THUNDERBOLT INS KINO

Babylon Berlin Is Not Just a TV Show
Last night I ventured out to Babylon Berlin with a friend to watch "Thunderbolt," a 1929 American film starring Fay Wray. I was expecting it to be silent, but it was a "talkie" with quite a few jokes. The theater was super small, with maybe 20 people. When the ticket-taker introduced the film, he said "This movie is in English, and is not silent. With French subtitles." And the Germans were not impressed; someone in the back went, "We know," and someone else loudly sighed and said "Not German?" (in English, which was weird). The film was fantastic; a romantic mobster relationship goes wrong and two men vying for the same women end up on death row together. Even if you're not a fan of old films, I highly recommend this one.

Technik Museum
Today my German class took a field trip to the Technik Museum, or Museum of Technology. Because I had to be out of my hotel room by 12, and my friend (who kindly let me leave my stuff in his room) was leaving for school at 7:30, I found myself at the museum 2 hours early. I got a coffee and a poppyseed croissant, but there was still an hour and a half to kill. So, I walked to the Berlin Wall. I was aiming for Checkpoint Charlie, which I haven't been to yet, when I got distracted by the wall itself and then a huge shopping center with more pieces of it scattered about. I took photos, walked in circles, and then finally made it to the museum at 9:30.

The museum itself was pretty cool, and I had fun exploring with other people (I've been doing most museums on my own). We learned some German, saw some schiffe and flugzeugen, and then ventured towards a vegetarian cafe. When I was having my pre-field trip adventure, I spotted a vegan donut place--which I *casually* mentioned after lunch was over. Luckily, everyone was down for donuts and we split a "Hibiscus Sprinkle" and a Tiramisu donut. They were insane.

Where's A Girl Got to Live?
I was told a few days back that my room wouldn't be ready until Thursday (today), when it was supposed to be done Tuesday. I arrived home today and it was 1,000,000 degrees inside, with the insides completely torn apart. Like, no light switches, lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling, wall paneling removed, etc. But I thought to myself, It's fine because at least I get to sleep here finally! And then I saw it. A little bedbug on the floor. Alive and crawling. So basically, I'm done sleeping here and am going to throw a hissy fit at my program directors tomorrow morning. (Tonight I'm going to see It Part 2!)