there are no wrong turns, only new adventures...

i'm here in some arcade in the middle of potsdamer platz with onlz 20 minutes left on my computer and it's quite different figuring out this german keyboard. regardless of the omnipresent barking dogs, this place is quite nice. there are a lot of neat stores and cafes. my favorite part however is the otto dix exhibit downstairs. i'm a bit surprised they have all these pieces of his in shopping centre. a part of me feels he may not be have been happy with that decision but well, hes dead, and lots of people who may not have been interested in him before may now have become fans.

today i woke up relatively early and went on a beautiful jog along some river. this was a particularly nice place because there were several other joggers there to make me feel safe, but it was also completely out of the way of cars. also, it was on gravel and dirt which is so much easier on the knees. this path led me all the way to the brandenburger tor and back, about 10 kilometers but quite nice.
but...i missed breakfast and these energy bars have been sustaining me for far too long.

in preparation for class tomorrow at the freie universität i made the trip over there to find my class. well, one wrong turn and i'm heading a few kilometers in the completely wrong direction.
thanks daddy for printing out that map with directions to the uni because without it who knows where i would be. my handy dandy moleskine berlin guide unfortunatelz doesn't cover that part in its map so i was a bit lost.
BUT, i withstood the head and fatigue (it reallz wasn't bad, my socks were just way too thick for this sort of weather) and got to my destination.
I tell you though, that is one beautiful university, and quite a scenic area in general.
It's funnz because every house i saw i pictured the harris family 40 years ago.

i had planned an itinerary to visit a special vegan grocery store and a vegan cafe for lunch. well, that train is not running until the 30th of october. while there is a bus running to the same place, something about me just greatly prefers the ubahn. perhaps because i have mastered(kinda) that form of transportation i don't want to learn a new one. well, typing that out kind of makes me realize thats a bit ridiculous. fine, you convinced me, i'll learn to use the busses... maybe...someday :)

so change of plans, and i decided to visit an indian restaurant, samhadi, at liepziger platz. Somehow that led me to this arcade i'm in and i've been on this computer for about 50 minutes.

when i get back to my hotel i'll update more indepth about yesterday.
but you know how i was whining about my luggage? It came that night! I went to bed at just before 20:00 and got a call waking me up at 21:30 that my luggage had arrived and was waiting for me downstairs. so alles gute!

i guess that scratches my plan of having to buy a whole-new-wardrobe... :) just kidding

but the next day i woke up, ate a good breakfast consisting of 4 pieces of bread, nuts and 3 cups of coffee. not exactly well rounded, this left me jittery for the rest of the day.
but i made the trek out to...somewhere, i forgot, to visit Hans Vegan Wurst Cafe.
After several wrong turns, back tracking and accidentally ending up at some stadium filled with drunks football fans, i finally made it to the restaurant.
i had a delicious hand made tofu burger with potato wedges. sooo tasty.

i explored around the area for a bit and then headed to Zoologischer Gartens where i walked around some more and shopped just a bit. KaDeWe, Kaufhaus des Westens is HUGE. I was floored to find out that whole building is just one departments store. My feet hurt so i didn`t go in but,wow. Plus i think everything maz be a bit too expensive for a student on a budget.

took a nap at the hotel that i now regret, and returned to Zoologischer Gartens for some dinner.
well in a sleepy stupor i mistook Kartoffel Salat for meaning just a plain salad. No, this was a mayonaise drentched, potato blob. And feeling inspired, i ordered a Berliner Pilsner beer. I figured being in germany it's mandatory to have a beer, right? Well, i snuck behind a corner, threw away my potato salad, and on the next corner i recycled my beer after a few sips. I don't think i can hack the beer, it's well, just not all that tasty.

had fruit and a LOT of nuts for dinner, plus, hahah an energy bar. and couldn't sleep all night.

i think that's the most of it.
pictures coming soon, i promise!