Ich bin ein Berliner!

HELLOOOOOO...
It has been awhile. I am lying in bed on Wednesday night after an exhausting trip. Last weekend I was in Berlin with my best and oldest friend, Cassie. It was one of the highlights of Europe so far, no doubt. I took a night bus by myself and met Cassie at our hostel, which was a miracle. We spent our first day wondering around the city, which was so incredibly beautiful. I could not believe how big Berlin was. I learned so much about Jewish history, WWII, and the Cold War. We saw Humboldt University where Einstein taught, the Brandenburg Gate, Potsdam Platz, The Jewish Musuem, the Holocaust Memorial, the Riechstag, the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, The East Side Gallery, and Museum Island. We saw where the Nazi book burning took place, where Hitler's bunker used to be, and where countless East Germans escaped into West Berlin. We ate Currywurst and drank strange, pear flavored German alcohol. We went to a crazy ass gay bar called Berghain with our smokin' hostel mate. We started fights on the U-Bahn, took a three hour walking tour, and at durham! It was such a culturally fufilling weekend. God, just writing about it makes me happy.
Oh, yeah, we saw Of Montreal, told Kevin Barnes to play Oslo in the Summertime for his encore, met the whole band, got Skeletal Lamping for free, and had Kevin sign my shirt.

Oslo in the summertime nobody can fall asleep
I’m staring out the window from my bed
At 4 a.m. the sun is up
look the sky is pepppered with sea birds and with crows all cackeling
HVA?

Up in tre ten Heimdalsgate
me and Nina making fun of footballers in Rudolph Neilson Plass
I practice my norwegian on poor beffudeled waitresses
who shake their heads completely at a loss
Oslo in the summertime the streets are strangely quite ’cause
everyone’s away on holiday
HVA?

Oslo in the summertime Pakistani children play locked inside of the courtyard all day
Pretty people everywhere sun lamp tans and flaxen hair
Just tell the American not to stare
HVA?

I love Berlin and I fucking love Cassie...