Well, Dana and I spent a good day in Berlin. The first night I got in we stayed up until arund 5:00 am when it was all said and done. I borrowed her shampoo and washed my hair, and then we walked around for an hour trying to find a place to have a drink. We ended up at this Spanish restaurant for a couple of hours, because they just stay open if you are still there. When we finally left, they gave us a ticket to come back the next day and have a free meal, 2 for the price of 1. So we did that; we had steak and sangria. We decided that all this time in the El Dorado was actually our Barcelona vacation together. We went back there later that night and drank beer and free sambuca until around 3:00am. Then we went back to the hostel for some sleep before Dana's 10:00 am flight back to Moscow. Problem: we stayed out too late, got up too late, and then moved to slow (a problem soon to remedied). Once we got to the train station, we realized that we should have checked the train times because the fast train had been cancelled and the 50 minute train would arrive at the airport just before her check-in was closing. Another close call. The metro stops just outside the airport a little ways, so we jumped off and suddenly, though I swore I would never do it again, I was running to catch a plane. Well, Dana's plane, but I had one of her bags. Anyway, she just barely made it, which was awesome becuase her conference started last night, and had she missed the plane she wouldn't be there until sometime today, which is too late.
I came back to our neighborhood, had lunch, and then slept during the afternoon. I was so tired from the last 4 days, it just had to happen. I was then overly awake last night and stayed up until 2 reading. But today is a new day, I am drinking black coffee, finishing my email, and then I am off to sight see a little this afternoon. Tomorrow I will try and take the 4 hour walking tour my sister recommended, and Wednesday I head back to the airport to catch my flight to Moscow. I will, however, be on the 7:35 metro in order to avoid the panicked running.
