Pam, Austin, and I hung out in Berlin this weekend. Austin was in Germany to attend some film award show (one of his films had been nominated). Not sure how we decided to meet up in Berlin, since it was a bit out of the way for both of us. But it turned out to be a great weekend.
Pam and I flew in on Friday night. Austin, who arrived earlier that day, met us at the hotel and we spent a few hours catching up before we turned in for the night. We had an ambitious schedule the next day. After breakfast on Saturday, we took the bus to Checkpoint Charlie and then walked to what remains of the Berlin wall (most of the Wall has long since disappeared from the city). We also visited ruins of the gestapo headquarters basement, which has been turned into a tourist destination and memorial.
After the memorial, we made our way to the Brandenburg gate, but not before stopping for some Glühwein (red wine, heated and spiced with cinnamon and sugar) and fried dough at an outdoor festival. It was getting bitterly cold out, but we pressed on. Unfortunately, without a guide book we were pretty much wandering aimlessly. We stumbled across Berlin's Holocaust Memorial and the Reichstag (a.k.a. parliament), then we walked into East Berlin to enjoy a few drinks at a chic bar. After drinks, it was back to the hotel for a quick change and the start of evening festivities.
First stop was a club to meet up with Austin's friend Dorthe who lives in Berlin. The band at the club (Cold War Kids) was just finishing up, so we left and headed to a 1930's theme party sponsored by members of Darthe's dance school. It was a bit awkward showing up out of costume, but we made the best of it. It wasn't long before we were off to our next stop: an improve comedy club to see some of Darthe's friends perform. After the show, everybody headed across the street for an after party.
It was about this time that my body started to seriously break down. I was exhausted. Pam and I decided to leave Austin at the after party. The last I saw of him that night, he was chatting it up with his new "friend" and showed no signs of slowing down. Some things never change...
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