all about the culture difference

Everyone here in Berlin, is completely different. Germnay in general has several different cultures, and it amazes me. I thought Arkansas had several different minorities, but Germany has way more. throughout my two weeks staying here, ive learned so much here. going to the different tours was very informative, and it felt like i was in history class, but we werent sitting in chairs. it was like hands on learning. all of the tour guides were amazing. I felt bad because I couldn't give out a tip, only because I didn't have any money at the time. :( Schade. but all of the Germans, (some americans) always say 'ja genau' like its an inside joke, and thats whats hilarious. which it only means, 'ya exactly'. seeing the different minorities here, from blacks to syrians to hispanics, its a huge difference than Arkansas. we have to many different people and they have more that we do! i love learning about how each individual lives, and you could almost tell it while walking down on the streets. i love the people that come up to me, and a group of our people and ask if they can have our beer bottles ( tut mir leid frau ), just so that they can turn them in to get money. I dont think we have nothing like that back at home except for cans and not plastic or glass bottles. its enjoyable to me that people make their own way of getting around, either its searching every recycling bin, or playing music out on the streets. speaking of streets, one day in these past 2 weeks we all explored and passed by a bridge that had nothing but homeless people.. there were so many. more than back at home. and coming back from the mall there was a homeless guy begging for food.. you can tell he was starving, you could see the pain in his eyes, and all of his bones.. if it wasnt for me, Laura, and memo about to miss our bus i would have stopped to give him the sandwiches i still had left.. Back in Arkansas people are so generous to homeless, but here they look and laugh and just move on with their lives. Getting use to Berlin was definitely tragic. i never got use to the times even though i do sleep at night, my body is always tired when its night time back at home.

these 2 weeks has been a blast and i cant wait to come back again in about 2 years!!

i thank Frau Brazle for giving me this amazing chance to explore where my family comes from.