Started my Internship!

This past week has been a busy but not as interesting week as the previous. My 21st birthday was last Friday. Unfortunately for me I had to work at my new internship Friday and Saturday 7-4. Until August 7th I will be doing an internship at TK Maxx. Yes, TK Maxx and TJ Maxx are the same thing and owned by the same company. But this TK Maxx is not your regular TJ Maxx.. it is HUGE. There are 3 floors and it is just filled with stuff. For the last couple of days I have just been putting away clothes, accessories, and lots of shoes. I am expecting to work in the office soon, although at this rate I'm not so sure that that is going to happen. But fingers crossed.

Although a day late, I was able to celebrate my birthday with some of my friends. We went to Cologne for the evening and had a great time. Ohh! But before that, on Saturday at work, I met and had a conversation with the "Chef" (head of) TK Maxx in Germany, so that was pretty nifty.

Other than that, not much interesting has happened. I'm pretty home sick; I miss my family and  Auggie the Doggie... also, I miss cheap soda. Many will be happy to hear that my soda habit is not nearly as bad as it once was, because of how expensive soda is here. However, since coffee and beer are cheaper than soda and water, they have become my substitutes.

I wish I was still able to travel as much as we were during class, but I know this internship is going to be a good experience for me! I'll write soon!

Tschüss!

3 Days in Berlin

The first night in Berlin was tons of fun. As stated earlier, we pre-celebrated my 21st birthday. The night life was tons of fun; we went to Alexanderplatz in East Berlin, it was close to where we were staying. While we were out, there were tons of Bachelor and Bachelorette parties and more tourist than Germans, but we seemed to be the only Americans.

Needless to say, the next morning on our 5 hour tour of Berlin, was a little difficult for me. But, I am so happy I went. Even though we mainly stayed on the East side of Berlin, there was still so much to see. Unfortunately I was not completely enamored by the city. It was not as beautiful as some of the other reconstructed cities. But still I feel very fortunate I got to spend 3 days in Berlin.

 

Ofcourse, right behind US line there is a McDonalds, how apropo!

The Berlin Wall! (and some people using a 5 person bicycle!)

 This used to be the Nazi headquarters, now its the treasury for Germany

 The Brandenburg Gate

 The Reichstag Building (Where Parliament meets)

  

View from the top of the Reichstag Building

 

 Currywurst started in Berlin!

 Ofcourse, I left the day Berlin Fashion Week started, what are the odds of that happening?

Overall, it was a great excursion. I learned and saw a lot. I wish there was time for a break but I start my internship at TK Maxx tomorrow. Wish me luck! 

Tschüss! 

Dresden!!!!

Dresden is definitely the most beautiful city I have been to in Germany. I absolutely love it! With all the talk I've heard of East Germany not being very pretty because of all the destruction, I expected to see nothing but crappy buildings. Boy, was I wrong! Even though there are some ugly soviet stacked housing buildings, the city has rebuilt tons of buildings that were destroyed during the war and put memorials all over the town. Everywhere you go there is something cool to see! And... there is a HUGE mall!

Today, we went on a four hour tour of Dresden. Good thing I had my Cola Light!

 Just absolutely beautiful!

 

There were statues EVERYWHERE! 

 The Elbe River

 Memorial from WWII

 How could you not love this city?

 One of the memorials from WWII

I can't reiterate enough how much I loved Dresden! I wish I had more pictures of everything, but alas, I suck at taking pictures. Maybe I will be better in Berlin? Maybe...
This was our welcoming wagon (quite literally) once we entered Berlin today. I have a feeling this is going to be an interesting next couple of days...

We just got to our hotel in Berlin, and we are going to celebrate my 21st tonight! It's a wii bit early, but who cares? Birthdays should last for a week right? Wish me luck!

Tschüss!