Weekend in Buch

After work on Fridays, the students at the MDC put on a beer session so that people can drink and get to know each other. This time, they also had food (YES, no need to cook for myself)! As we sat around enjoying the meal and drinks, we chatted our experiences here in Berlin. There were people from a variety of backgrounds: Spanish, Canadian, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and, of course, German. Apparently at the institute, Americans are somewhat of a rarity because Americans tend to stay in America where the research and science is good. (A girl from Colombia confirmed this: she was surprised that I was studying abroad to do science because to her, "don't Americans stay in America? that's where everyone else is trying to go for research").
This conversation took place later last night when we went out to Berlin last night with some people who lived in the dorms to sit and chat.

Today, I'm staying in Buch for most of the day because my friend tells me there is a Neo-Nazi demonstration during the day. It's nice out right now and everything is quiet and green here.

Note: the picture is of an indoor aquarium at one of the hotels in Berlin. It's just sitting in the lobby and there is an elevator going through the middle of it, just thought I'd post that randomly here because I really enjoyed looking at it :)

LILY