So, after a blinding time in Leipzig where I got to live with the coolest group of cats imaginable and do some great tourist sightseeing, Christmas, birthday, New Years, art openings, enough great beer to drown a horse and had some great inspiration I’ve jacked it all and moved to Berlin.
I’m dog-tired as I write this but I’ve been out and about in Kreuzberg to get a feel of the place and it doesn’t seem too bad.
Our apartment is an old soviet-era building and has coal fires in every room and as it’s currently -5˚C it became a matter of urgency to learn how to light one effectively. Luckily it’s quit toasty in my room now and my desk is set up comfortably so I can get back to working tomorrow.
We’ve arrived right at the beginning of the Transmediale festival. There’s a list as long as my arm of great exhibitions, performances and music that I could attend. I think I’m going to limit myself to one gig and a couple of exhibitions though so I don’t get overloaded.
As I missed Lisbon when I left I’m sure I’m going to miss Leipzig just as much. I’ve been so incredibly lucky in the last half year of European travelling to have lived with some great people in fantastic houses in awesome cities. I’m a bit shell-shocked at the moment as I’m not sure I was really ready to leave Leipzig but I know that if I stayed too long I would find it even harder to leave than I already did.
It’s only an hour and half away on the train and all my friends from there seem to visit on a semi-regular basis so hopefully it won’t feel too bad.
Another reason that it’s good to be here is that flights back to the UK, specifically Bristol, are much more regular and therefore cheaper. I really need to consider a brief UK trip to sort out some business stuff and to visit my father who rather worryingly had a mild heart attack last week. If it hadn’t been for his quick thinking friends he wouldn’t still be around for me to worry about.
Anyway, just a quick update to say hi and that I’m fine.