Welcome to BERLIN! Population wise its about as big as Melbourne, just in about a third of the space. They still manage to have heaps of parks and greenery around, more than in Melbourne, though of course the green shan't stay for much longer.
I caught up with Frans friend Hayley on my second day here, I can't tell you how good it was to have a familiar face. I was feeling a little fragile that day, so having to get out and about in Berlin was really good for me.

We spent most of the day at the Brandenburger Tor (though i took this shot at a later date). There was a mini carnival thing going on there for the Tag des Deutschen Einheit (Day of German Unity)

We then headed out to Potsdam, and wandered around for a bit, cos everything was shut for the public holiday.

I spent Wednesday and Thursday at Uni trying to get enrolled and doing the orientation thing. Oweek here is boring, you go to lectures where they tell you how fun Uni life is going to be, and then tell you about all the rigmarole you have to go through to actually get enrolled!

This is my Uni anyway, or at least the building I'll spend most of my time in. Its called the Rostlaub, thanks to it's colour. The SIlberlaub is attached to it, and I'll spend a lot of time in there too, you just can't see it in this photo.

Friday was spent running around like a headless chook to organise health insurance etc, followed by a leisurely cruise along the Spree. I took so many pics on that boat trip, but I'll just give you a taste of them here.

There are more bridges in Berlin than in Venice or Amsterdam. We passed under 32 on our short stretch of the Spree.

After our trip I went out for coffee with a girl called Dana who I had met on the boat. We had fantastic hot chocolate right around the corner from the playhouse Brecht opened. I had to take a pic of this hot chocolate. Dana can be seen in the background doing the same.

We went out for dinner together in Kreuzburg last night. We found a really good little indian restaurant and ate way too much! Plus they had cheap Bombay Sapphire, if i'd had more money on me...

Classes start on Monday, I'm looking forward to getting back into it. I've been out of uni for too long.

Until next time, over and out.