If I ever had to live in a big city (God forbid), it could be Berlin. It's huge, but you don't really notice. Every morning I take a train for about an hour to get to the opposite side of the city, but I am so deprived of alone time and personal space at this point in the trip that I love the quiet walk to the station, the decreasing number of passengers as I approach Mexicoplatz and the ability to have a few minutes to catch up on things going on back home. Even when we biked around parts of the city I didn't feel like Berlin was too bad. I felt like with a little bravery and luck I could learn to love a city like this (meaning teeming to the max with people) easily.
Last night Thomas had some classmates of his (they've all graduated recently) over for a German BBQ. It was the most fun I have had so far on this trip. I enjoyed speaking with them about our veterinary education experiences - because no on else understands the difficulty, the frustration and often the connundrum that vet school is better than other vet students. Since attending classes yesterday with Berliner students (how do they do it in that heat I will never know!!) I have come to the conclusion that we are much more similar than dissimilar. The BBQ was quite excellent, too. There is nothing quite like starting a charcoal grill with a hair dryer, using lighter fluid on open flames and dropping cheese, bread and pork enbrochette into hot coals (and the sibsequent delicate recovery) that doesn't make you laugh a little at life in general.
This morning I realized as I was waiting for the S1 Wansee train that I was up, waiting for said train at a time when most people I love back home are just going to bed. Admittedly this was a ridiculously early morning - but already busy. So far I have overslept by 15 minutes (meaning the alarm was actually going off for 15 minutes before I heard it), whacked my shins on a slippery tub, and eaten breakfast faster than I should - because I have to be at Mexicoplatz at 6:30 a.m. We are going to a duck hatchery to see them hatch out some ridiculous number of chicks this morning, so although it is too early to function properly, it should prove to be very interesting.
As far as what else is going on today, I am unsure. Fatigue has set in and I am ridiculously homesick, which is kind of new for me. I am more than ready to go home now, to stop living out of my backpack and carry on suitcase and to get back to all the things waiting for me at home. Just a couple more days here in Berlin sadly with so much yet to see, but I'm ready now and greatly looking forward to Saturday.
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