Ingrid's Going Away Week

We have a very special blogging addition today. Four for the price of one. As always I’m WAY behind on taking notes about my life. Here is what happened recently.

I am both saddened and excited to say that Ingrid found a job in Denmark. She left last Thursday.


As part of a weeklong celebration/going away party we did all sorts of things. One of my favorites was a visit to MauerPark. Despite knowing Berlin rather well, I’ve never been to this rather important place. Not only did we have all sorts of fun (swinging, doing stunts on our bikes, racing down hills, having strangers want to be in our pictures then insisting to delete them cause they’re not a tourist attraction) but we found a new feature on our camera … the 2-in-1
Another highlight of Ingrid’s going away week was seeing a cabaret at the historic Friedrichstadtpalast. Last year my parents took us all out to the ‘Lion King’ when we visited them in Boston and man was that an amazing show. It really sent the bar high on other such plays/theater pieces but Casanova definitely cleared it no problem. I went through a great discount agent located near Zoo Station called Hek Ticket. We got FIRST ROW SEATS at 50% off ! The show was hilarious and stage was amazing.

Last but not least my good friend Marcelo turned 26 on the 26th of last monthes. He and Kerstin have been using Ingrid's DVD player for the past couple month. Problem is, Ingrid needs it back because she is moving to Denmark. There is no better present that to give something you were going to take away ... so Baris, Genevieve, Ingrid and myself gave him a new DVD player.

To see more pictures about the past weekend, click on any of the pictures in this post, or here.

My new apartment in Neukolln.

I think this is the 7th place I’ve lived since I’ve moved to Berlin but until all the other places, this one is mine. Before I was always staying in some guys room who would be coming back in a few months. Finally, I found a place of my own, with interesting roommates and an apartment with a whole lotta character. Lemme break it down for you. I like my new WG because:
1. The kitchen is way cool. Still no microwave (few German kitchens have) but the wall is 1/2 brick, 1/2 stucco
2. Despite wanting to live in East Berlin, I managed only to find a place 5 minutes from the wall. As a nice consolation, we have this way cool ‘History of the Soviet Empire’ mural on our living room wall.
3. Kids write in chalk in our courtyard almost every day
4. I have a cool (albeit small, room) with lofted bed and closet built into the floor.

For more pictures of my apartment, either click here or on the picture to the right.