Tuesday, September 4, 2007

To school


Today was my second day at school.  Here is how the day went.  I left my house at 7:17 am.  Thankfully I beat the rush hour traffic that I got stuck in yesterday when I was traveling around 9:45 am.  Germans don't go to work so early!  I walked down the street and when I heard the subway rumbling below me, I began to sprint down two flights of stairs just in time to board the S1 going south.  I sat by myself, next to the window, facing forward (I get a little sick when I sit backwards on the subway).  I went past two stops and got off at Potdamerplatz at 7:28.  I took 2 elevators up and then walked one block to pick up my bus.  I waited 5 minutes for my bus and I thought to myself, is it really going to become colder than this because I wish I would have brought my mittens and hat today.  

I boarded the bus at 7:32 am and rode it until I got off at Kaiser-Wilhelmplatz at 7:45.  A pretty fast trek today.  Thankfully the BVG (the public transportation system) was running, with no strikes.  Occasionally, they really like to take a day off and call it a "strike."  Just kidding, I don't know why they strike, but it is ridiculous to me.  Well, the day went on and I'll write more about school later, but I wanted to include one last picture of how you have to ride your bike here if you have two children!

1 comment:

the smiths said...

sarie! i love love love your blog already! and i cannot believe it is already that cold there! yikes! the pics are the best! keep 'em coming! i'm glad the first day's commute went ok! love, your blog groupie :)