I mean, Silvio Berlusconi ist ein Komiker.

Otherwise known as the Pre-Prague Round-up 

Hey gang, so not too much has happened since I last told you about struggling my way through using the copier. But I figured I'd just do some inventory of the few things that have happened so that they don't completely go by the wayside in favor of Prague. Cool? Cool. 

Look at it! Look at the clean!

So yeah, the rest of this weekend was super chill. I cleaned my room! It's cleaner than it's ever been--thanks homework. So yeah, that's pretty cool. And on Saturday night, Anna, Hannah, and I watched the Princess Diaries with Swedish subtitles and Hercules also with Swedish subtitles. I also was on the brink of getting into school mode on Sunday. That was new and different. I read through the entirety of my article that I need to summarize for my Zusammenfassung for my Zeitgeschichte class. It was only six pages--our professor was merciful on all the Austauschstudenten--but it took me a long while, because I would google translate just about every word I didn't know just to make sure I understood it. I also learned some new fun German history vocabulary (Verteidigungsvertrag = defense agreement; Wiedervereinigungsvertrag = reunification agreement, etc). All jolly good fun. Then on Sunday night, I hauled my butt up to Wanne (quite the haul compared with WHO, which is also up that large hill/small mountain, but on the other side of it, and for Wanne there aren't as many buses to get there). We watched Norwegian soccer and spoke some Swedish and Norwegian, which is always fun, and then watched Team America: World Police, because Lasse and I were the only ones that had seen it. So that was great.

Monday was a camp in Brechtbau kind of day. I actually started the writing part of my Zusammenfassung, and got through quite a bit of the 2-3 page thing before I had my economics recitation. Then afterwards, I had my first Tasty doughnut, which was beautiful and a little life-changing. American doughnuts, especially any one called cookies and cream, are unbelievably sweet and sugar-y. This was just fluffy, creamy, a little bit sweet, and beautiful. Needless to say, that's gonna be dangerous. Then on Monday night, I went over to my Zeitgeschichte professor's house with all of the other Austauschstudenten to drink wine and discuss our class, history in general, and politics. I love this country. There were 5 of us--Yasmine and I, a girl from France, a guy from Italy, and a guy from Slovenia. All of them are super cool and interesting, and we chatted with my professor for 2 and a half hours. He even mentioned Stasiland! (In trying to make a point that the DDR couldn't/can't be considered totalitarian.) Which was cool, since I had read that last semester for my Authoritarianism final paper (a fact which I way to excitedly explained to my professor and the other Austausch kids). It was great, and I definitely recommend reading it (and thanks, Mr. Zarwell, for the recommendation!) So that was that.

Then yesterday was class, more class, and...random street markets? Tübingen is awesome. We had no idea this was going to happen, but a street market just popped up out of nowhere. It was extensive and lovely, and I bought an awesome tapestry to put up in my room. :) Also I finished my Zusammenfassung yesterday. It's by far the most complicated thing I have ever written in German (I mean, seriously, Wiedervereinigungsvertrag?), and I feel accomplished. And my new friend, Max, said he'd read it over and correct it because he's the best. 

And that's about it for the round-up. But before I go, I just have to wish happy birthday to my grandmother on every form of social media possible, despite the fact that she has no internet and/or computer in her house. But seriously though, a huge happy birthday to Nana, aka the best grandmother on the face of this earth! So with that, bis später, Kinder!