Dancing Queen was inspired by Jungmann...bet you didn't know that....

June 15-June 16, 2011

Well Wednesday was a great day…not because it was anything incredibly exciting…it was just a good day. I woke up and took my time getting ready, wore a new dress, and set out. The weather was really nice and I was excited to walk around the city. I was on a mission…I wanted a pastry from this excellent pastry place, so naturally that’s where I headed. Oh it was so good. Now don’t judge me for this: I went in on one side and got a vanilla/chocolate crème chocolate covered cookie thing, left and ate that…walked back in on the other side and got a huge pastry bigger than my palm for later. Excellent. I started walking back and turned down this side tunnel. It led to a cute little park! It had roses blooming everywhere, a kid’s playground, and this cute shop right in the middle of it. It had really eclectic looking pieces that I really liked. I sat there for a while and read my book for literature and it was really nice. I headed back to the institute to meet up with my sisters because I got to skype my parents, sister, and grandma! I was so happy to see them, though it made me miss them. Sarah and I then headed and looked at some of the shops. I left them later on and had class. Class was good, we turned in our first philosophy paper. Turning in that first paper is always nerve-wracking for me. I had already gotten past that hurdle in Literature last week (and that turned out fine) so at least now I’ll know what they are looking for and such. After class a group of us headed to Neklid….this place could stay in business purely on our programs' business alone. The honey cake…amazing. I’m gonna have to be rolled home as much food (GOOD food at that) as I eat here. Oh well, I’ll be happy :)

Thursday was an interesting day. We got to see this cool art thing going on. It described different architecture and such. We also went on this Swedish art thing too. We walked around with a guide who told us “facts” about this square that were not true (about the person the square was named after, Jungmann) but it was a box around her neck that told us, not her. It was interesting. It was all about using space, the radio as an auditory art piece and what not. Bed early…BERLIN TOMORROW!