Kunstgeschichte

This week has been really nothing special in the way of doing things. I get up and go to class, I come home and try to make dinner, the usual. 

On Monday, since I finished class at noon, I decided to have a look around Schöneberg (shown-e-berg), a popular neighborhood in Berlin. You can really see a part of the old city there, because a lot of older buildings still stand. It's amazing to see beautiful nineteenth century façades next to completely modern and contemporary buildings. Schöneberg is quite beautiful, and full of cafes and restaurants (among outrageous fetish shops...). I stopped at a cafe for an eclair and it was delicious! 

Other than that, things have been pretty low key. I'm really looking forward to this weekend, though. Tonight we're having a potluck (because all of our kitchens were supplied with one pot, making it a little difficult to cook a real meal). Then we're going out to our favorite street, Oranienburgerßtrasse (or-an-ee-en-burger-strasse) to the Oscar Wilde pub; an outing organized by our Student Assistants.

Then tomorrow I have plans to go to Museum Island to putz around, and maybe see the Pergamon Museum (@latergreekartnerds). As students at Freie Universität, we have free access to over 100 museums in Berlin, as well as free public transportation, so going anywhere costs me nothing! I'm going to take advantage of this.

Speaking of Art Nerds, I had a total art history nerd moment in my Architecture of Berlin class on Wednesday. My professor put up a photo of a building by the famous architect Schinkel, and he asked us if it reminded anyone of another building. I raised my hand and said that it reminded me of the Palazzo D'Medici. The next slide? The Palazzo D'Medici, FTW.

Hopefully I'll have more to say after this weekend!