While Berlin should be all fits and giggles, and all of my blog updates thus far have suggested that life here is perfect, there are some things I am somewhat ashamed of, and some things that need to be done still to allow me to convince myself that I am actually a real grown up: ·I stole a Twix. I'm not proud of it, and didn't eat it myself, but I shoplifted a Twix when drunk. Sorry, world. ·I got so drunk on Saturday that I made drunken phone calls I ca...

While Berlin should be all fits and giggles, and all of my blog updates thus far have suggested that life here is perfect, there are some things I am somewhat ashamed of, and some things that need to be done still to allow me to convince myself that I am actually a real grown up: ·I stole a Twix. I'm not proud of it, and didn't eat it myself, but I shoplifted a Twix when drunk. Sorry, world. ·I got so drunk on Saturday that I made drunken phone calls I ca...

3 weeks since I landed in Berlin, here are some observations about Berlin and Germany I have made: German pillows are square shaped. To the average (read: normal) person, this is unbeliably confusing, silly and uncomfortable. To Germans, however, this is a good thing. Square-shaped things have some kind of hypnotizing appeal to Germans. They even have (tasty) chocolate Ritter Sport, which is sold with the catchy slogan "Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut." ...

Yes I should have started looking for a job by now. But anyways, this week has been too busy for that! After 2 trips to the Bürgeramt, I received my stamp registering me in Neukölln, Berlin. Ich bin ein Berliner! But the fun stuff was yet to come. Tuesday I watched the football at the Irish pub - thankfully there was a lot more people there this time. I also bumped into German guys from Dortmund, who were trying to find somewhere to watch their team playing...

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...