I got a phone card so I feel more connected now. I phoned my local acquaintance at the wrong time. I need to phone back at nine. I did phone my parents.
I didn’t do much today, but I did do a lot of walking. After spending an hour and a half nerding on the Internet I discovered, as I walked back to the hostel that my left ankle hurt. I’ll rest it for awhile, but it has no right to give out on me.
I went to the Guggenheim museum because it is free on Mondays. After looking at it, they need to start paying people to visit. It consists of two rooms, and the smaller one is a gift shop. At present they are exhibiting a contraption made of plywood that appears to mass produce grass.
I then walked to the Jewish memorial. 2711 stone blocks laid out in a grid pattern. It would be a fun place to play in. It might have even been a playground. I don’t recall anything marking it as a memorial (I didn’t look too hard.) Not even names on the blocks. If it was on grass or dirt instead of cobblestones it would be ideal for tag or hide-and-go-seek. I wish they had made it a maze as originally intended.
I walked around Tiergarten, then to the Reichstag. After waiting in line for 45 minutes I got to go to the globe on top. It’s probably prettier at night, but I was there then, so I didn’t want to wait.
My roommates for this night are three Brazilian men and a Taiwanese girl?! I was not aware these were mixed gender dorms.