So it's been a while since my last update. I'm sure you're all thinking this is because of my incessant partying, and that I have spent every night since my arrival dancing until the early hours of the morning and getting up to all kinds of insalubrious (ooh big word!) activities. Sadly, that isn't really the case. In fact, on what is my 2 week anniversary of landing in Berlin, I can honestly claim to have only gone "out" (i.e. to places other than Si...

I'm finding it hard to put into words just how fabulous Berlin is. People I encounter tend to find it amusing how my love for this city is so überwhelming that I beam, and shake, sometimes even do jazz-hands, and do that face that I do whenever someone unexpectedly gives me a carrot. It is the ultimate adventure, and I'm enjoying every second of it. Whether it be standing in a dressing room with my lesbian housemate while she tries on sexy underwear, waiting ...

Things I have accomplished so far in Germany so far Paid my rent Had a Big Tasty Got a travel card by asking in German for it Got a tram all by myself Saw people I had already met on the street and said hello (makes me feel like I belong) Met English-speaking gays at Queer Beer Thursday and had a jolly good time, though I: Drank too much Lost most of the night in a drunken blur Witnessed German crime (shoe stealing) in a club Spoke entirely in German ...

Day 1 in Berlin, The Arrival. Getting off the plane to brilliant sunshine is nice. When you don't have all 40kgs of your life to cart across the capital, anyway. Typical German efficiency seems to have gone on holiday this summer, so the S-Bahn I was going to catch wasn't running. When I eventually got to the place where I was supposed to pick up the keys to my flat (my housemate was at work), I was late and so there was no answer at the door. The phone number...