I woke up and slowly made my way out the door. I still had apple cinnamon oatmeal (yes I bought packages of this stuff when I was trying to be healthy and now I kind of like it even though it looks nasty) so I ate that, got ready, chatted, and prepared for the computer store hunt.
I searched and found a can of air, so I could at least clean the thing... high hopes I know... but then I found a store after a while that actually did repairs and I showed them what it was doing. They said it might be a problem with the motherboard and it would be expensive to get it fixed... so it would be best to check out that warranty option. Not good news for me...
I wandered around the area of town where Big Pink is deep in thought. No one was going to be home until evening and they had no spare key, so when I was sick of walking, I tried my computer again and then settled on reading in a nice park. Time passed by quickly...
I found a beach volleyball park under a Ubahn station... A couple little parks.. I sat in a second park and read, then a third but that one smelled funny so I left. I was near some churches and other things so I walked around those too. I got a little lost as always, and ended up in Potsdamer Place. Instead of just taking the UBahn home I thought hey I will walk but just down different streets than I came. Almost got lost again, but I had my map so I just stopped every two minutes to look at where I was. I found my way back and people were home! I was able to use the internet, but when I tried to skype call people in Germany business hours were over, and to Canada it was not working at all pure and simple. I wrote to acer support, and some people on Couchsurfing to see if anyone could look at it for me, and to the parents to see about the warranty.
It was all waiting after that, so I just read again... I finished Slaughterhouse Five that night - it only took me a day to read in the end! I gave it to Marie-Angela the next day.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Free Tour Time
I had been recommended to go on this free tour the night before, so I did.
I made it just in time - and ran into one of the girls from Prague who was going to be in Berlin! Random!! So I had a partner on the tour yay! They really are more fun when you are with someone. We ended up talking to a lot of people though, and met up with another CSer... then turns out a few more on the tour were on CS too but it was not arranged for us all to meet hahaha. Strange world couchsurfing is: there are a lot of us now it seems!
Our tour guide was awesome - very funny Irish guy that knew everything but made it really interesting :) The tour took a really long time too - it was over four hours of walking!
The tour was so long by the time it ended I was late to get to Alvaro's! I was talking to a lot of people on the tour, but had to stop myself and get myself to the Ubahn station so I could get my stuff from Carson's and run to the other house. I got there late, but someone was home so they let me in. I dropped my stuff and talked to one of the inhabitants, Trevor. Alvaro was showing someone around some of the city, so after settling I went to meet them where they were.
We were walking for quite a while, in a new part of town for me too. There were a lot of cafes and bars and food places etc. They ate some kebab (I had kebab too, but on the way to meet them not knowing they would eat) and eventually I went back to the house. I was still kind of stressing with my broken computer and I got some direction for where to go the next day to try and see who could fix it. When we arrived back there were also a few girls in the garden that had just returned from the Radiohead show in Prague! They had been hitchhiking and it was a first time for a couple of them I think.. they had some crazy crazy stories so everyone ended up in the little kitchen talking for some time... there are a lot of people living at this house (named "Big Pink") so even though it was mostly just people that lived there, it was still at least 6 or more people all hanging out. Trevor was baking bread. It smelled so good :)
I read for a while... I finished "Three Cups of Tea" and started Slaughterhouse Five". It was perfect for being in Germany, and a good way to end the night since I couldn't play on my computer!
I made it just in time - and ran into one of the girls from Prague who was going to be in Berlin! Random!! So I had a partner on the tour yay! They really are more fun when you are with someone. We ended up talking to a lot of people though, and met up with another CSer... then turns out a few more on the tour were on CS too but it was not arranged for us all to meet hahaha. Strange world couchsurfing is: there are a lot of us now it seems!
Our tour guide was awesome - very funny Irish guy that knew everything but made it really interesting :) The tour took a really long time too - it was over four hours of walking!
The tour was so long by the time it ended I was late to get to Alvaro's! I was talking to a lot of people on the tour, but had to stop myself and get myself to the Ubahn station so I could get my stuff from Carson's and run to the other house. I got there late, but someone was home so they let me in. I dropped my stuff and talked to one of the inhabitants, Trevor. Alvaro was showing someone around some of the city, so after settling I went to meet them where they were.
We were walking for quite a while, in a new part of town for me too. There were a lot of cafes and bars and food places etc. They ate some kebab (I had kebab too, but on the way to meet them not knowing they would eat) and eventually I went back to the house. I was still kind of stressing with my broken computer and I got some direction for where to go the next day to try and see who could fix it. When we arrived back there were also a few girls in the garden that had just returned from the Radiohead show in Prague! They had been hitchhiking and it was a first time for a couple of them I think.. they had some crazy crazy stories so everyone ended up in the little kitchen talking for some time... there are a lot of people living at this house (named "Big Pink") so even though it was mostly just people that lived there, it was still at least 6 or more people all hanging out. Trevor was baking bread. It smelled so good :)
I read for a while... I finished "Three Cups of Tea" and started Slaughterhouse Five". It was perfect for being in Germany, and a good way to end the night since I couldn't play on my computer!
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