Anyway, Prague was beautiful. It was valley city, which means it was hard to find good lookout spots until you go up the hill to St. Vita Cathedral, and even from there it's hard to get a good view, because the Cathedral is the view. Lots of fun museums and other things as well. I post all the best photos up on Facebook. I'll put one in here as well, but posting multiple pics on in Blog is tough.
Berlin is a place meant for walk-abouts. I went on one last weekend again. I've been browsing all flea markets and concert areas. I was looking for a cheap bike to use, since some places are just a pain to get to otherwise. I found none for sale at Tiergarten on the West side, but man was it an enchanting market. I'll put up the funny photo I got from that place with the antique scuba gear :).
Thereafter I went through the garden... the big one connected to the zoo, victory tower and Reichstag and Tor at the end. It was beautiful to walk through it and see the trees blooming and green emerging. The dreary winter semester was certainly worth the wait, and it got warmer here faster than I had imagined... even more than south central Germany, and less rain so far.
I went to Treptower park twice this weekend. Treptower Park is on the other side of Berlin; east. First time was to go to a boat-bar where a reggae party was supposed to be, though it started too late and we would have had to pay 5 euro just to stay there for an hour, so no success with that! It's only really worth going out on Fridays and Saturdays, since the trains run all night here on these days. There was a big international dance-a-majiggy on Karl-Marx Alle that I decided not to attend. I went to the one in the fall. It was nice, and really huge, but it took an hour to get in, expensive tariff and the place was so full of smoke. It's the bomb if you're single and looking for a crazy night to get wasted and dance like a maniac, so it's a matter of preference.
Today i went to Treptower art and antique flea market, which was right next to the boat bar... oh! and I found out in between the boat and the market is the arena stage, where Nine Inch nails will be playing in June! WOOT! I will try to get tickets as long as they aren't super expensive. It would be my fourth time seeing them life. Trent has really great energy in concert, and you can tell he loves performing.
So anyway, Treptower market was alright... more really weird stuff for sale there. It was really a genuine Middle East bazaar in my American eyes. They had bikes, though most were pretty shoddy looking. I might go back later and get one if I get desperate enough, but not quite yet.
I've mostly been practicing for the play I got in; Reigen by Arthur Schintzler. It's kinda raunchy, but I have one of the least raunchy parts. It' been 2 years since I've gotten to act, so it's good enough for me! I get to play a tragic count. Yay. Anyway, that's about all I got for now... Lots of Americans in this group from California are outside on the grass right now... I think they leave this week... it's so odd. They've been here pretty much the entire time I was away in the US for break, and they're leaving just as abruptly as they came. They travel in herds, and came just for a taste of Europe. I hope they got their heart's content, and return the US a little more worldly than before... psh... what do I know anyway?
Peace,
Dave
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