Day 1: Berlin

Hello All!
I've finally gotten onto the internet (which is a wonder to me because every "free wireless signal" requires you to pay). The site I'm on is entirely in German, so you have to go through a process to allow you to use the internet for free - but it's hard to figure out what to press or what to fill in when it's all in German... awkward. Anyways, the hotel we're in is called "Bogota" and I'm not sure what that means. If you've ever seen the movie or been on the ride in Universal Studios, this hotel is much like the Tower of Terror. Old rickety elevator - haunted and creepy stairs. Apparently room "1923" is haunted because the room is placed far away from the rest of the other rooms, and the lights tend to keep flickering. Oh well, I have yet to explore this old run-down hotel, but it's nice. It's an old building, but they've done decent with it. I like the fact that I feel like I'm in an old folk's home... you just get that feeling because of the ugly brown/maroon carpet.

Since the rest of our group wouldn't meet us until dinnertime, the 6 of us went to the mall, well, 7. Me, Kezia, Megan, Mrs. Weibe, Kelsey, Talisa and this lady who is a chaperone for the group from Tennessee (that ended up ditching her). We took this sky train sort of thing, and ended up at the mall, which is half above ground, half underground. The weird thing is that it seems that the whole mall is a sky-train Oreo cookie. It goes: Top Floor = Skytrain, floor down = mall, next floor down = mall, next floor down = mall, bottom floor = skytrain again. It was really cool, although a lot of the clothes were extremely expensive and modern. We're in that phase where we want to get something that you wouldn't find in Canada, where people will say "Oh I LOVE that ____" and you can reply, "yeaa, I got it in Germany" ahaha, that cool factor really plays a part with us.

Dinner was n another place that smelt like old people and beer - and trust me, it's not a great combo. It was a buffet and I've had better food, but the pasta noodles were quite decent, although I question the origin of the meat sauce.

We're all dead tired although it's only 8:30pm here, and noon at home. I've continued to fall asleep in multiple areas (most being in the train or on planes, and then on the bus). I'm hoping that after tonight, I should be more awake.

Much love to all, don't hesitate to comment. I find it easier to blog than I do to email (because this is just update after update. Anyways, I'll continue to blog as often as possible!

Gros Bisous!