Well it's over 2 weeks since I've been back from Berlin and I'm thinking that I'm probably not going to be doing my big write-up on Berlin. I don't know why but I always seem to be too busy at work and too tired before or after...I've suddenly caught a bad case of the sleep-ins so I never get to work on time anymore. The stress of trying to find a housemate to replace me has sort of made me a bit slack with everything, including actually finding a new housemate! I think this week is the 4th week that I've been looking. I may be in luck though - Stacey's good friend Anya has just arrived in London from Auckland and she's keen to take the room as long as she gets a job! And the freaky thing is - she's looking for work as a Marketing Assistant so I'm going to put her name forward for my job! Creepy stuff...next she'll be adopting my friends and family - single white female!
Anyway so the next step as soon as I've filled my room is booking my train ticket to edinburgh, booking my going away party and putting my resume out there! I'll probably stay with my good friend Danii for a week and on the well-used lounge at our house for a little while in an attempt to get some savings up, then I'm off! The plan had been for me to be in Edinburgh now (Damian has already been there for 2 weeks) but it obviously just wasn't meant to be and I've become OK with that - I think I will miss London more than I expected - the last few weeks have been great and I've met a lot of new people, but my time in the UK is rapidly running out so I need to experience Edinburgh before it's too late. Aww I'm becoming sad thinking of leaving London : (
So back to Berlin - it is such an amazing and unique city. At first I thought it was strange and quite horrible but by the end I'd fallen in love with it. It's not as big as I expected and it is so barren - huge blocks of land are still left empty in the centre of town - but it's strating to be developed quite a lot.
The reichstag was definitely my favourite building - the dome is so so beautiful. The night scene is fantastic ... thumping bars in stripped out old East Berlin buildings ... communist propoganda themed bars with young German guys rapping up on stag ... and a huge super-classy club up on the 12th floor of an office building in the centre of town. Will definitely not forget it for a long time! The Jewish mueum was the thing that I had highest expectations of so of course it let me down - not as big and the exibition was so dislocated from the building. I would still recommend it anyway though.
almost out of time...love to everyone!
