Berlin

I think my favourite thing about Berlin was the fact that people told us we looked like were locals lol It gave me a bit of a high. Then I would open my mouth and ppl would be like oh nvm...

I felt safe in Berlin.

Whenever I say that, I realise that I feel safe in Sydney too but it has its... well, moments (but maybe so would berlin if I lived there). I don't know. But it's like they said in year 12: "Belonging".

I've also been told by a lot of Germans (two) that you don't know Germany if you've only been to Berlin. I remember that made jess a bit sad and I also remember thinking bitch you're in Berlin!!!! You traveled Europe!!!!

I can't wait to travel the rest of the world. I can't wait to hike all over the world tbh. Like in Germany and Canada and Iceland and New Zealand.

Anyways, Berlin was fantastic. However, I hate that on the first two days, I tried to find a tattoo place for a sun tattoo and got so fkn lost and flustered and mad at the train systems and I essentially wasted two days looking for something I realised I wasn't even ready for.

I really enjoyed my time in Berlin tho. I loved the history and the art and the markets and I guess my biggest regret (and probably jess' too) was that I never ate a fucking apple strudel.

I've been thinking about moving to Berlin. Or that other place that I can't remember but people kept saying it was quite a cool scene (Hanover?). I won't be there long, probs just a year. But I want to study there, something like editing or some shit, Idk something film but in GERMANY. I just want to be there. I often think about what it'll be like to leave home for so long and it'll be awful. I won't have my mum who I depend on so much lol idk how I'll react to being away from my brother and dad hm and I'll miss kik. I'll especially miss Maria who I can't imagine being away from which sounds v sad but it's unfortunately true. I'll probably miss the weather. This guy I know from Essen says he especially loves Australia's weather and I find it odd considering he's been here for a only a little over a month and we haven't had the best weather? So what's that mean for German weather???

Berlin's weather was p good when we were there except for that time it rained heavily and I got my nails done and ran into a fucking glass wall in front of the whole salon and also that time we were waiting in line for Berghain and it rained and nobody left the line.

Btw absolute favourite one star review from any place ever (this was Berghain):

I honestly don't know what I want to do with my life. But I just know I have to move to Germany. Also the same two germans told me that most people in Germany speak English which is comforting. I also hope I learn the language tho.

Also I've gone on three dates with this guy from Essen and the first date I reckon I did p well but I also learnt that that's my limit. After the first date, I go to shits lol. I hope he feels the same about himself, that would make me feel better.

Tchuss! (<-- look at me go lol)

PS: The related tracks feature on soundcloud is a godsend. It gives you such good, spot-on recommended tracks, I'm having such a good time listening to songs I've never heard before ^_^

Budapest

Budapest was a nice surprise.

I thought it was gonna be a bit more poor/secondwordly than other European countries but it wasn't at all. I think this idea came about based on the accom price relative to the other cities and the fact that Budapest just isn't included in a lot of eurotrip lists.

The airport was small, and the taxi driver didn't speak English and in the car-ride/touching down on the plane, I saw a lot of pine trees and farming fields and so I thought it'd be p agricultural and old-fashioned but it wasn't at all what I imagined. The well-designed airport taxi system was the first clue.

The city has this nice old timeliness to it. The buildings and landmarks were old but they just stood out so well amongst the urban terrain. The train system was so easy to follow, the landmarks were lit up at night, hungarian food was yum as, shopping was nice and we three kik ppl just had a good time.

We went to a ruins bar which was like a big building with run down rooms that you could just hang out in? Idk how to describe it, but it attracted a lot of attractive tourists and the music was p good. It felt kinda like Vietnam in the sense that it was a lot of pop songs with popular edm drops (except vn was always two years behind with its western top40). I wish that photobooth machine took my money. It would've been a sick piece of memorabilia. They also had a kitchen downstairs, I love how clubs in Europe have food.

We also went to this lookout but what got me the most was how we got to it. Like it was a piece of land locked in by roads but it was like it was a forest or mountain? Like it had a waterfall and you're going up the whole time and it feels like the climb in Miley Cyrus' The Climb. But it's a park and it's fkn odd but pretty. I liked it.

I also went to see a Picasso exhibition and was the only pleb there reading the English descriptions on the wall.

The gay scene was as icy as Sydney's :(

Indian food always deliverz for me tbh.


That's all I can remember lol bye

Roll's #8,9,10,11 - Athens, Santorini, Budapest, Berlin

Athens

Santorini

Budapest

 I look like an old fkn man lol

Berlin

 lol told her not to smile and she looks super cocky hahaha sorry Jenny