a final message from euro-naseem
i am in berlin. it´s quite the city. it´s bigger than new york. and that´s pretty big. but considering it´s two territories glued together..it makes sense. i went on a walking tour today and learned a great deal about pretty much every aspect of WWI up until when the wall came down. i hope i don´t forget it all.. it was pretty damn interesting. particularly the exact details of how the cold war in berlin ended. i touched what remains of the wall, stood where hitler´s body burned, and saw knut, the baby polar bear. not too bad. berlin´s pretty awesome. germany is pretty awesome. do i have to come home?!?
anyway, tonight is my last night in the city. i am staying at this almost-too-homey place in west berlin (or as i like to call it, little istanbul) called "david´s cozy little backpacker hostel." i´m not kidding. hey, it was cheap and in a safe district. too bad it´s a 10 minute s-bahn trip to anywhere interesting (the east). i head to frankfurt at around noon tomorrow. it´s like the end of the road and i am very sad about it...
i met this adorable harvard graduate in prague. he´s coming to berlin tonight and we are going to hang out. he reminds me of evan and steven. partly because he´s gay, and partly because he´s awesome. so that´ll be interesting.
so as i said.. i come home in three days. did i mention how weird that is? i feel like i´m just on holiday and that i´m going to go back to bonn and continue my life. or keep traveling. i can´t quite articulate it.. but it is a very strange feeling.
living in europe has taught me a lot. i hope you all see the change in me that i feel. if not, that is too bad. i think i´m a better person now. being in a different country has really forced me to make decisions and do things that previously scared and intimidated me. and i had to do it in german. i think that raw struggle is part of what i am going to miss the most. my life was really easy before. i didn´t realize it, but it was. i´ve come to the conclusion that i don´t like easy. the challenge of being here, living and studying and travelling and not enjoying the comforts of any familiarity.. it made my life my own. for once i finally feel like i have the abilities and skills to control my own life. to make decisions for me and suffer and accept the consequences and rewards of those decisions wholeheartedly. it made this place my home. it was a few short months, but a few short months that accelerated my person. and i think it´s a good change.
i´m stepping off my soapbox, now.
see you in three.
anyway, tonight is my last night in the city. i am staying at this almost-too-homey place in west berlin (or as i like to call it, little istanbul) called "david´s cozy little backpacker hostel." i´m not kidding. hey, it was cheap and in a safe district. too bad it´s a 10 minute s-bahn trip to anywhere interesting (the east). i head to frankfurt at around noon tomorrow. it´s like the end of the road and i am very sad about it...
i met this adorable harvard graduate in prague. he´s coming to berlin tonight and we are going to hang out. he reminds me of evan and steven. partly because he´s gay, and partly because he´s awesome. so that´ll be interesting.
so as i said.. i come home in three days. did i mention how weird that is? i feel like i´m just on holiday and that i´m going to go back to bonn and continue my life. or keep traveling. i can´t quite articulate it.. but it is a very strange feeling.
living in europe has taught me a lot. i hope you all see the change in me that i feel. if not, that is too bad. i think i´m a better person now. being in a different country has really forced me to make decisions and do things that previously scared and intimidated me. and i had to do it in german. i think that raw struggle is part of what i am going to miss the most. my life was really easy before. i didn´t realize it, but it was. i´ve come to the conclusion that i don´t like easy. the challenge of being here, living and studying and travelling and not enjoying the comforts of any familiarity.. it made my life my own. for once i finally feel like i have the abilities and skills to control my own life. to make decisions for me and suffer and accept the consequences and rewards of those decisions wholeheartedly. it made this place my home. it was a few short months, but a few short months that accelerated my person. and i think it´s a good change.
i´m stepping off my soapbox, now.
see you in three.