Things I Love (part 2wei)

Zwei. The number 2.  I love just mashing those consonants together. Makes one feel so alive. Like you can do anything.

I love that when the weather is warm and sunny, everyone is outside. It's like they don't have jobs. They do of course.  But everyone is sitting at tables outside of every cafe, bar, and restaurant soaking up the Vitamin D and enjoying it while it lasts.

I love that we sit at tables for hours here.  We have to ask for the check because they won't bring it until you do. You can sit at your table for hours after you are done with your purchase and talk.  No one is trying to turn the table. No one is trying to kick you out or take your space.  You can just enjoy conversation.  For as long as you'd like.

I love that we walk everywhere here.  I love that we think that way. My friend Gracie sometimes walks from her house to mine. It takes her about an hour but the train takes forty minutes so it doesn't seem that bad. I took a walk today with my friend Lukas and it was so nice. We discovered different parts of our neighborhood and enjoyed the sunshine and parks.  I love that we aren't in such a hurry all the time. It's great.

I love that you can have so many different kinds of adventures here. I went to a music festival on Friday night where I heard "surf/soul/rock" and "electric swing."  That surf/soul/rock was one band.  That is how they described their genre of music.  There were tons of people and interesting things to see. I just kept looking around thinking "I can't believe I live here."

The next day I went to the Lake. It was like a different world. 45 min on the train and you're in an entirely different atmosphere. It was so strange to see houses. I never see houses anymore. With yards and porches and fences! And to go to a lake that smells and feels like you're in the mountains.  It was amazing. It looked and felt like Hume lake.  And it had been so long since I had been swimming that it felt like a proper beach day. I was so excited I couldn't contain it. I just swam and swam to the center of the lake and only went back because I thought I should be social.  The water was perfect and the clouds sometimes floated over the sun and it was quiet and sweet and beautiful.  I couldn't believe I was still in Berlin. What a crazy world.  What a diverse city.

I just love it here sometimes.  Occasionally, it's just hard not to.