Wandering

As a way to take up some time on Sundays and just because I wanted to, I went for long walks. It was rather fun and I found some really cool things that were just around the corner from my house, things that I wouldn’t have found if I had just gone to the U-Bahn and the grocery store and back like my roommate did. I enjoyed the lovely architecture.
I found a beautiful park that was just a 20 minute walk away and on the way there is a huge Mosque that is really pretty. I found a pilot shop across the street from the old airport where the air lifts landed.
I wandered right into two really cool second-hand shops and I have seen some really cool cafes and restaurants that I would have eaten at if I wanted to spend the money and eat the extra fat. I even found a faster route to one of the main hubs of Berlin.

I found the library!


The main point is that I feel like I really lived here now, rather than just staying here (if that makes any sense). On Friday I plan to go wandering in some new place.

Today was my last day of classes at the Goethe Institut. We had a few different teachers and they were all good, but our last one really was amazing. It was her first time teaching at the Goethe institute, she was probably in her late 20s. She reminded me a bit of Ashley, but not too much. She was really invested in helping us to learn and was willing to just sit there and suffer through the difficult stuff with us and our poor grammar and she played with us too. We had a picnic last weekend and everyone brought some amazing food. We sat there and chatted and ended up going to someones house and chatting some more. It was really fun.

We took a final test and I did really well (even though we aren’t technically graded). She told me that I really should go ahead and learn more German. She said that there are two groups of people; those who will never make it past a certain level and those who have the ability to learn more and I was in the latter group.