I can't even remember when I posted last, but the last two weeks have gone by so quickly!
My finals went pretty well I think. I'm not really sure about my grades, since all of my classes had at least 50% of the grade due in the last week. But the most important thing is that I'm done!
I had two finals on Monday, one on Tuesday, none on Wednesday, and three on Thursday. Since I didn't have any on Wednesday, I decided to meet up with my friends in Hamburg! (They are doing a nomadic trip through Europe for three weeks) They took the train from Copenhagen to Hamburg on Wednesday, stayed one night in Hamburg, and then came to Berlin on Thursday!
I got to Hamburg about 4 hours before they did, so I spent the time walking around the harbor and the Passagenviertel (basically the main shopping area where there is a lot of foot traffic). I had a map with me just in case, but I decided to walk around without using it so that I could experience Hamburg and not worry about where I was. It actually worked out really well for me and I only got slightly lost twice...but I always knew where the Hauptbahnhof was, so everything worked out just fine!
After I picked up my friends from the train station we went to their hostel so that they could check in. After they dropped off their stuff, we walked around for a bit, saw some more Christmas markets, and ate some dinner. Neither of them speak any German, so I taught them a little bit - and they did pretty well! You don't really need to know German to get around in Berlin/Hamburg, but it definitely does make things easier! After we walked around for a bit more, it was time for me to catch my train back to Berlin.
I'm really glad I went - it was nice to see Hamburg for the first time!
I did all three of my finals on Thursday (well, one test and two presentations) and then went to our farewell dinner with all the IES people. It was pretty nice, but it was kind of sad! Then I ended up going out to a bar with a few of them (although I was home around midnight), but it was fun! I had to say goodbye to a bunch of people and that was pretty sad!
I leave on Sunday...that's LESS THAN TWO DAYS. I can't even believe it. But more on that in my next post.
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