Un-chronological, random pics from Berlin:

First pic-the Brandenburger Tor, first stop on our tour. You can see our SUPER enthusiastic tour guide, Chris, in the red shirt.

Second pic-riding in the train to Berlin! We were so excited, even though we thought we had to cram into a space on the floor between cars for two hours--turns out we were allowed to sit in the "reserved seats," but we didn't find that out until the trip back!

Third pic-eating a donut that cost--I'll never get over this--1 Euro and 10 cents. That's like, $1.25 or something like that. I got it at freaking Dunkin' Donuts. But it was pretty good.

Fourth pic-Going clubbing! Or so we thought. Cindy, Vivian, me, Erika, and Mariana, a Brazilian girl who roomed with us in the hostel and joined us in the search for a club. We ended up getting too lost and tired to find anywhere, and just went to a bar instead. Good times.

*WARNING: Complaining Ahead*
Scheisse!
Yes, I've taken up German swearing again. I think I have a good reason to--I have a test on German politics the day after tomorrow...met with another girl in my class today to figure out the basic governmental system...and didn't understand it at all. I mean, I think is politics is (are?) interesting, but I don't need to know the MINUTE details! We can only hope to find someone else in the class who gets it better, and then of course explain it all to us!