The Berlin Whale

The first few posts are going to be backlogged, so this was written on Monday, but I'm just posting it now. 

First day of real life in Berlin. It was pretty good. My legs hurt and the jet-lag is far from gone, but the excitement of just being here was enough to sustain a full day. Got up and hit my favorite Kreuzberg patisserie for a baguette and coffee, navigated the cobblestone sidewalks in my thinly soled oxfords and hopped on the U-Bahn.  Got out on Unter den Linden which is basically the Candy Cane Lane of Berlin.  It starts up at my personal favorite Berlin landmark, the TV Tower in Alexanderplatz, and marches past all the heavy hitters: the Nazi book-burning piazza, Berliner Dom, Humböldt (of course), Deutch Guggenheim, innumerable war/social/cultural sites and a peppering of intimidating embassies.  The impressive boulevard spits you out at the Brandenberg Gate.  To the right is the Reichstag, left is the Jewish Memorial.  Prettttttty rad.

Walked through the university; past the walls covered in oil paintings of graduated Nobel Laureates, including Einstein. Yeah, you heard me. Einstein's alma matter is Humböldt.  Nutty.  Anyway, classes start tomorrow, so that will be intersting.  I am hoping they aren't too difficult. No one wants to actually work their last semester of law school, especially not on exchange.  Inshallah.