Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Snow and Street Music

So it snowed for a little while here the other day... here's a couple pictures I snapped from one of my hostel's balconies:
Can't remember the last time I actually saw it snowing before this... pretty cool.

Today my Brazilian friend Phillipe and I took our ukuleles to the streets to make some beer money :)
Here we are in Alexanderplatz under the World Time Clock

 Songs played included:
Somewhere Over the Rainbow by IZ
White Sandy Beach by IZ
Halo by Beyoncé
La Bamba by Ritchie Valens
Waiting in Vain by Bob Marley
Lots of Brazilian music that I couldn't understand at all but Phillipe taught me the chords and I played along
and my personal favorite: Believe in Yourself by Ziggy Marley (Arthur theme song)


We played 2 hours and made 11.91 EUR.   Not half bad :)

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Classes

Classes I may or may not be taking this semester:

Culture and History of China in the 2nd half of the 20th Century (in german)

Comparing Political Institutions (in english)

African American Music of the Past and Present (in german)

and then a German language course

That's all I really have to post. Last few days have been uneventful... University orientations and what not, the apartment search continues. Hopefully more interesting things to come soon! :)