Lions and the Catwalk

So.... I got really really behind in the past few weeks, but I have to catch up before I get more behind. My attempt to do a post last weekend was hindered by getting sick, lame. I'm definitely on the mend now; I only missed one day of class, the only one so far (which is a stunning record compared to most others.) So I'll try and cover the highlights since my last post, and hopefully keep more on top of it in the future (because goodness knows my memory doesn't last much past a week.) :-)

Really quick, mostly pictorial, update:

We (me and Hannah) went to the Pergamon Museum with the Kulturbüro (Culture Office), through which the Goethe Institut has activities such as museum visits, lectures, walking tours, and other fun things for us to do. The two highlights of the museum are the Ishtar Gate and the Pargamon Altar, both fully reconstructed from their original excavated locations- so basically they're huge and old and impressive looking. You can tell which parts are reconstructions, and what is original based on if it looks real old or not.


Next adventure was a walking tour of the former Berlin Wall and its history. All though out the city are markers and brick lines that show its former location. This one is right next to Potsdamer Platz where the no-man's land between the two sections was especially wide.

Then we (Hannah and Erin and Carlye and Tara and I) went to the Gemäldegalerie (Painting Gallery) which had amazing, gorgeous, famous paintings... Like this Botticelli painting, which was a study for the "Birth of Venus."

Then Adam and I decided to go on a random adventure to a advertisement set as an extra. The Goethe Inistitut apparently is frequently hit up for extras. This time it was for a commercial advertising an upcoming fashion designer competition. You can see the finished commercial by clicking on this link http://www.goethe.de/uun/prj/cre/vid/enindex.htm. If you pause at the 15 second mark you can see me in the middle of the frame clapping. Here's a picture I took on set.




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