Only Funny Because No One was Hurt

I thought yesterday was going to be a wacky one since I was going to open a bank account. I envisioned line after line, papers and stamps and seals, all in German, of course. Unfortunately/fortunately it went nothing like that. I arrived at the Deutsche bank by my apartment to be informed that the English speaking rep was occupied for the rest of the evening. Sure that this was a sign of bureaucracy to follow, I looked up the next closest branch on my phone and hopped back on the u-bahn. Ten minutes before closing time a friendly, English speaking, representative opened an account for me and had me out of there by 6.

With my free evening, I went to check out the two closest gyms to my apartment, which I also thought would be entertaining. First I went to American Fitness (i.e. NYSC) and next to Homes Place (i.e. Equinox). The only shocker? You have to pay for towels! Like I'm going to use my t-shirt or something. Just add it to the price of the membership and leave me out of it. The towels aren’t as bad as the other Berlin gym McFit (yeah, it's really called that) where you have to pay to shower but there's definitely no Kiehl's in the locker room. The two gyms I saw are both ok, one is much more expensive than the other but is also much nicer. I'm going to have to try them out before I make my decision and luckily Esteban from the office has been extremely helpful in setting it all up for me.

Next to Homes Place is Aldi. Since my grandma loves Aldi, I thought I should check it out in her honor. As the Marshall's of grocery stores they carry Trader Joe's snacks and also liquor. I bought goldbären and a bottle of wine.

I met Randi in Mitte for dinner and she shared stories of her move experience. I don’t have much to complain about but we agreed that a little more hand-holding would have been nice for the both of us. When we came out of the restaurant, a lady riding down the street fell off her bike as she approached us. Now, this lady was down the street but we walked over to help her up and see if she was ok. She yelled at us and as I picked up and envelope that had fallen out of her basket she said it was very important and returned it to its unsecure location. OK I understand that this description may not be interesting to you, the reader, but it was really weird and also quite funny.