Day 4

                Over the past two days I’ve spent most of my times nailing down the necessities I’m going to need for my time in the city such as the nearest grocery store, coffee shop with wifi, a cell phone, and subway line. Basically, I searched for food, fun, communication equipment, and travel arrangements. I still have yet to find the nearest Laundromat, but that’s for the weekend when I actually will need to do some laundry.  The grocery store that I first walked into confused me for a few minutes. In the US there’s a sort of....pattern that all grocery stores follow. You’ll have shelves that go across the store, with milk products and meat along the back. At the three stores I’ve visited so far there is no pattern; a little un-German, if I might say so. I guess it’s because space is at a premium here, so they optimize every inch.

                So far I’ve visited Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Tor. Potsdamer Platz is quite amazing, and is filled with malls office buildings, and fantastic architecture. Supposedly there is some controversy over how it was designed and built, but I was blown away.

                The Brandenburg Tor (Gate in English) was also amazing. A block from it is the Reichstag. Another direction and you’ll be in the Tiergarten. Another few blocks in a different direction you’ll find yourself at a prominent university. I’ll be working right in the center of all of that.