I am in Munich right now, and very much enjoying this little vacation. I’m not really on vacation, but it’s nice to get away from my everyday routine. I did bring some schoolwork so I will not be able to be lazy for the entire time, but I have been enjoying this weekend.

I got home on Friday evening, with an hour delay (thanks to Deutsche Bahn). Saturday I slept in, and in the afternoon I went to the Junimarkt which is a sort of flea market where people donate whatever stuff they don’t need anymore (clothes, books, toys etc) and these things are sold and the money goes to projects either in town or other social projects. I bought a book - Olivia and Jai by Rebecca Ryman, which is out of print in English, so I didn’t mind buying it in German. I had been wanting to get this book for a while now, it is one of Tina’s favorite books, so I wanted to see what it was all about. I only paid €.50 for it so if that is not a bargain I don’t know what is!

In the evening I went to see my dad’s play. My dad plays amateur theater with the Siemens Theater Group, and I thought I might as well see the play while I am here. The play was “Gretchen 89ff.” which is a play about theater essentially. The scene on page 89 from Goethe’s Faust is used to portrait the different kinds of directors and actresses there are (how they stage this scene), and it is very funny.

Today I did not do much at all. My mom cut my hair - it is really short now but I like it. Here is a picture of my new hair:

My brother came by this morning while I was still half asleep and gave me my birthday present. The Lonely Planet Barcelona, yeah! Not sure if I mentioned it, but Bea gave me the Moleskine City Notebook for Barcelona, so book-wise I am as good as set for my move to Spain.

Tonight I watched L’Auberge Espagnole with my parents. I had bought it right after I got accepted for Erasmus, because I hadn’t sen it yet and for someone who is about to move to Barcelona as an Erasmus student, this movie is a must-see (it is about a bunch of Erasmus students who share an apartment in Barcelona for a year). It is a really good movie, but the beginning did not calm me down at all about the apartment situation in Barcelona. My parents also seemed quite shocked. I know I will eventually find something, I have to, but it still worries me, as it will also be the first time that I have to find an apartment completely on my own.

Anyway, I have no plans for tomorrow yet, but I should probably work on my term paper, as I want to hand it in when I come back to Heidelberg on Thursday. Tuesday I want to meet up with Bettina, one of the childhood friends I recently reconnected with, and in the evening I am going out for drinks with a few friends for a late birthday celebration. Wednesday I want to meet up with Aleksandra (the other childhood friend I just got back in touch with), and in the evening Sylvia is having a barbecue to celebrate her birthday. I also want to go by my brother’s apartment sometime before I leave.

I’ll be going back to Heidelberg on Thursday if nothing (Deutsche Bahn, the German trains, have plans to strike this week) crosses my plan. Well, I think I am going to go back to reading the book I have to read for class by Thursday, When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka. I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

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