When we last left off I was about to head out to the alternative tour of Berlin. I did do that, and it was very cool. We saw a lot of street art, which was very cool. You could tell certain artists apart because they did specific things. One guy, for instance, always draws a girl called Little Lucy, and in every piece Lucy is killing her cat in some way or another. Another guy just draws this one cartoon fist, and another one just draws the number 6 all over the place for no reason anyone can tell.
The Berliners seem to be proud of their street art. The Berlin Wall is actually a street art gallery.
This one is from the East Side Gallery on the wall.
The evening after that tour we met up with some friends from school and hung out at their hostel. The next day was beautiful and we went to the zoo. Later on we tried to meet up with our friends again, but we couldn't find them, so we went to bed because we had to get up at 4am for our flight.
We got up bright (well, not really) and early the next day and left for Amsterdam. We got there, got settled in, walked around, found food, found Jarvis, and promptly took a nap. The getting up at four after walking around all day is very tiring. After our nap we wandered around the city for a while and then went to a pub for a drink and then went to bed.
On Thursday we went to this big park in up town. It was a beautiful day and there were tons of people in the park. Later on we met up with some kids from school and wandered around with them for a while and got dinner. After that we just went back to our hostel to hang out.
Friday morning was very hectic because we had only booked our hostel for two nights. But I was responsible and got up early when they start giving away beds and managed to get a bed. However, when I went back at check in time the bed had suddenly disappeared. The guy at the desk was very apologetic and called up the hostels other location and said he found us two beds over there. So Alex and I dragged all of our belongings across town to the other hostel. Once there we are told that the girl there had made a mistake and they only have one bed. But that is OK because they can pull out an extra mattress. As all of this is being sorted out, the girl gets a call from the guy at the first hostel saying he found the beds he had originally booked for us. At this point we were so tired we did not want to go all the way back, so we took the mattress. It was pretty ridiculous. Alexandra pointed out that the reason why weed is illegal in most places might simply be for convenience’s sake...
In that whole process we managed to completely lose all of our classmates who are in this city, so we're back down to just me and Alex. Today is our last full day of Ten Day. Tomorrow we flight back to Rome. It has been fun, but I'm ready to go back. Hostels are a little awkward and I have no clean clothes left.
The Berliners seem to be proud of their street art. The Berlin Wall is actually a street art gallery.
The evening after that tour we met up with some friends from school and hung out at their hostel. The next day was beautiful and we went to the zoo. Later on we tried to meet up with our friends again, but we couldn't find them, so we went to bed because we had to get up at 4am for our flight.
We got up bright (well, not really) and early the next day and left for Amsterdam. We got there, got settled in, walked around, found food, found Jarvis, and promptly took a nap. The getting up at four after walking around all day is very tiring. After our nap we wandered around the city for a while and then went to a pub for a drink and then went to bed.
On Thursday we went to this big park in up town. It was a beautiful day and there were tons of people in the park. Later on we met up with some kids from school and wandered around with them for a while and got dinner. After that we just went back to our hostel to hang out.
Friday morning was very hectic because we had only booked our hostel for two nights. But I was responsible and got up early when they start giving away beds and managed to get a bed. However, when I went back at check in time the bed had suddenly disappeared. The guy at the desk was very apologetic and called up the hostels other location and said he found us two beds over there. So Alex and I dragged all of our belongings across town to the other hostel. Once there we are told that the girl there had made a mistake and they only have one bed. But that is OK because they can pull out an extra mattress. As all of this is being sorted out, the girl gets a call from the guy at the first hostel saying he found the beds he had originally booked for us. At this point we were so tired we did not want to go all the way back, so we took the mattress. It was pretty ridiculous. Alexandra pointed out that the reason why weed is illegal in most places might simply be for convenience’s sake...
In that whole process we managed to completely lose all of our classmates who are in this city, so we're back down to just me and Alex. Today is our last full day of Ten Day. Tomorrow we flight back to Rome. It has been fun, but I'm ready to go back. Hostels are a little awkward and I have no clean clothes left.
So are you back in Rome now?
ReplyDeleteThe pictures of the Wall are great!
No, mom, I am not. We fly back tomorrow. We will be back in Rome tomorrow, Sunday, March 27th.
ReplyDeleteOh for some reason I thought Friday.
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