Hellooooo American friends and loved ones, Sara speaking. So for awhile last night we didn't know whether we were in Germany or Turkey. For those who don't know, Turkey beat Croatia last night in the EuroCup quarterfinals and apparently, Berlin has a large Turkish population. Well, the city went totally nuts!!! Leah and I meandered down the streets amongst a throng of jubilant Turks waving flags and shooting off fireworks-- it was a blasttt and a half! It really improved my perception of the city, as I was a bit intimidated by the intial industrialized, graffiti-ed look of it as we came in from Amsterdam. Today was pretty decent weather-wise and we mostly roamed the city, making use of our Berlin CityCard. The Berlin public transportation system is SO efficient, I'm super jealous and think that
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