Hellloooo from Berlin again!

Not too much to report on. Lots of pictures, but no way to put them on here. Yesterday I met up with Reemt Lücht- my sailing friend from the train, and we toured mostly western Berlin. I couldn't tell you at all what we saw, but again, everything was beautiful. I know we saw the Emperor's old palace, which was huuuuge with a massive garden that we visited. It was amazing how quickly the noise of the street disappeared too. It was full of these massive Eichen (oaks) and little fox squirrels, it was incredibly beautiful.

We went to a little restaurant where I got Leberkäse- "liver meat" und Eier (eggs) und Kartoffel (potatoes) und Salat. Sehr gut! And I got a Becks, since I've been slacking a little the last few days on trying new drinks. My intake has been pretty much dedicated to water and juices.

We saw a famous shopping mall, called "Ka De Ve" It's totally massive, and has an entire floor dedicated to posh food, but I may go check it out today, if I'm feeling up to taking the metro.

I also got some absolutely disgusting blisters yesterday, from walking around. I have one on the bottom of each foot, and one between my big toe. So sometime today I'll have to find some blister padding too, but I'm definitely taking an easy day, no reason to rush out or anything, after all. I'm thinking I may upload some pictures to my computer, get some Döner and do a tiny bit of shopping, as we should be going out tonight with Russland.

Oh yeah, and last night the three of us went down to the river and just hung out under the few stars that were out, talking about traveling, and astronomy and I dunno. But it was a very pleasant evening. I then made the terrible decision to go with Theresa to see her boyfriend and friends on my bad feet, and we got lost several times. Theeeeen on our way back it started raining.

Overall a good day though, I suppose.

I'm trying to decide when I'll finally part Berlin... I'm thinking Monday, then head down to Italy. I had planned for more days there, but I've heard it's much harder to find English speakers, and I'm really enjoying speaking German, and being able to communicate. So I'll probably leave Sunday and spend the night in Dresden, then Swoop down deep somewhere in Italy, then back up to Florence and Venice and such and such. I can't believe my program (and birthday) are already only two weeks away... boy does time fly.