Last Thursday I got on the bus to come home and heard someone wish someone else a good weekend. Luckily I asked someone why they said that, and then I found out that Friday was a holiday! It was something to do with Martin Luther (not King) nailing a list on a church door, and for some reason it was a holiday in Potsdam but not in Berlin. So everyone from Potsdam goes shopping in Berlin on this day. I took the chance to visit the NZ embassy and do a special vote. I don't think they get many visitors because they talked to me for about an hour! On the topic of the election, I hear that Helen's reign is over. It wasn't really a surprise, as it's exactly what all the polls had been saying, and to avoid offending anyone, I will not comment any further on this topic.
On a completely different topic, I went ice skating last weekend in Berlin at an outdoor (but artificial) rink. I expressed my surprise it was outdoors, and the Germans sounded equally suprised that indoor rinks exist. My muscles were quite sore after that but I'm still going back tomorrow again with the same people. On that Sunday, I noticed that it was getting quite foggy as we left the ice skating rink. And it has stayed foggy since then. I actually haven't seen the sun for a week now, people say this is quite standard, it's definitely a little depressing, though.
I've also joined a (very) social uni ultimate frisbee team. Ultimate frisbee seems to be a cross between netball and american football, but played with a frisbee. It's a lot of fun, and really hard work too. I also had trouble walking the day after our first practice. Everybody speaks German, so I just make sure I'm never at the front of the line and it's all good. The team talks about tactics etc are kind of lost on me, though. I think I am picking up a bit of German now, sometimes I can guess what topic people are talking about. German lessons at the institute start on Monday so that'll be good.
Hope all of you are well.
Adam
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