After picking up groceries last Monday, I get a call from an unknown German number walking towards my dorm from the bus stop. It's Lizzie! [friend from college, studied in Rome, travelled for a month] For some reason, we couldn't call each other, so she had been waiting on my doorstep up in the stairwell. How exciting! So I ran up, of course, and she told me good news that she could stay for two nights.
The next morning, Mitch arrived. It was so incredibly convenient that Lizzie was here and excited to see Mitch, because she gladly made the trip to the airport in my place. >>Well, Chloe and my place. Chloe was going to come too; she's a girl from my program that I've grown quite close to. We have all the same classes and she's really cool<< 
Wednesday architecture was cancelled (bittersweet because we only meet once a week and often classes are replaced with excursions, so I'm not really learning anything about architecture) so we had a long day for fun stuff!
Fun stuff including renting a rowboat from a park cafe - Chloe Mitch and I fit quite nicely. We walked to and sat down for some coffee at KaDeWe, the largest department store in Europe with a gigantic food department. I bought a canvas shopping bag there, which I have adopted as my self-souvenier shopping, for lack of extensive funds or space for non-functional items.
Reconstructed gates of Ishtar
I vividly remembered going to this museum when we visited Berlin 5 years ago, so I've been excited to go back. Mitch and I had a flight to London that night, so it worked out just fine to bring our minimal luggage and see the museums for a few hours on our way.
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