No worries, we continued along through Tiergarten until we reached the Siegersäule, taking a break from the slowly decreasing in weight but still heavy Bierkiste. After Anne and I had dashed off for another "loo" break, Mette exclaimed that she had seen the others, and we went on a chase through the Tiergarten, unfortunately finding no one... But all in all it was still a rather amusing experience :)
Then on Sunday I met up with Mette and Nini (another Danish girl who had been on the beer crawl, but in another team, and hence got much nearer the finish line than we did...), and we went to Mauerpark, at first for the weekly karaoke session (which was unfortunately cancelled due to the rather bad weather), but also for the flea market, which is also a regular occurrence there.
This week, having still not heard from Humboldt-Universität, I took the advice of our Birmingham year abroad tutor and went into uni... Unfortunately the woman I needed to speak to wasn't in, and they were unsure when she would next be in, but the man, who was rather helpful all the same, promised to send me an email and let me know what was going on.
As I walked back to Alexanderplatz, through the roads full of tourists, I somehow managed to find Kim, another girl from Birmingham, who had arrived the night before. With the weather being infinitely better than the day before we took some time out to sit in a cafe in Alexanderplatz and have a catch-up on how everything was going. After this I got a call from Sara asking to meet up, and it turns out she has also found a WG! However, as she isn't going to be moving in until October, she was getting a flight back to Belgium the next day, and only coming back once her contract starts.
Upon my return to the flat, I had an email from Humboldt! However, upon reading, it appeared that I would be unable to study German for the first Semester, because due to the problems in my application I had registered too late! I would, however, be able to study music. After some frantic emailing and skyping, I decided to go back into the university the next day, where I went to the International office and explained my case - that I had registered on time, but had been registered for the Pflichtsemester instead of the Erasmussemester, and I was only late because it had been corrected so late on. The lady was very understanding and helpful, asking me for my number so that she could call me when I returned. Apparently they were still unable to find the date I actually applied by, but thanks to her we have (or so I believe!) managed to get me registered for both Germanistik and Musikwissenschaft.
That evening, with it being Kim's birthday, I met up with Kim, and we ended up back in my flat, watching some good old English comedy - Green Wing, with Baileys and Hot Chocolate. The perfect way to end the day!
Yesterday I met up with Mette and Anne again, and also met Mette's housemate (another Danish girl!), Anna. We went to attempt a bit of Jason Mraz stalking (having not managed to get tickets in advance). As we walked around the church we could hear him perfectly, even managing to get some teenagers (one on the shoulders of another) to attempt to take some photos for us! The security men didn't seem completely amused... Or convinced of our harmlessness!
Once the cold hit in we set off to meet two of Mette's friends in a pub. The pub (Das Hotel) was very cute, with there being no electric lighting, but instead loads of candles EVERYWHERE. And I mean everywhere. There were two toilets, and each was lit by two candles, and there was also a watering can with flowers in each. Very nice!
And tonight? Tonight we are supposed to be going out, though I'm not quite sure where to, but I think there was a whisper of Karaoke... Only time will tell!
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