As always, if you are in need of a physical book it goes without saying that your local library can assist you. Some libraries and schools offer access to Mango Languages, which is essentially a better and free version of Rosetta Stone. By the way, never buy Rosetta Stone. That’s just my two Euros.
Arriving at the Potsdam Hauptbahnhof (Central Station), there wasn’t any time to look disoriented.After all, the herd of people making their way up the stairs made sure everyone kept it moving. I was starving and rather than risk becoming a chalk outline of my former self, I went for the first place that caught my eye, Heißer Wolf. The women behind the counter look like they could choke slam me if I didn’t properly address them. In Berlin, I could at least get by with broken German before someone just spoke English to me to save me. Here I wasn’t so lucky and resorted to hand gestures and singing Kraftwerk’s “Numbers” before ordering.
Easyjet, I read the reviews and I was even advised to pay an extra $100 just to fly with another airline as Easyjet tickets are nonrefundable. I’m sitting in seat 26A, last row aisle. If I sneeze, I’m sure the seat will burst at the seams. We all like a good bargain, but this is on some other level shit.
On my way to the airport, I was having mixed feelings about my first trip to Europe. Traveling to Europe for the first time by yourself is a trip! I wasn’t traveling internationally for the first time.
Nothing is more disheartening than the realization that you have spent thousands of dollars only to travel 60 miles west of your home.