I have been able to meet and make some pretty good friends since I've moved to Berlin. These next photos will show the good times we have. My friends are sooo fun and not afraid to get a little crazy. I love it and I love them! On Thursdays after Institute, we usually go and hang out together somewhere. Here are some things we have done: We have gone for late night Gelato at Potsdamer Platz, hung out at the best McCafe in Berlin...and I think anywhere..., went to a funky cafe and had tea and hot chocolate while playing "I have never", watched movies, played games, went to Dussmanns (like Borders or Chapters) and read children's books to each other. Yet, we hang out other days of the week too, we have Karaoked, celebrated Birthdays, had late night chats, all night movie nights, toured Berlin, hunted easter eggs, played drums and to tell you the truth, it all started with the Fat Boy...Enjoy.
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| The Fat Boy, the best bean bag ever. This was a party in Dec. after Christmas and it was so fun. |
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| Nadir, Joseph, Nascha, Saria, Inga, Polly, Dallin & I |
The McCafe on Kudamm is the best McCafe I have ever been in and will frequent most often because it is soooo cool.
Yup, these are books in the McCafe.I love it.
My former roommate works for a radio station and was able to get free tickets to an Alba Berlin Basketball Game. I invited my friend Nadir because he loves sports and was going on his mission soon. This was his first live Professional Basketball game. It's not a big deal in Germany but the crowd was so awesome. I posted two videos. Alba won in overtime!!!
Nadir and I
Heidi (my former roommate) and I. We still keep in touch, she is awesome.
I met a new friend from Norway that was visiting for a few days in Berlin and since I had free time, we hung out while he was here. He had visited Berlin before so he was able to show me a few places and we had some good times. There is a metal sculpture garten on Oranienburgerstrasse. The same street where my Hostel is that I stayed at when I first arrived in Berlin. Felt so long ago.
Vegard about to be eaten by the insect.
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| Lego shop...we spent an hour here...is that a surprise?? |
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| my masterpiece for the big race. |
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| Anna, Vegard and I - A German, Norwegian and a Canadian. How did the shop foresee this day? |
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| B Flat jazz club...it was very cool. |
After Institute one Thursday, we headed to Dussmann's!! It was Britta's last week with us before she moved to Frankfurt so we went where she would be happiest, a bookstore. Frankly, we all loved it too...well most of us:) All the books we got were in German and I read them a Barbapappa story in German...fun fun fun.
Britta and the elephant
There was a mirror as you can see:) Smile to the camera everybody...
Kevin absorbed in his book, as well as Dallin in the background.
Did I mention that the children's area had Fat Boys!!!! These are huge and red....I was in heaven.... Nadir was chillin'.
Nascha and Stefi...wonderful storytellers.
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| Ritter Sport shop on Franzoezische Str. so lecker... |
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| For 3.90 one can create their own chocolate bar. There was 3 of us and we did it. |
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| gummy bears, caramalised almond bits and banana bits. |
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| can you see the gummy bear? I had a gummy bear with every bite. |
Nadir's Mission Farewell Party and what a party it was! There was lots of singing, food, visiting and games. I was laughing the whole night. I couldn't resist the chance to karaoke and thankfully, a lot of other people felt the same way.
Nadir's famous look...I love it. I hope his companions don't get it too often.... Kevin get off the phone...haha
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| Ghostbusters! |
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| I Wanna Dance with Somebody |
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| Bohemian Rhapsody |
May 1st long weekend. I hung out with Britta & Matti. Britta was visiting from Frankfurt and Matti, from Hamburg, but he usually comes back to Berlin on long weekends. We had breakfast in a Turkish Doener place and then headed to the Botanischer Garten. It is large and quite pretty. Matti's recommendation and it was a good one. Here we travelled the world...I recognised the North American area immediately...it felt good to walk through it:)
Britta doing a dance to start our adventure....
a quick view of the garten.
Matti noticing a new species for viewing...
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| Sometimes, it gets a little dry in there...we read somewhere that plants collect the humidity on the leaves...he was just checking it out ;)
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| She couldn't resist. |
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| Matti treated us to Gelato aka Eis. I also won the "who can spot the frogs first" contest :) |
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| A little southern Germany tradition for May Day. I was the camera girl while they decorated :) |
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| Group photo...Can you spot the Bavarian? |
Ward Picnic at Volkspark Jungfernheide. We had food, tossed the American football around and discovered this wonderful beach and clear lake. The weather was gorgeous and so hot. A perfect May 1st holiday. Afterwards, Matti, Nascha, Polly, Joseph and I all went out for some Eis that was nearby. I love Eis!!
Nascha, ward primary girl and I...so happy standing in the sandy beach. Nascha is the friend that always knows the coolest places to go eat, hang out, visit, etc. She is always in the know and loves to have fun.
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| Superhero Dance - Superman, Joker and me, Buttercup. I love these guys! |
Paivi, Matti and me in Hamburg May 6th. Within the last two weeks, I have made 2 new good friends. They are so great and I have a lot of fun with them.
I have been very blessed, as you can see, with meeting some fantastic people and I love these experiences that I have been able to have with them all. I thought that I was done with making good friends but I now know that I will always have room for one more.... Love ya.
The McCafe on Kudamm is the best McCafe I have ever been in and will frequent most often because it is soooo cool.
