5:00 in the morning. So it's good
times here. I've decided not to work in Spain so I'll
just get to keep traveling until I run out of dinero
(or Euro's out here). Heading to Oktoberfest day
after tomorrow, where I have been assured by many that
I will most likely be puked on. Am slowly getting
used to the language barrier, the German's, for the
most part, all know a little English so that helps.
I've only had to resort to pointing wildly and
grinning like an idiot a few times. I have eaten
several sandwiches that I couldn't honestly identify
the meat in. They don't eat dog over here do they?
Traveling is a strange thing because you can go from
the best day to the worst day so quickly. I can be
depressed and wanting to come home for days, then
suddenly I'm having the time of my life and I want to
stay out here forever. Hope you're all doing well,
I'll keep you updated on Oktoberfest.