Yes. They say that New York is the City that never sleeps, but I'm thoroughly convinced that this city doesn't even know what sleep is. Another friend from IES named Adam and I met up with others from the program to help another, Charles, celebrate his birthday. We ended up meeting up with them on Schönhauser Allee.
We sat at this bar named NEMO's for a while, and I had a delicious dark beer called Lava. I was there with a handful of other IES people who were all laughing and having a great time. While at Nemo's, the others managed to finish off two cheap bottles of champagne, in celebration of Charles' birthday. Nonetheless, we had fun hanging out and getting to know one another.
From there, we all walked to an absinthe bar, where everyone wanted to try real absinthe, as apposed to the fake stuff that was just legalized in America. The place was packed, but we managed to find what we were looking for. After waiting about 10-15 minutes, we went outside to finally taste this drink that supposedly causes hallucinations when enough has been drunk (hence why it's illegal in America). I was only curious what it tasted like, so I didn't order one, only tasted. I honestly didn't think it was anything special, just a jacked-up version of jägermeister. But, the preparation process is cool because it involves fire. First you light the absinthe-soaked sugar cube and let it burn until it goes out. Then you pour a small shot of water over the sugar and into the absinthe and mix it until everything is dissolved.
Finally after those steps, you drink it.
From there, those remaining walked to a dance club (after a few absinthe drinks, some people had to go home). This particular "Diskothek" was also on Schönhauser Allee, so it only took about 10-15 minutes to walk there. I'm not one for dancing, but I gotta say that the clubs here in Berlin are quite fun. Everybody dances and has a great time, even those who can't dance (I.E. me).
Anyway, about 5 of us stayed there and danced for about an hour to an hour and a half. We ended up leaving because the D. J. started playing crappy 80's American pop songs, song we've all heard a billion times and hate but that Germans seem to not have heard and love.
From there, we walked to a Hookah bar, where I tried Mango Hookah tobacco. It tasted ok, but it wasn't anything spectacular. It wasn't about the Hookah anyway, it was more about socializing. We 5 remaining ended up sitting outside, smoking Hookah, and talking for another hour or two. It was a lot of fun, except for the fact that the temperature had dropped about 15 degrees since the start of the night. By 4:30 am, charles, Amy and I decided it was pretty late and decided to start making our way home. By this time in the morning the trains only run about every 15-20 minutes, so we had to wait. We got to Alexander Platz at about 4:50, and on the Straßenbahn at about 5:15. After finally getting back, I went to sleep at about 5:30. It was actually an all around fun evening/night/morning, granted I was tired the next day and slept pretty late. It was fun and look forward to the next time we can all get together again.
Here are a few more random pictures from that night, including some random picture of people from the Netherlands who really wanted me to take their picture. Enjoy! :)
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