Berlin 2014: Day 1 on the ground

It's our first "official" day of the trip. Everyone has rested up and is starting to get over jet lag. Most of us were up at 2am local time and had to force ourselves to go back to sleep.

Our guest house is very European in that it's closer to an actual living space than what we might think of when we think about the hotels we are used to seeing. This is actually nice as it feels a little more "homey". In the above picture, you are seeing the inner courtyard and the entrance way pictured takes you to the apartment where our female students are staying and the other 2 rooms where the make students are staying.

Our chaperones have the apartment which overlooks this courtyard so nobody can leave the compound without being seen :-)

Today we spend a short time exploring the local neighbourhood and learned that on a Sunday, most shops are closed which Harkness back to the times in BC and other provinces where Sunday shopping wasn't available. That's ok as we did find some small corner stores and a bakery where the kids could pick up some supplies and experience ordering food in a mix of broken German, hand signals and smiles.

It's 10:25am local time and we are waiting to be met by one of our festival hosts who will take us to our workshop with Simone.

Stay tuned for more posts as the trip progresses.

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