I wanted to go on an alternative tour of Berlin Sunday morning at 11am, but since I didn't get in the bed until 7am, I decided to try that tour next weekend. Once I got up ad dressed it was about 1pm. I decided to go the the Mauerpark flea market. Every Sunday this huge flea market is set up in a Berlin park. It's also famous for its karaoke. I was planning on taking the U-bahn there, but there was construction halfway there so I had to take an alternative route using the bus system. I had no clue where it dropped me off, but I decided the best course of action was to follow the rest of the crowd. That method worked quite well and I was soon at the park.
Funny story, as I was riding the S-bahn to the park I started chatting with some American soldiers who were sitting near me. They were in Berlin on a day trip from their base somewhere more southernly. The girl they were with actually went to Patrick Henry High School right in Richmond. Crazy...
Anyway, once I got there The first thing I saw was a band consisting of a drummer and a didgeridoo player. I also walked past fire jugglers and magicians and all kinds of musicians. For about 3 hours I wandered through row after row of jumbled junk and jewelry and anything else you could imagine. I found a stall selling pashmina scarves for 3 euros! After looking at everything, I wandered over to where the karaoke was going on. Thousands of people sat on a hill amphitheater and cheered on some truly awful singers. I had a bratwurst and beer for lunch while listening. All this walking around in the dirl had my feel looking gross. So I took a picture, haha.
I then headed back home, washed off my feet, and got to work writing up my lesson plans for the next week.
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