"Eine Klein Nacht Musik"
I am constantly worried about being in the right place at the right time. I'm always checking and rechecking my class schedule and the times for at least the first two to three weeks of class. When I was a kid, I was always nervous when I showed up for a birthday party that we'd had gotten the date or time wrong. I’m always paranoid about these things. But boarding my flight to Berlin this evening I thought how unbelievable it was that the place I was supposed to be was on a flight to Berlin. How about that.
As I stepped out of the airport the brisk overcast air filling my lungs, I couldn't help but let out a squeal of excitement. Many times when my family goes on a trip or when I'm going somewhere, especially when I'm nervous about it, my mom always says "you're goin’ on an adventurrrrrrre" drawing out the last "r" with a particular wide-eyed, chin-jutting-out smile. It's very specific and she does it every time so I couldn't help but think of this and hear her voice in my head while I walked off my plane. There's no doubt that, as nervous as I am to take on a new city alone, I am EXCITED.
I purposefully didn't get much food to eat for dinner in transit because I knew I wanted to try out this place called Dada Falafel a family friend had recommended. It is only about a 20 minute walk from my hostel, which was the perfect opportunity to stretch my legs. I briskly walked over (because I was starving) but I loved seeing the streets which were filled with bars, chic restaurants, and art galleries. Very cool! I wanted to go into each one. The falafels were indeed delicious and I met a man there... and we fell madly in love!!! No just kidding he's married but he was very friendly and invited me to go see a friend of his play in a bar just a few blocks away. It was in the direction of my hostel any way so I decided why not. This is the kind of spontaneous thing youths are supposed to be doing anyway right? He had said it was jazz and it definitely wasn't jazz but it was still fun! I stayed for maybe seven songs and as awkward as I felt just standing there by myself in the basement of this bar, it was still a good time. There's nothing like hearing a little live music, even if it's just a group of dudes doing it for fun.
