On Wednesday, our group took the bus, ferry, and bus again back to Copenhagen. We checked back into our hostel, and then Jimmy, Melissa, and I got delicious pizzas and then went souvenir shopping! We had our final dinner as a class, which was really nice, and we all filled out our final SOS forms for both the classes we took. It was a nice recap of everything we learned up to this point and to see everyone altogether for the last time. Then, Melissa, Jimmy, Tori, Angela and I sat by the canal and drank some Danish beer. After that, I packed up and relaxed in the hostel before heading to bed.
On Thursday, I went to the airport with most of our group and said goodbye. However, then Hannah arrived! We dropped our luggage off at the hostel and walked around the city for quite a while. I made her try the street food-pizza and hot dogs, because it was always awesome. For the most part, we just hung around the canal and ate around there while catching up. Unfortunately, there were some pretty creepy birds that kept nearly dive bombing us (Mom, you would have freaked), and every time we would say,"Birds," they would chirp. It was super weird. BUT, it was still super nice to see Hannah again and get ready for this awesome trip! We spent the night hanging out in the lobby in the hostel and chilling in our room. It was super nice, cause instead of rooming with randoms, we got to room with Tori and Angela, from my trip, and some random Spanish guy that was gone all night and only got back when we were leaving in the morning.
So...on Friday, Hannah and I got up bright and early to head to the train station and head to Berlin. We got our Eurail passes activated and got some awesome breakfast (chocolate croissants and orange juice) and then got on the train. We had to switch trains once and then we drove onto a ferry for a little bit, but it was a pretty good ride. Nothing too exciting but napping and reading and crossword puzzles. Hooray! After we got to Berlin on Friday afternoon, we headed to our super cool hostel (as recommended by Mr. Josiah Grimm) and checked in. We walked around the area by our hostel, which has lots of shops and restaurants, and ate some amaaaazing pasta. Then we headed back to the hostel's bar and watched 2 of the World Cup games there. We made friends with some British and Australian guys, and it was really fun to hang out here with lots of young people.
Today's Saturday, and we have gotten a lot accomplished so far! We woke up and got ready and headed to the hostel breakfast with one of our hostel roommates, Mitch! He's from Vancouver, but he's living in Germany for 4 months, and this weekend he's in Berlin! We have 2 other roommates in our room, but we haven't talked with them too much. Anyway, Mitch, Hannah, and I took the subway over to the Brandenburg Gate. It was a bit rainy, so we took a break in Dunkin Donuts. Then, we walked around and found the Reichstag building, but there was quite a wait, so we think we're going to do that tomorrow morning! However, we then went to the Holocaust Memorial, which was absolutely incredible. Seriously though, I would highly recommend going there if anyone is ever in Berlin. We only had to pay 2 euro for the audio tour, and it was so touching. I really enjoyed seeing it, and it was really meaningful. It was super weird to search for my family's names and see that people did pop up. Then we went to Potsdamer Platz and checked out pieces from the Berlin Wall. We had lunch over there and stopped at the mall in Alexanderplatz. Currently, Mitch, Hannah and I are relaxing at the hostel to dry off from the random rain we've experienced today, and we'll be heading to dinner soon with probable plans to watch more of the World Cup tonight. I'm loving that there's always something to do at night here.
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