aaaaaaaaaand we're back.

i've been in Berlin since Sunday and I've been sick since Wednesday, so no posts since.
I got sick. i noticed an unpleasant sensation in the back of my throat, which i know and previously knew to be a precursor to illness. sucks ass, but i knew this was coming. so i get a little cough, Thursday night. Friday, i wake up feeling a little sick, go to school anyways (at 11:30 again), get home and still didn't feel too sick. it's just a cold, i said. not much to report from Thursday or Friday, just regular school days. but Friday night, the coughing started. just some regular coughing, not much but enough to raise the attention of Bjorn's father (Uwe,who is a doctor perchance!). he looked at my thrat and confirmed my illness, i took some Buckleys, and again, not much to report. but Saturday. saturday i woke up at 5:30 in the morning, and made the long trek up the barely lit hill behind our hillside home, reaching the top and a bench just in time to catch the majestic march of the sun as it breached the horizon. it was really cold up there. i remained there for about an hour, returning to the house around 6:30. i then spent the remainder of my day playing Mass Effect 3, which is a rather awesome game. an exceptionally awesome game, in fact. throughout the day, however, my illness progressed from a cute, bothersome cough to wracking, frequent spasms of pain throughout my head and chest. i used nearly a role of toilet paper on my nose from Saturday morning until sunday at about 11am. it was insane and i rubbed the fleshy part of my nose between my nostrils raw with TP. it really, really sucked. also, we went to a family reunion of sorts, where i met most of Bjorn's family and ate lunch. we also played a trivia game in which i won no points throughout. unlucky, i guess. sunday morning, pretty much the same as Saturday morning, but without the sunrise and no voice. yes. i lost my voice. at 11:15, Uwe drove me to the train station, where i bought a book (which i just finished reading) and boarded the train. the train was a delight. chatting with the interesting Canadian exchange students of their exploits in Germany so far among other conversations and anecdotes was enjoyable. we arrived in Berlin, and took yet another two trains before arriving at our hotel. i bunked with Danny and Ryan, not a bad choice of roommates. from Sunday until today, we visited several museums and historical sites, and ate several meals. it is as of yet interesting and fun. we also went to a Karaoke bar Tuesday, where we heard raucous recreations from our fellow Canadians and the almost mournful voice of an elderly asian man singing some sad, sad songs. but a good night nonetheless. yesterday, we went to the theater, what we saw there was truly amazing. they were dancing, and it was presented in German mixed with English, switching between the languages. but the language wasn't important, because the dances themselves spoke. they invoked the emotions that are difficult enough to invoke through words alone. the dances was all about the feeling, and the words were for more comic relief than evocation. but the dance made it truly amazing. it was awesome.

this blog will be ending soon, i'll be moving to a shared blog with my sister. not sure what the address will be, but i'll post it here when i know. but yeah, the point remains. this blog will end.

bis dann.