Well, tonight was certainly interesting. I went to Potsdamer Platz to see "The Brave One" with Marion but had some time to kill and sat in the plaza with my computer, using the free WiFi. After I'd been there for a while, a group of about 12 German women came up to me and started talking at me in German. (Yes, speaking "at" me, not "to" me.)
After they talked for a bit, I said I spoke no German (Ich spreche kein Deutsche) and thought they'd leave me alone... no, one of them (who was wearing a painter's jumpsuit painted with glitter pens and colors) told me she was getting married and that I had to buy something from her. She had a tray with some condoms and a tube of some kind of makeup. I was laughing a lot because I had no idea what was going on but they said to just give a few cents. I put a bit of change into her pocket and she gave me the condoms and the makeup. Then she made me pull a Kinder egg off of her jumpsuit. I still had no idea what was going on but then she drew a smiley face on my hand and then they all lit sparklers and stood around talking to each other for a few minutes before wandering away.
I'm not really sure what was going on but now I have some condoms, some face cream something and a plastic egg with a mini-lipstick, some hair holder things and a little ring. Plus a smiley face on my hand. I really need to ask some Germans about bachelorette parties.
Then, after I got home from the oh so good Jodie Foster movie, (Go see it!) Marion and I heard some movement in the bushes outside the apartment house... and a fox walked out. We just stood there watching it for a few minutes while it tried to get into a trash can and then it just wandered off down the street. Oh Berlin...
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