The Bundestag
Me drinking beer at the hostel!
A portion of the Wall (at the East Side Gallery)
The Brandenburg Gate
Just a sampling of the wonderful sights in Berlin! Soon I will put up some other pictures from the area where I am living. The weather has been so beautiful - a crisp fall feel but plenty of sun. Yesterday I took the metro to a random stop and walked around for a few hours. I happened upon all kinds of beautiful fountains and churches and sculptures. It is such an experience even to just walk around here!
I have been eating mostly just bread and cheese every day. I walk down to the boulangerie (bakery) down the street and buy a baguette for .85 centimes and spend the day chewing on that and whatever cheese and apples I have in my fridge. Food is so expensive! I was walking past a McDonalds today and they were advertising one of their burgers for 4.65 euros. That is more than $6!! Just for a burger! It is a little difficult for me to pick out cheese, though. Being from Wisconsin, I thought I was a regular cheese connoisseur. Not here! Every time I go to the grocery store I walk up and down the cheese aisle (yes, a whole aisle) trying to figure out what I can buy that won't taste like mold. One time I thought I was getting something really exotic but it ended up just being Swiss cheese. Haha! My student diet is so sad! But the bread here is so great and the less money I spend on food, the more money I will have to spend on shoes! ;)
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