21 guns lay down your ams, give up the fight

i still havent met barbara aka babsy. i had some jet lag sleeping issues last night, but not too bad. i passed out around 4ish and woke up at 2am, read until around 430 then went back to sleep until 1030. so not so bad and i think im pretty good now. i didnt manage to get out until about 1, and i decided to go exploring a little bit. i cant believe i didnt think to bring my camera, but i was thinking i would find a nice place and read for a while and come back.

here is where american country girl meets the BIG german city. i walked until i found a bench in the center of a cobblestone neighborhood it was sooo cute and family friendly. it was really nice. i read for a bit then decided to walk up the block and go home. haha. i left the bench at 2:45 wound up at a really cool park called treptow i think, which is a memorial for russian soldiers in ww2. there were these two men and a beutiful weimeraner taking pictures. one man hoisted the poor pup onto a HUGE statue and the other took a picture. the dog was kinda scared, but it was really cute and they got him down and continued on. there was a massive statue of this german soldier stepping on a crushed swastica, laying down his sword, and comforting a child in his arms. the trees stopped around his ankles he was that big. after that, i walked around until i found a sighn that said neukolln (the district where i now live) was 'that' way. i had walked all the way out of neukolln! so i trudged 'that' way and finally made it to my street. then i got to my appartment, and tried to open the door. it took me like 20 minutes to figure out that stupid lock, but i finally did. i got back around 530 so i walked for almost 3 hours! and an hour or so before i started reading. im exhausted now.

babsy and lars left me a huge chocolate bunny for easter. i havent seen them all day but it was very sweet of them.