That night, I decided to go to the bar. What else was I going to do? After a few I got up the courage to talk to some strangers. Best decision ever. I first met a Canadian couple and I played cards with them for like 3 hours. Unfortunately they had to leave for Paris that night. I told them everything I know about where they were going and they shared some things about Germany. It was really nice to talk to someone who generally wanted to have a conversation. After that I stayed at the bar and met a couple of English kids who were on vacation. They were hilarious.
Yesterday I had my meeting with the Photothek director to talk about my internship. He was super bland and twitchy. After a while though I was getting him to laugh and I was generally excited for the project. The place is massive. The photos they have are somewhere around 800,000 and they have even more books in the library. I should have no problem finding the stuff I need for my research. Even better, the building was a former Third Reich administration building. The library... is Hitler's library kept in the same condition as it was then. I freaked out. He also showed me the collection of Third Reich photos... the only ones in EXISTENCE of Hitler and artworks sanctioned by Hitler. It's still blowing my mind. I cant wait to get started on Monday!
Last night I met one of my new roommates who's name was Kasper... yes... like the friendly ghost. He's been traveling Europe for 7 months. Insane. Him and I went down for drinks and met up with our two other roommates. One from China and the other from Thailand. We also met a couple from Hamburg. I was so much fun. Probably too much fun. haha.
I'm just about to leave to take a free walking tour of the city. Excited. There will be pictures up as soon as I find an internet cafe that takes memory cards or when my mother mails me my USB cable. Either way it's going to be a little while. Sorry about it. Tschau!
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