the life of a donut

the life of a donut is not that exciting. hence the lack of blogging. truth be told, not much happens. every week day i go to school, i learn some german, and then i leave after 3 hours. then it varries a little. i sometimes walk around the greater Unter den Linden area (its a major street that leads to Brandenburg Tor- very touristy, but it goes all the way to museum insel and the lustig garten) the lustig garden, or pleasure garden, is a green park place thing in front of a big church, and a museum, and stuff like that. tons of people flock there on beautiful days. so i go there a lot and lay out on the grass. sometimes i nap, sometimes i study. sometimes i do both at the same time, using the osmosis version of studying aka using an open book as a pillow and hoping the knowledge will sink into my skin.

this past weekend i was a bit sick, with a minor cold, but i felt like death itself for a good portion of 4 days. im pretty much better now, with only an occasional stuffy nose and sometimes a coughing attack of flehm. but no worries.

there is a new girl in my class. her name is sondie from france. she is very nice and doing the exact same thing that i am, but in france the gap year is 3 years into college. shes fresh off the boat, so this weekend we are thinking of going sightseeing. its good, cause i have been rather slacking on the sightseeing scene. although i am getting to know the neighborhood above mine. neukolln is not the most exciting neighborhood ever to live in, but right above it is kreuzberg, where all the young people live, and there are tons of cafes and bookshops and stuff. its nice.

so thats about it. school, life, cafes, possible new friends. alles gut. aber es ist das Leben.