A random Berlin diary, but mostly just a stream of consciousness.
it all started with some serious pepping. god, had i longed for this since like ever. all the talk. about the partying, the beer and the bars, we were gonna rock this place. all the planning made for incredible pepp.
then came the sleepover.
four girls, sorry ara, met up at my place to group before the departure. the sleepover started with mads and me buying toner for her hair. and then i made a playlist, "Berlin baby ;)" and it fucking rocks, think it's my most awesome playlist yet, incredible pepp. when stina was about to arrive we went out for bk food, where we all met maggie too. with her non-date. scusme. and yeh, went back, dyed hair, finished packing (for my part), talking, listening to music and finally deciding to go to sleep.
It was an early, chilly morning. Looking for the place where the bus was to depart, finding a velko, and then finally finding the busstop.
so excited, happy-tired. music. double-decker, front seats, nice company. Long, long bustrip. Fucked up stories about Basshunter fucking a cow etc, no don't ask. it was amusing though. happyschnappi.
Ferry was boring and felt like a hangover. couldnt decide if i was hungry or not.
When we arrived at Pension Grinitz they were cleaning the rooms, so no freakin relaxing or anything, just straight out again after a short toilet stop. Bought our travelpasses, took the U-bahn to Alexanderplatz. from there it was one long walking tour down Unter den Linden, saw stuff like the holocaust monument, soviet ww2 monument, and the Reichstag and Brandenburger Tor.
since everyone is boring they went to KFC. dear good god in heaven we're in fricking germany! SAUSAGES AND BEER! Anyways, I went to the early-started-Oktoberfest. it was like a förfest. pepp. ANd yes, i had a beer and some sausages while my company was stuffing their faces with greasy chicken. got all tingly and happy from the WUNDERBAR BEER, ran around and was pepp on drinking. it was hilarious. anyways.
The first night was pretty chill, we just went back to our room. i think some people were at the cheap local cocktail bar, but the after-party was in our room so everyone went there later and we all just hung out. which was kinda cool although unbelievable and weird since it's our class we're talking about. i think we needed this trip real badly. and we needed it say one year ago aswell.
but we all love eachother now so it's all ok. at least i kinda like everyone in our class, the class i used to hate.
Getting almost drunk and talked to everyone basically. Some guys got drunker than others. it was real fun. randomly went outside and stuff.
finally getting some sleep. it was needed.
day 2 started with a nice breakfast provided by the pension thingy. coffee, juice, sugarpuffs, rolls. yum. long day with a lot to see, can't even remember all of it. hitlers "grave", former stasi headquarters and allied museum was part of the stuff we looked at atleast. alot of walking. and the weather was shit.
Lunch around Ku-damm at starbucks (unfortunately), a place i happen to have very mixed feelings about. Running around taking crazy photos. The afternoon was free, so when people dispersed and some decided to go on a "depressing" tour, me and mads decided to go shopping. ask her what she bought, i thought the coat was prettiful. i found kawaii earrings. yes, uninteresting information. hang in there kids, soon coming to the fun part.
Oh well- meeting up with people for dinner. was at a steakhouse thingy, kinda nice. awkwardness at the table, which i tried to ignore but i dno. people are nice after all. More pre-oktoberfest for my part: FEST-BIER! Oh yes, german beer is orgasmic. unfortunately i was one of the few to appreciate it in its true form - 1l gigantic oktoberfest glasses. had backhendl - friend chicken, like KFC but professional. mwey. merriment&weirdness.
went back "home" - meeting people at the cocktail bar, SO NICE to have BOOZE so close. we also had a cheap liquor store just one block up so that added to the awesomeness. Yes, got called ALCOHOLIST at least four times this trip. both serious and joke. Anyways, everyone getting drunk together, so inspiring. so weird and so right, had a good time.
after-party in our room (as usual). many got shitfaced. no names but i had a hilarious evening, being just perfectly drunk so i could laugh at everyone else at the same time as i didn't care what i myself did. anyways, it was this fuzzy warm wonderful feeling of bonding with classmates. fun fun fun.
Break some ice.
A special apology to a special person - it's true what i said though, i missed you. just a little. since i discovered brutal honesty is quite fun im gonna say i will never trust you but i wont dislike you either.
A seriously weird night. Drunk is fun for some, not mentioning who wasn't that fun, think you know who you are.
A lot went down that night. Some remember it, others don't. Still, i promise you, it was a good night and it was hilarious. and everyone enjoyed it in their way.
Sleep didn't get into the picture until 4am. which meant freak-tired the next day.
day 3 started with everyone being hungover. not me though, just tired. magically escaped all hangovers even though i drank my fill, which made me very happy. both of it. anyways. "hungover in the bunker" is a new, very un-vivid mindstate. the tiredness and oxygen shortage only made it so much worse.
but before the bunker was a ww2 flak tower and confusion in a park. i can still see the firey autumn leaves on the ground, the trees like golden pillars, the puddles of water and the slow drizzling from the grey sky. from up there, the view, the sky and the war-feelings.
the bunker then. Oh, oxygen shortage + tiredness made us all collapse like dead meat. still was really interesting and horrible in a learny way.
Berlin wall museum. seeing the insaness of a perfectly raked no-mans-land. this was the last stop and now you could really sense the end of this wonderful trip was near.
there was this confusion about yesterday in the air. i didnt mind though cuz i didn't have issues but i wonder how much people actually remember.
Döner Kebap close to home, then going to the historische museum thingy whatever with emilia and anna. really interesting but tiredness amounting. the holocaust documentation was kinda nasty, NEWSFLASH. lasting impressions. Then shopping. Gifts at KaDeWe for my beautiful friends at home for example. example: bertie bott's every flavour beans, chocolate and longing eye-flashes at the fish counter.
Restaurant Vapino - drinking beer. felt like division all over again. our class is (was?) kinda like the Berlin Wall, one side and the other, and many different zones. Irish pub - drinking even more beer but this time guinness and kilkenny. getting drunk, last night ffs, but people were tired and didn't seem to be very pepp at partying. think i harassed stina to give me the lime in her drink and then failed to fish it up. also involuntarily poked koci in the eyes, that was his head moving actually. hated the music and couldn't stop obsessing about it.
fries at KFC before going home (didn't have fair judgment at that moment). talk to people. this is all so new and it's so weird and i don't know if it all is just gonna go back to normal when we get back to school, which i actually think it will. but i don't want it to go back to normal. don't know what to think of it all. sleep was early this night, think everyone had exhausted their energy storage.
ok. bed. up earlier than usual, breakkie, bus. storm - bus can't take normal route due to ferry changes, so longer route, long bustrip, delayed. my bäschistfjortisar fell asleep so i went to koci and had a nice conversation with him. we all discovered later that he has had some slight personality changes this trip. i think i made new friends which is nice since i don't do that very often. because im so bad at it, don't know what to say and stuff. im very scared though, everything is so new somehow, like talking to people you barely talked to outside class before. i think im repeating myself so i will be quiet now. no, im not evil. im kinda nice once you get to know me but im very insecure so maybe you will never get to know me. that depends. and well im tired of lies so im gna be honest. which is brutal for the most part since people are used to lies. but i'll still be plastic since that has with my insecurity to do. shit, im talking too much again. bye.
came home late, feeling the internet craving without being able to satisfy it.
we have internet now though. this is a blog i wrote yesterday. feel the bäst-före-datum just crash into a wall.
some memorable things from the trip:
- amazing beer
- pleasantly surprised by people
- koci notepad
- stina quotes (hissen e också drücken!!)
- random discussions
- the feeling of it all
- absolutely NOT the weather
Aufwienerkorv my friends and let's all raise our glasses in prayer that this is meant to last, this getting to know eachother better.
