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Gimme a break -- It's New Year's in Berlin!

Two months have passed since I arrived in Berlin, and I had every intention of blogging about my experiences here. As you can tell by the date of my last post, things didn’t go quite according to plan.

The biggest setback came about five days in when the hard drive on my computer died, taking with it a bunch of blog-destined journal entries and all 20 pages of my Not-So-Great, Not-So-American Novel. Then the Internet went out at the apartment we were subleasing, which meant me having to haul my half-frozen ass to the local Web cafe when it was all of 8 degrees out. Sure, I’ll suffer for my art, but not if my toes are at stake.

Eventually, everything was sorted out, but to be honest, it was really hard to get back on track when I wasn’t on one in the first place. So here I am, writing my first entry in weeks. It feels good, in that I have know this is what I should have been doing from the beginning.

So, without further excuse, here are posts and pics to get everyone up to speed — finally.