Catchin' Up
Things move quickly here. Trains, coins, tours. I've seen so much of the city already, and it's been less than a week. I've adjusted easily to commuting on the Metro system, which is clean, quiet, and always on schedule.
Since I last checked in, I've visited the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe twice, gone through the museum, been to the Brandenburger Tor twice (once accidentally), given myself a tour of the Tiergarten, and done a little socializing. The school hosted a pub night, where I met a lot of my soon-to-be classmates. People are settling into groups and making travel plans together, which is an unexpected dynamic so soon.
I've made a few good friends, who live in both the apartment building I do and in homestays. We're planning on swimming in a lake tomorrow, which will be my first time ever doing so!
In Less Exciting News...
I got a cold yesterday, and spent 20 Euro on 3 doses of NyQuil (which is over-the-counter medicine here). I spent most of the day in my room, which happens to have a case of BEDBUGS. The school brought a contractor in to check for bugs in half of their apartment rooms, and he found some in my mattress covers--which I thankfully hadn't been sleeping on. I have bites, but they're bringing in an exterminator on Monday to take care of the issue. Currently, I would not recommend this program to a prospective student (there's a long list of apartment issues that I won't even mention). On the bright side, German Netflix has RuPaul's Drag Race and I've already finished a season.
A whole season?!!
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