What I Found and Felt on My First Day “Alone” in Berlin
For this entry, I think I will make a list of findings and then feelings:
Findings, literally within 2 or 3 blocks of this apartment:
1. Several bakeries where the bread is cheaper than the bio
2. A chocolate shop
3. A witchcraft bookstore
4. A handmade and vintage clothing store
5. An antique store with a 1950s sewing box, a library card catalogue with a million drawers, and many other charms
6. Another bio market with reasonable coffee by the pound
7. A physical therapist’s office
8. A mountain bike store
9. An artsy movie theater venue
Feelings to correspond with findings:
1.”I need to buy bread separately. I need to channel my Grandpa Marvin who hated supermarket bread.”
2.”I need chocolate. No, I don’t. Yes, I do. Maybe tomorrow.”
3.”Witchcraft literature almost next door? Of course! Does the proprietor recognize me? Ha ha ha too funny!”
4.”I love this striped dress, and that pink flowery skirt, and those shoes, and she’s playing Johnny Cash on her old timey radio. I want money to shop here.”
5.”This is like a secret treasure box! Who was the woman who sewed from here? What was her story? I love this design. I want this. A card catalogue? What? I could fit all my collage supplies in there! I want money to shop here.”
6.”A pound of espresso for 3 euros? Um, yup. Gotta buy this.”
7.”Could it be this easy to get to physical therapy? What? The office looks soothing. I must take a picture of this praxis and research the doc later.”
8.”Oh yes! Not beach cruisers or city bikes, but the fat tires! Yes, yes, yes!”
9.” Aw, movies in the hood too! Wow! I love Prenzlauer Berg!”
It was chilly and gray all day, but I had fun anyway. Until tomorrow…
