Did That JUST Happen?!

*This space will be used for short stories of random events during my 10 month stay in Germany.*

While in Hamburg I went to a small ice cream shop with my cousin Lisa. When he heard us speaking in English with each other he asked where I was from. When I told him the US, he got really excited and asked me if I wanted to know why that was such a good thing. Being curious, I asked why. His son, it turns out, is a programmer for Yahoo, living in California. When he asked me what I was doing in Germany, I told him I'd be studying in Kassel, which again resulted in cheers from him. Why? He too had once studied in Kassel. The world, you see, is so small. :)

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Oh the random things in my day: The DHL guy delivered my internet box yesterday, thus me engaging in small talk with him and he knows 1. I speak German (which living in a building with all international students isn't a guaranteed thing) and 2. I'm home at this time of day, typically. Today I get a buzz from downstairs that there's a package for another person in the building, if I could sign for it and get it to them. Naturally, being a good neighbor, I agree. What I didn't expect is what it was... Interesting. 

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Sitting in my first lecture, someone brought their dog with them. Apparently this wasn't anything of abnormal to most people, one girl explained there was a lab in her last class. Interesting.

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A view of the "corniest" stands during the weekend market!

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I got the biggest Überraschungseier ("Surprise Egg") I've seen and put it together! Enjoy!

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Berlin: I meet a man, middle 50s at a UBahn station. He asks, "Do you speak English?" My response, "In fact, I do.. just a little!" So I help him figure out what route he needs to take to get to his stop and then we exchange the typical 2 Americans in Berlin chit-chat.. Where are you from?/What are you doing here?/Do you speak German?/Enjoying yourself? ...and then I find out, he's from LA, working on a movie- prepping locations in both Berlin and in Moscow. This is when I say, "SO.. is this a moment that I'm from small town Michigan and have no clue who you are or what movie you're working on, but I probably should?"

All he does is give me a wink, shoulder shrug, and wishes me well as I'm getting off the train!

WHO DID I MEET?! .... I still don't know!
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