Anne dragged us out of bed at 9:30am. We walked all around our area trying to find ATMs and phone stores. Everything was closed since it was Sunday. I was surprised since Germany is not a particularly religious country. It turns out it is mandated by law, and is more of a labor thing than a religious thing. All of our hangovers hit around 1p. We went back to the apartment and got ready for our afternoon activities.
Tulane organized a bus tour of Berlin for the entire group. Overall, the Tulane abroad program is substantially more organized than the DePaul one I did in Buenos Aires. Berlin is huge. And I knew that it is the seat of so much history. But, it seemed like every other block had something of importance and historical significance. After the tour, we returned to Humboldt University for a welcoming reception. Humboldt is a beautiful university with an interesting history. It actually has more Nobel laureates than any other university of the world, allegedly. We endured some speeches and had a very nice welcoming reception.
The university organizes social activities for us. They sent us to Strandbar, which is a beach bar on the banks of the Spree River in the middle of Berlin. I’m sure that the beach bar would be more exciting if it wasn’t so cold outside. Melissa and the guys met us out there. I really enjoyed meeting the other students – over half are not from North America.
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