You would think we just broke up with our boyfriends

Tuesday, Oktober 7

Tuesday was another excellent day in Berlin and in an effort to redeem itself from a MISERABLY cold September, Berlin thought it might be nice to show McKinley how great it is by greeting her with upper 6o degree weather!! And we welcomed it with open arms!

McKin went to the Checkpoint Charlie Museum and the Holocaust Museum while I was in class and then me met back up at Friedrichstrasse to go take a look around Alexanderplatz! We took a slight detour from our siteseeing excusion to shop but dad, you'll be happy to know I didn't buy anything (that may or may not be because I'm waiting for you to get here...)

But anyway, we headed back to my part of town and went to the Turkish Market! It was so fun to show someone around the market and to watch McKinley react as the Turkish men yell at her to buy things. Hysterical! We decided that although Berlin nightlife is amazing we would rather be snuggled up in our pajamas so we bought a bottle of wine and approximately 2 pounds of chocolate to enjoy. Which is when McKin exclaims, "you would think we just broke up with our boyfriends!"But alas we didn't and we headed home and made the best quiche EVER, no im serious, and talked to Lena, my host mom's daughter. Lena's English is perfect and McKinley's German isn't so I took a break from German/translating for McKinley and hung out with Lena. We started talking about the Wall and the Nazi time and it was so interesting to get her prespective on everything. Part of why I chose to study in Berlin is the incredible history of the city and its people so you can imagine why it was great to talk to her. It turns out her great grandfather was an SS police officer and through research she's tracked down his activity to have a reasonable idea of what mass killings he took part in. Unbelievable. Over the last two months I've been inclined to say, "Come on Germany, Let's move on." But you hear stories like that and you realize why they can't.

So after a good conversation McKin and I cuddle up in bed with our chocolate and talk for a little bit until we fall asleep. Now that's my kinda night.